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Brewer's: Battledore
(3 syl.) means, properly, a baton for washing linen by striking on it to knock out the dirt. The plan is still common in France. The word is the French battoir, a beater used by…Brewer's: Bayadere
(bah-ya-dare). A dancing girl dressed in Eastern costume; so called from the bajaderes of India, whose duty is to dance before the images of the gods; but the grandees employ similar…Brewer's: Albino
A term originally applied by the Portuguese to those negroes who were mottled with white spots; but now applied to those who are born with red eyes and white hair. Albinos are found among…Brewer's: Dorax
A Portuguese renegade, in Dryden's Don Sebastian—by far the best of all his characters. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Dorcas SocietyDorado A B C D E F…Brewer's: Magellan
Straits of Magellan. So called after Magellan or Magalhaens, the Portuguese navigator, who discovered them in 1520. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sackbut
A corruption of sambuca. (Spanish, sacabuche; Portuguese, saquebuxo; French, saquebute; Latin, sacra buccina, sacred trumpet.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Penelva
A knight whose adventures and exploits form a supplemental part of the Spanish romance entitled Amadis of Gaul. The first four books of the romance, and the part above referred to, were by…Brewer's: Porcelain
(3 syl.), from porcelana, “a little pig.” So called by the Portuguese traders, from its resemblance to cowrie-shells, the shape of which is not unlike a pig's back. The Chinese earthenware…Brewer's: Embargo
To lay an embargo on him or it is to impose certain conditions before you give your consent. It is a Portuguese and Spanish word, meaning an order issued by authority to prevent ships…Brewer's: Methuen Treaty
A commercial treaty between England and Portugal, negotiated by Paul Methuen, in 1703, whereby the Portuguese wines were received at a lower duty than those of France. This treaty was…Trending
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