(An), an ultra-sentimental girl. Mrs. Hannah Cowley used this pen-name in her responses in the World to Della Crusca (R. Merry). (See the Baviad by Gifford.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
(The). A merciless satire by Gifford on the Della Cruscan poetry, published 1794. The word is from Virgil's Eclogue, iii. 9. He may with foxes plough, and milk he-goats, Who praises Bavins…
A merciless satire by Gifford on the Della Cruscan school of poetry. Published 1796. The word is in Virgil's Eclogue, iii. 90. (See Baviad.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
Sermons preached formerly at the Spittle in a pulpit erected expressly for the purpose. Subsequently they were preached at Christchurch, City, on Easter Monday and Tuesday. Ben Jonson…
Money given to redeem a pair of spurs. Gifford says, in the time of Ben Jonson, in consequence of the interruptions to divine service occasioned by the ringing of the spurs worn, a small…
in Gifford Gate, Haddington; so called because it was the birthplace of John Knox. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Knuckle-dusterKnowledge-box A B C D E…
Daughter of Lord Robert Fitzwalter. Michael Drayton has a poem of some 670 lines so called. Matilda. Daughter of Rokeby, and niece of Mortham. She was beloved by Wilfrid, son of Oswald,…
(2 syl.). Mr. Gifford says the Danes called their large drinking cup a rouse, and to rouse is to drink from a rouse; ca-rouse is gar-rouse, to drink all up, or to drink all —i.e. in…
(1 syl.). To cheat out of something. Gifford says the interpreter of the Turkish embassy in England is called chiaus, and in 1609 this chiaus contrived to defraud his government of 4,000,…
You are a cool card (or pretty cool card). A person who coolly asks for something preposterous or outrageous. Card = character, hence a queer card, a rum card, etc. And “cool” in this…
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