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Brewer's: Olindo
The Mahometan king of Jerusalem, at the advice of his magician, stole an image of the Virgin, and set it up as a palladium in the chief mosque. The image was stolen during the night, and…Brewer's: Havock
A military cry to general massacre without quarter. This cry was forbidden in the ninth year of Richard II. on pain of death. Probably it was originally used in hunting wild beasts, such…Brewer's: Herod
A child-killer; from Herod the Great, who ordered the massacre of the babes in Bethlehem. (Matt. ii. 16). To out-herod Herod. To out-do in wickedness, violence, or rant, the worst of…Brewer's: Eleven Thousand Virgins
Ursula being asked in marriage by a pagan prince, fled towards Rome with her eleven thousand virgins. At Cologne they were all massacred by a party of Huns, and even to the present hour “…Brewer's: Ever-sworded
(The). The 29th Regiment of Foot, now called the “Worcestershire Regiment.” In 1746 a part of this regiment, then at St. John's Island, was surprised by the French and massacred, when a…Brewer's: Peterloo
The dispersal of a large meeting in St. Peter's Field, Manchester, by an armed force, August 16th, 1819. The assemblage consisted of operatives, and the question was parliamentary reform.…Brewer's: Raul
Sir Raul di Nangis, the Huguenot, in love with Valentina, daughter of the Comte de St. Bris, governor of the Louvre. Being sent for by Marguerite, he is offered the hand of Valentina in…Brewer's: Mamelukes
(2 syl.) or Mamalukes (Arabic, mamluc, a slave). A name given in Egypt to the slaves of the beys brought from the Caucasus, and formed into a standing army. In 1254 these military “slaves…Brewer's: Glenco'e
(2 syl.). The massacre of Glencoe. The Edinburgh authorities exhorted the Jacobites to submit to William and Mary, and offered pardon to all who submitted on or before the 31st of December…Brewer's: Bartholomew
(St.). The symbol of this saint is a knife, in allusion to the knife with which he was flayed alive. St. Bartholomew's Day, August 24th. Probably Bartholomew is the apostle called “…Trending
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