A sham sleep, like that of a cat watching a mouse. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CatsCat's Paw A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
Able to see in the dark. Cat's eye is an opalescent mineral gem. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat JumpsCat-call A B C D E F G H I J K L M N…
(The). Squalling. “The children were playing the cat's melody to keep their mother in countenance.” —W. B. Yeats: Fairy Tales of the Irish Peasantry, p. 238. Source: Dictionary of…
A tom-cat. The male cat used to be called Gilbert. Nares says that Tibert or Tybalt is the French form of Gilbert, and hence Chaucer in his Romance of the Rose, renders “Thibert le Cas” by…
A public-house sign, alluding to the pewter-pots so called. Stealing these pots is termed “Cat and kitten sneaking.” We still call a large kettle a kitchen, and speak of a soldier's kit (…
by Ambrose Bierce CARTESIANCAVILERCAT -n. A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle. This is a dog,
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a public-house sign, is a corruption of Caton le fidele, meaning Caton, Governor of Calais. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat and KittensCat and Dog A B…
Battle stone. A monolith in Scotland (sometimes wrongly called a Druidical stone). The Norwegian term, bauta stein, means the same thing. (Celtic, cath, battle.) Source: Dictionary of…
or Boar and Sow. Names given to the testudo. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Cat has nine LivesCat and Kittens A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…
A child's play, with a piece of twine. Corrupt for cratchcradle or manger cradle, in which the infant Saviour was laid. Cratch is the French crèche (a rack or manger), and to the present…
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