To wear the breeches. Said of a woman who usurps the prerogative of her husband. Similar to The grey mare is the better horse. (See Grey. ) The phrase is common to the French, Dutch,…
A corruption of Calainos, the most ancient of Spanish ballads. Calainos the Moor asked a damsel to wife, who said the price of winning her should be the heads of the three paladins of…
An officer of the Palatium or Byzantine palace, a high dignitary. Paladins. The knights of King Charlemagne. The most noted are Allory de l'Estoc; Astolfo; Basin de Genevois; Fierambras…
Son and heir of Sir Rowland de Boys, who hated his youngest brother Orlando, and persuaded him to try a wrestling match with a professed wrestler, hoping thus to kill his brother; but when…
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F. Sherwood (Sherry) Rowlandchemist, Nobel laureateBorn: June 28, 1927Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio Roland's early work was on the chemistry of radioactive atoms. Branching out, in 1973, he and…
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