(The). One of the three great classic races of England. The Derby and Oaks are run at Epsom, and the St. Leger at Doncaster. The Oaks, in the parish of Woodmanstone, received its name from…
Jennie Wood 1. Flint Water Crisis 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. BP Oil Spill 4. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 5. Three Mile Island 6. St. Francis Dam 7. Picher Lead 8.…
One of the conspirators against the Republic of Venice “in whom there was a hesitating softness fatal to a great enterprise.” He betrayed the conspiracy to the senate. (Byron: Marino…
The red cock will crow in his house. His house will be set on fire. “`We'll see if the red cock craw not in his bonnie barn-yard ae morning.' `What does she mean?' said Mannering ... `Fire…
(A). A blow received by a peacemaker, who interferes between two combatants to red or separate them; proverbially, the severest blow a man can receive. “Said I not to ye, `Make not, meddle…
(A). A sea-phrase, meaning that a rock is in the path of the ship, which the helmsman must steer clear of; a danger threatens; an opponent; an obstruction. “That yonker ... has been a rock…
Daughter of Ptolemy, King of Egypt, rescued by St. George from the fangs of the giant, and ultimately married to her deliverer. She is represented as pure in mind, saintly in character, a…
(French). Ready wit; skill in getting out of a scrape; hence “Vivre de son savoir-faire,” to live by one's wits; “Avoir du savoir-faire,” to be up to snuff, to know a thing or two. “He had…
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