Willow wands with mystic characters inscribed on them, used by the Scandinavians for magic ceremonies. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894RunnymedeRunic Rhymes…
or 3/4. Rhyming slang for the neck. This certainly is a most ingenious perversion. “Three-quarters of a peck ” rhymes with neck, so, in writing, an expert simply sets down 3/4. (See Chivy…
A name associated with nursery rhymes. She was born in Boston, and her eldest daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Fleet, the printer. Mrs. Goose used to sing the rhymes to her grandson, and…
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(wedge-verse). A line in which each successive word has more syllables than the one preceding it (Greek, rhopalon, a club, which from the handle to the top grows bigger.) Rem tibi confeci…
(rhyme with now). A tumult. It used to be written roue, and referred to the night encounters of the roués or profligate bon-vivants whose glory it was to attack the “Charleys” and disturb…
The earliest alphabet in use among the Gothic tribes of Northern Europe. The characters were employed either for purposes of secrecy or for divination. Rim is Gaelic for “secret,” and…
or Plates of Ment. Slang for feet. One of the chief sources of slang is rhyme. Thus meat rhymes with feet, and “warming my plates” is slang for warming my fect. Similarly, “Pory O'More” is…
Luggage, knapsack, a bundle; also food carried about one. Swag-shop, a store of minor, or cheap-priced goods. (Scotch, sweg.) “[Palliser] began to retrace the way by which he had fled and…
An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are two: one called the best bower, and the other the small bower. (To rhyme with flower.) “Starboard being the best bower, and port the small…
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