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Brewer's: Napiers Bones
A method invented by Baron Napier, of Merchiston, for shortening the labour of trignometrical calculations. Certain figures are arranged on little slips of paper or ivory, and simply by…Brewer's: Orbilian Stick
(The). A cane or birch-rod. Orbilius was the schoolmaster who taught Horace, and Horace calls him Plagosus (the flogger). (Ep. ii. 71.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Leathering
To give one a leathering is to beat him with a leather belt, such as policemen wear, and boys used to wear. (The Welsh lathen is a rod.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Lightning Conductor
A metal rod raised above a building with one end in the earth, to carry off the lightning and prevent its injuring the building. It must be pointed at the top extremity to ensure a quiet…AFC: 97-98 Wild Card Round, Playoff Game Summaries
Broncos, 42-17 Jacksonville (11-5) 0 7 10 3— 17 Denver (12-4) 14 7 0 21— 42 Date—Dec. 27. Att—74,481. Time—3:02. 1st Quarter: DEN—Terrell Davis 2-yd run (Jason…Brewer's: Witch Hazel
A shrub supposed to be efficacious in discovering witches. A forked twig of the hazel was made into a divining-rod for the purpose. Source:…Brewer's: Verger
The officer in a church who carries the rod or mace. (Latin, verga, a wand.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894VernonVere Adeptus A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Wax-bond End
(A). A thread waxed with cobbler's wax and used for binding whips, fishing-rods, ropes, etc., for sewing boots and shoes, etc. It is waxed and used for…Brewer's: Jesse Tree
In Christian art, a vine tracing the genealogy of Christ, called a “rod out of the stem of Jesse” (Isa. xi. l). Jesse is generally represented in a recumbent position, and the vine is…Brewer's: Centurion
A Roman officer who had the command of 100 men. His badge was a vine-rod. (Latin, centum, a hundred.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Century…Trending
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