Search
Search results
Displaying 371 - 380
Brewer's: Specie, Species
means simply what is visible. As things are distinguished by their visible forms, it has come to mean kind or class. As drugs and condiments at one time formed the most important articles…Brewer's: Frangipani
A powerful Roman family. So called from their benevolent distribution of bread during a famine. Frangipani. A delicious perfume, made of spices, orris-root, and musk, in imitation of real…Brewer's: Fettle
as a verb, means to repair; to smoothe; as an adjective, it means well-knit, all right and tight. It is connected with our word feat, the French faire, the Latin facere. Fettled ale, in…Brewer's: Emblems of the Jewish Temple
(See Exod. xxv. 30-32; Rev. i. 12-20.) Golden candlestick. The Church. Its seven lights, the seven spirits of God. (Rev. iv. 6.) The shewbread. The twelve loaves the twelve tribes of…Brewer's: Junket
Curded cream with spice, etc.; any dainty. The word is the Italian giuncata (curd or cream cheese), so called because carried on junk or bulrushes (giúneo). “You know there wants no…Song of Solomon: 6
Song of Solomon Chapter 6 1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2 My beloved is gone down…Rolling Stones
(Encyclopedia) Rolling Stones, English rock music group that rose to prominence in the mid-1960s and continues to exert great…Asian Food Primer: Indonesian Food
by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New…Brewer's: Lamb's Wool
A beverage consisting of the juice of apples roasted over spiced ale. A great day for this drink was the feast of the apple-gathering, called in Irish la mas ubhal, pronounced “lammas ool…Brewer's: Loving Cup
On the introduction of Christianity, the custom of wassailing was not abolished, but it assumed a religious aspect. The monks called the wassail bowl the poculum caritatis (loving cup), a…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
