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Nelson, Willie
(Encyclopedia) Nelson, Willie, 1933–, American country singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b. Abbott, Tex. Nelson began playing professionally at 10 and joined a western swing band as a teenager. In…limestone
(Encyclopedia) limestone, sedimentary rock wholly or in large part composed of calcium carbonate. It is ordinarily white but may be colored by impurities, iron oxide making it brown, yellow, or red…Brewer's: Blue and Red
in public-house signs, are heraldic colours, as the Blue Pig, the Blue Cow, the Red Lion, the Red Hart, etc. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Blue and…Brewer's: Red Book
The book which gave account of the court expenditure in France before the Revolution was so called because its covers were red. We have also a “Red Book” in manuscript, containing the…Brewer's: Red Boots
A pair of red boots. A Tartar phrase, referring to a custom of cutting the skin of a victim round the upper part of the ankles, and then stripping it off at the feet. A Tartar will say, “…Brewer's: Red-breasts
Bow Street runners, who wore a scarlet waistcoat. “The Bow Street runners ceased out of the land soon after the introduction of the new police. I remember them very well as standing about…Brewer's: Red Button
(A). A mandarin of the first class, whose badge of honour is a red button in his cap. “An interview was granted to the admiral [Elliot] by Kishen, the imperial commissioner, the third man…Brewer's: Red Cap
(Mother). An old nurse “at the Hungerford Stairs.” Dame Ursley or Ursula, another nurse, says of her rival- “She may do very well for skipper's wives, chandlers' daughters, and such like,…Brewer's: Red Coats
in fox-hunting (or scarlet) is a badge of royal livery, fox-hunting being ordained by Henry II. a royal sport. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Red CockRed…Brewer's: Red Cock
The red cock will crow in his house. His house will be set on fire. “`We'll see if the red cock craw not in his bonnie barn-yard ae morning.' `What does she mean?' said Mannering ... `Fire…Trending
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