(French, paneteric (2 syl.). Latin, panarium, from pams, bread.) An archiac form is “panary.” The keeper of a pantry was at one time called a “panterer.” (French, panterer.) Source:…
A loyal heart may be landed under Traitors' Bridge. Traitor's Bridge, in the Tower, was the was by which persons charged with high treason entered that State prison. Source: Dictionary…
commemorates his victories over the Dacians. It was the work of Apollodorus. The column of the Place Vendôme, Paris, is a model of it. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…
(1 syl.). Latin, extra (without); whence extraneus (one without); old French, estrange; Italian, strano, etc. Stranger, therefore, is extraneus, one without. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…
(g hard). Goat-tooth. (Anglo-Saxon, gæt.) Goat-toothed is having a lickerish tooth. Chaucer makes the wife of Bath say, “Gat-toothed I was, and that became me wele.” Source: Dictionary…
“Old as Panton Gates.” (See Panton Gates.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old Age Restored to YouthOld As Methuselah A B C D E F G H I J K L M…
(The), 1777. A faction organised to place General Gates at the head of the American army. He conquered Burgoyne, October, 1777, at Saratoga, and hoped to supplant Washington. The Conway…
Unable to make a noise. It refers rather to the mute voice and silent footstep of old age than to its broken strength. (Latin, de-crepo.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
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