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Brewer's: Hell Gate
A dangerous passage between Great Barn Island and Long Island, North America. The Dutch settlers of New York called it Hoellgat (whirling-gut) corrupted into Hell-gate. Flood Rock, its…Brewer's: Hell Gates
according to Milton, are nine-fold—three of brass, three of iron, and three of adamant; the keepers are Sin and Death. This allegory is one of the most celebrated passages of Paradise Lost…Brewer's: Stranger of the Gate
(The). (See under Proselyte.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Strangers SacrificedStrange A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W…Brewer's: Traitors' Gate
opens from the Tower of London to the Thames, and was the gate by which persons accused of treason entered their prison. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Decuman Gate
The gate where the 10th cohorts of the legions were posted. It was opposite the Praetorian gate, and farthest from the enemy. (Latin, decem, ten.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…Brewer's: Gate of Italy
That part of the valley of the Adige which is in the vicinity of Trent and Roveredo. A narrow gorge between two mountain ridges. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: Gate Money
Money paid at the gate for admission to the grounds where some contest is to be seen. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gate-postsGat-tooth A B C D E F…Brewer's: Gate-posts
The post on which the gate hangs and swings is called the “hanging-post”; that against which it shuts is called the “banging post.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Gate of Tears
[Babelmandeb]. The passage into the Red Sea. So called by the Arabs from the number of shipwrecks that took place there. Like some ill-destined bark that steers In silence through the Gate…Brewer's: Pepper Gate
When your daughter is stolen close Pepper Gate. Pepper Gate used to be on the east side of the city of Chester. It is said that the daughter of the mayor eloped, and the mayor ordered the…Trending
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