(Encyclopedia) Ferrara-Florence, Council of, 1438–45, second part of the 17th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church; the first part was the Council of Basel, canonically convened but after…
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“hard as iron,” “hard as brawn,” “hard as ice,” “hard as adamant,” etc. (See Similes.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Hard as the Nether MillstoneHard as…
Stern, hard-hearted, unsympathetic; able to stand hard blows like nails. Religious bigotry, straitlacedness, rigid puritanical pharisaism, make men and women “hard as nails.” “I know I'm…
Hard terms; “rather rough treatment;” exacting. Lines mean lot or allotment (measured out by a line measure), as, “The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly…
Harding, Ruth Guthrie <Ruth Guthrie Thomson Harding Burton>[1882-?](1)Born at Tunkhannock, Pa., Aug. 20, 1882. Educated at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and at Bucknell University…
Short of money. “N'avoir pas de quibus. ” “Up” often = out, as, “used up,” “worn out,” “done up,” etc. “Hard up” = nearly out [of cash]. In these, and all similar examples, “Up” is the Old…
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