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Brewer's: Soil the Milk before Using It
Yorkshire for “Sile the milk, etc.” —i.e. strain it, or skim it. A sile is a sieve or strainer. “Take a handeful of sauge, and stampe it, and temper it with hate ale, and sythene syle it…Brewer's: Tarpaulins
or Tars. Sailors, more frequently called Jack Tars. Tarpaulins are tarred cloths used commonly on board ship to keep articles from the sea-spray, etc. The more correct spelling is tar-…Brewer's: Tartan Plaid
A plaid is a long shawl or scarf- some twelve yards of narrow cloth wrapped round the waist, or over the chest and one shoulder, and reaching to the knees. It may be chequered or not, but…Brewer's: Field of the Forty Footsteps
At the back of the British Museum, once called Southampton Fields. The tradition is that two brothers, in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, took different sides and engaged each other in…Brewer's: Linsey-woolsy Million (The).
The great unwashed. The artisan class, supposed to dress in linsey-woolsy. “Broad cloth” being for the gentry. Truth needs not, John, the eloquence of oaths: Not more than a decent suit of…Daniel: 5
Daniel Chapter 5 1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to…John: 20
John Chapter 20 1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 2 Then she runneth, and…The Economist's Toolbox: Numbers Please: Economic Data
Numbers Please: Economic DataThe Economist's ToolboxIntroductionNumbers Please: Economic DataWatch Out! In the business press, you will read economic data. Often these data are called economic…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, November 21, 1805
Day 1021 Day 1023 Clark, November 21, 1805 Thursday November 21st 1805 a cloudy morning most of the Chinnooks leave our Camp and return home, great numbers of the dark brant passing to the…Fashion & Costume Resources
Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Fashions & Costumes Costumes Around the World—Traditional & Ethnic Dress These two sites have hundreds of links to…Trending
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