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Brewer's: Aqueous Rocks

Rocks produced by the agency of water, such as bedded limestones, sandstones, and clays; in short, all the geological rocks which are arranged in layers or strata. Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Metamorphic Rocks

Those rocks, including gneiss, mica-schist, clay-slate, marble, and the like, which have become more or less crystalline. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Firm as a Rock

(See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894First-class Hard LabourFire and Water A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Brewer's: Inchcape Rock

Twelve miles from land, in the German Sea. It is dangerous for navigators, and therefore the abbot of Aberbrothok fixed a bell on a float, which gave notice to sailors of its whereabouts.…

Brewer's: Kilmarth Rocks

(Scotland). A pile of stones towering 28 feet in height, and overhanging more than 12 feet, like the tower of Pisa (Italy). (See Cheesewring.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: Lady of the Rock

(Our). A miraculous image of the Virgin found by the wayside between Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo in 1409. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Ladies' MileLady…

Brewer's: Igneous Rocks

Those which have been produced by the agency of fire, as the granitic, the trappean, and the volcanic. (Latin, ignis, fire.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Brewer's: Jurassic Rocks

Limestone rocks; so called from the Jura; the Jurassic period is the geological period when these rocks were formed. Our oolitic series pretty nearly corresponds with the Jurassic.…

Chris Rock Biography

Chris Rock comedian, actorBorn: 2/7/1966Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Rock began his career by working the comedy clubs in New York City. Discovered by Eddie Murphy, he joined the cast of…