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Brewer's: Calembour
(French). A pun, a jest. From the “Jester of Kahlenberg,” whose name was Wigand von Theben; a character introduced in Tyll Eulenspiegel, a German tale. Eulenspiegel (a fool or jester)…Brewer's: Pamphyle
(3 syl.). A sorceress who converted herself into an owl (Apuleius). There was another Pamphyle, the daughter of Apollo, who first taught women to embroider with silk. “In one very remote…Deuteronomy: 14
Deuteronomy Chapter 14 1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 for thou art an holy people…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, May 20, 1805
Day 665 Day 667 Lewis, May 20, 1805 Monday May 20th 1805 Set out at an early hour as usual, the banks being favourable and water strong we employed the toe rope principally; river narrow…Brewer's: Lich
A dead body. (Anglo-Saxon, lic; German, leiche.) Lich-field, in Staffordshire. The field of the dead, i.e. of the martyred Christians. Lich-fowls. Birds that feed on carrion, as night-…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 23, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 22, 1806May 24, 1806May 23, 1806 Friday May 23rd 1806. Sergt. Pryor wounded a deer early this morning in a lick near camp; my dog pursud it…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Bell
The ElderbushThe Old HouseThe Bell People said "The Evening Bell is sounding, the sun is setting." For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town. It was like…Brewer's: Blind
That's a mere blind. A pretence; something ostensible to conceal a covert design. The metaphor is from window-blinds, which prevent outsiders from seeing into a room. Blind as a bat. A…Fact Monster Wins Webby Award!
Astonished Fact Monster Wins Webby! Creature overwhelmed with happiness by Borgna Brunner Fact Monster Favorites Mystery Initials Panda Babies Banned Books…Edward Lear
Edward Lear was a highly-regarded nature and landscape artist, but he is much better remembered for the whimsical nonsense poetry and limericks he produced throughout his life. Among his best-known…Trending
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