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Brewer's: Colcannon
Potatoes and cabbage pounded together and then fried in butter (Irish). “Col” is cole or cale, i.e. cabbage. “About 1774 Isaac Sparks, the Irish comedian, founded in Long Acre a Colcannon…Brewer's: Newtonian Philosophy
The astronomical system at present received, together with that of universal gravitation. So called after Sir Isaac Newton, who established the former and discovered the latter. (See Apple…Brewer's: Rebeccaites
(4 syl.). Certain Welsh rioters in 1843, whose object was to demolish turnpike gates. The name was taken from Rabekah, the bride of Isaac. When she left her father's house, Laban and his…Brewer's: Pre-Adamites
Before Adam was created. Isaac de la Peyreri maintained that only the Jews are descended from Adam, and that the Gentiles are descended from a race of men existing before Adam; as the book…1997 NFL Top Recieving Yards By Game
AFCCtYdsTDYancey Thigpen, Pit. vs. Jax. (10/26)*111960Yancey Thigpen, Pit. vs. Den. (12/7)61753Shannon Sharpe, Den. vs Car. (11/9)81740Tim Brown, Oak. vs. Jax. (12/21)141640Jimmy Smith, Jax.…1998 NFL Top Recieving Yards By Game
AFCCtYdsTDCarl Pickens, Cin. vs. Pit. (10/11)132041Eric Moulds, Buf. vs. Cin. (12/6)61962Terry Glenn, NE vs. Pit. (12/6)91931Eric Moulds, Buf. vs. NE (11/29)81771Derrick Alexander, KC vs. SD…Brewer's: The Age of Women
Though many women are mentioned in the Bible, the age of only one (Sarah, Abraham's wife) is recorded, and that to show at her advanced age she would become the mother of Isaac. “…Brewer's: Alfonsine Tables
Astronomical tables constructed in 1252, by Isaac Hazan, a Jewish rabbi, who named them in honour of his patron, Alfonso X., King of Castile, surnamed “The Wise.” Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Baxterians
Those who entertain the same religious views as Richard Baxter. The chief points are- (1) That Christ died in a spiritual sense for the elect, and in a general sense for all; (2) that…Brewer's: Promised Land
or Land of Promise. Canaan; so called because God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that their offspring should possess it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Trending
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