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Brewer's: Stator
[the stopper or arrestor]. When the Romans fled from the Sabines, they stopped at a certain place and made terms with the victors. On this spot they afterwards built a temple to Jupiter,…Brewer's: Statue
The largest ever made was the Colossos of Rhodes; the next largest is the statue of Bavaria, erected by Louis I., King of Bavaria. The Bartholdi statue of Liberty is also worthy of mention…Brewer's: Status of Great Men
(See Great Men.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Statute FairsStatue A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Statute Fairs
(See Mop.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SteakStatus of Great Men A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Steak
Beef-steak is a slice of beef fried or broiled. In the north of Scotland a slice of salmon fried is called a “salmon-steak.” Also cod and hake split and fried. (Icelandic, steik, steikja…Brewer's: Steal a Horse
One man may steal a horse, but another must not look over the hedge. Some men are chartered libertines, while others are always eyed with suspicion. (Latin: “Dat veniam corvis, vexat…Brewer's: Steal a March on One
(To). To come on one unexpectedly, as when an army steals a march or appears unexpectedly before an enemy. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Steam-…Brewer's: Steal
A handle. Stealing—putting handles on (Yorkshire). This is the Anglo-Saxon stela (a stalk or handle). “Steale or handell of a staffe, manche, hante!” Palsgrave. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Steam-kettles
Contemptuous name applied to vessels propelled by steam-power, whether steamers, men-of-war, or any other craft. “These steam-kettles of ours can never be depended upon. I wish we could go…Brewer's: Steelyard
(London, adjoining Dowgate); so called from being the place where the king's steelyard or beam was set up, for weighing goods imported into London. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Trending
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