a tapster. Ale-drapery, the selling of ale, etc. “No other occupation have I but to be an ale-draper.” —H. Chettle: Kind-harts' Dreame , 1592. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…
To erase the cognisance of a recreant knight. To degrade a knight from his rank. To be knocked about by the winds. “I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here.” Shakespeare: Richard II,…
(2 syl.). A festival observed in Ireland on June 21st, and in some parts of Scotland on May Day. A fire is kindled on the hills, and the young people dance round it, and feast on cakes…
Lord William Howard, warden of the western marches (1563-1640). His Bilboa blade, by marchmen felt, Hung in a broad and studded belt; Hence, in rude phrase, the borderers still Called…
(The). The Sun-dew (q.v.); so called because it occasions the rot in sheep. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Red SeaRed Rose Knight A B C D E F G H I…
Same as pridwen. This shield had represented on it a picture of the Virgin. The temper of his sword, the tried `Excaliber,' The bigness and the length of `Rone,' his noble spear, With `…
Thuath-duiné (north men). Our word Dutch and the German Deutsch are variations of the same word, originally written Theodisk. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
(, theta). The sign given in the verdict of the Areopagus of condemnation to death. “Et potis es vitio nigrum praeflgere theta.” —Persius. T meant absolution, and A = non liquet. In the…
Persons who cultivate the friendship of others for the sake of sitting at their board, and the good things they can get. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…
A popular dance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. “Nimble-heeled mariners ... capering ... sometimes a Morisco, or Trenchmore of forty miles long.” —Taylor the Water-Poet.…
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