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Brewer's: Amine
(3 syl.). Wife of Sidi Nouman, who ate her rice with a bodkin, and was in fact a ghoul. “She was so hard-hearted that she led about her three sisters like a leash of greyhounds.” —Arabian…Brewer's: Isle of Dogs
So called from being the receptacle of the greyhounds of Edward III. Some say it is a corruption of the Isle of Ducks, and that it is so called in ancient records from the number of wild…Brewer's: Mahmoud of Ghizni
the conqueror of India in the 11th century, kept 400 greyhounds and bloodhounds, each of which wore a jewelled collar taken from the necks of captive sultanas. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Beth Gelert
or “the Grave of the Greyhound.” A ballad by the Hon. William Robert Spencer. The tale is that one day Llewellyn returned from hunting, when his favourite hound, covered with gore, ran to…Brewer's: Alans
Large dogs, of various species, used for hunting deer. “Skins of animals slain in the chase were stretched on the ground ... and upon a heap of these lay 3 alans, as they were called, i.…Brewer's: Game's Afoot
(The). The hare has started; the enterprise has begun. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot! Follow your spirit! And upon this charge…Brewer's: Lion and Unicorn
The animosity which existed between these beasts, referred to by Spenser in his Faërie Queene, is allegorical of the animosity which once existed between England and Scotland. Like as a…Candide: How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He Was Driven Thence
What Befell Candide among the... How Candide Was Brought Up in a Magnificent Castle and How He Was Driven Thence In the country of Westphalia, in the castle of the most noble Baron…The Supreme Court: Getting Searched on a Bus
Getting Searched on a BusThe Supreme CourtCollecting EvidenceSearching Your Car When You're Stopped for SpeedingUsing the Right Not to KnockFinding Marijuana with Thermal-Imaging…Speed of Animals
Most of the following measurements are for maximum speeds over approximate quarter-mile distances. Exceptions—which are included to give a wide range of animals—are the lion and elephant,…Trending
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