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Brewer's: Redgauntlet
The sobriquet of Fitz-Aldin, given him from the great slaughter which he made of the Southron, and his reluctance to admit them to quarter. The sobriquet was adopted by him as a surname,…Brewer's: Wandering Willie
or Willie Steenson. The blind fiddler who tells the tale of Redgauntlet. (SirWalterScott. Redgauntlet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Redding-straik
(A). A blow received by a peacemaker, who interferes between two combatants to red or separate them; proverbially, the severest blow a man can receive. “Said I not to ye, `Make not, meddle…Brewer's: Redlaw
(Mr). The haunted man, professor of chemistry in an ancient college. Being haunted, he bargained with his spectre to leave him, and the condition imposed was that Redlaw (go where he would…Scott, Sir Walter
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Sir Walter, 1771–1832, Scottish novelist and poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of both the regional and the historical novel. Scott's narrative poems…Brewer's: Heart-whole
Not in love; the affections not given to another. “I in love? ... I give you my word I am heartwhole,” —SirW.Scott: Redgauntlet (letter 13). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Cat-lap
Milk or weak tea, only fit for the cat to lap. “A more accomplished old woman never drank cat-lap.” —Sir W. Scott: Redgauntlet, chap. xii. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Edward
Edward the Confessor's sword. Curtana (the cutter), a blunt sword of state, emblematical of mercy. The Chevalier Prince Charles Edward. The Young Pretender. Introduced by Sir Walter Scott…Brewer's: Peebles
Poor Peter Peebles. The pauper litigant in Redgauntlet, by Sir Walter Scott. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PeelPedlars' French A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Peter Peebles
Peter Peebles' Lawsuit. In Sir Walter Scott's novel of Redgauntlet. Peter is a litigious hardhearted drunkard, poor as a churchmouse, and a liar to the backbone. His “ganging plea” is…Trending
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