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rock music

(Encyclopedia) rock music, type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. A turning point in rock music occurred in the…

rock carvings and paintings

(Encyclopedia) rock carvings and paintings, designs inscribed on rock surfaces and huge stone monuments in many parts of the world by prehistoric or preindustrial peoples. They have been found on…

Brewer's: Tarpeian Rock

So called from Tarpeia, a vestal virgin, the daughter of Spurius Tarpeius, governor of the citadel on the Capitoline Hill. Tarpeia agreed to open the gates to the Sabines if they would…

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: 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: Rock ahead

(A). A sea-phrase, meaning that a rock is in the path of the ship, which the helmsman must steer clear of; a danger threatens; an opponent; an obstruction. “That yonker ... has been a rock…

Brewer's: Rock Cork

A variety of asbestos, resembling cork. It is soft, easily cut, and very light. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Rock CrystalRock ahead A B C D E F G H…

Brewer's: Rock Crystal

The specimens which enclose hair-like substances are called Thetis's hair-stone, Venus's hair-stone, Venus's pencils, Cupid's net, Cupid's arrows, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…