Thisffolume is for REFERENCE USE ONLY II ?^^^^!^^!?^^ D DDD1 itS>43fl35 BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE & FABLE BREWERf'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE & FABLE REVISED & ENLARGED NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS KEY TO PRONUNCIATION VOWELS A dotplaced overa, e, o, oru (a, e,6, u,) signifies thatthe vowel has an obscure, indeter- minate, orslurred sound, as in: advice(ad-vis'),current(kur'ent), notion(no'shon). CONSONANTS pri"nst"edis"uzs"ed(toozn)l.y for the sibilant "s" (as in "toast," tost,) the sonant "s" (Nas in "toes" is whb"e,cn"du(sfee,xdcheap(stsecieonntsthoheencaconomtmsbb,iinhnaaatvtieioontnshsebi"erlcuohsw"u)a,alnkvd,a1l",uce/msz,".),n"(qs,e"eannbdel"oxw"),arpe,nro,tt,usve,d.z, and w and y ch asinchurch(cherch). n asin cabochon (ka-bo-cho/O. ch loch(loc/i). sh shawl (shawl). get (get) zh measure(mezh'ur). join(join). hw white(hwit). tthh tthhiinne(t(hMiinn)).. Theaccent(0followsthesyllabletobestressed. . The multiplication table invented by Pytha- gorasiscalled AbacusPythagoricus. A. The form ofthis letter is modified from In architecture the abacus is the topmost the Egyptian hieroglyph which represents the memberofacapital. esNpianrygoml(bobeaua.oltbllelipyoTnhfehea.ear.rnboPTanhoheodxoee)una,siuGlcgwyiru,haernieytcko(hiHrnAeehtpbahrrsee(esawselba)npcethresainaf)yinmctebwoshoax.ols-uhgweShtaaeths,dee pAteobrmMailidseldhsteosodn.npi(utase(bsRaedtv'h.eoninx),a.m11eT),hfoefrratonhmgeeHbleotbot.fomatlbheaesds,bophtie-t alsAo SmCAlRoLgEiTc LdEeTnToEtRe.s a universal affirmative. itself: ThyIbnoladllahtetremgpatt.esAbaddonrues Aasserts,Edenies.Thus,syllogismsmbfij-bArA ParadiseRegained,iv,624. (<7.v.) contain three universal affirmative pro- Abaris (ab'aris). A mythical Greek sage of positions. the 6th century B.C. (surnamed "the Hyper- Al means first-rate the very best. In borean"") mentioned by Herodotus, Pindar, Lloycr's RegisterofBritish and Foreign Ship- etc. Apollo gave him a magic arrow which ping, thecharacter ofthe ship's hullis desig- rendered him invisible, cured diseases, gave ncaabtleeds,bayndlestttoerrse,s bayndfigtuhraets.ofAlthmeeaanncshohrusl,l torhaeclaeisr,. anAdbaonnswghaivcehithetocoPuyltdhargiodreast,hrwohuog,h first-iate,andalsoanchors,cables,andstores; in return, taught him philosophy. Hence the A2, hull first-rate, but fittings second-rate. dartofAbaris. Vuensdseerlsthoeflaetnteirnsf^eEr,ioEr,cahnadraIc.ter are classified Ahebraatledmrye,nta(mOa.Frrk.obfatdreep,retcoiabteiaotn daonwnne)x.ed Itno Aaron(ar on). 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Dame Abonde is the French equivalent of Santa Claus, a good Abhorrers. SeePETITIONERS. fairywho brings children presents while they Abidhamma (abida'ma). The third pitaka areasleeponNewYear'sEve. dothofigsetttshh.eerTtfhhorereem AtPhabeliidsahtcaerxmetdmsac(aTnrocionpinttoaafkiant)shewBh"uitdch-he fFAaabvtoohuue-rriBteekorfwifet(.haeboHoVebiregwkiarn,s) tih.(ee5.7f1i-rM6s3to4h)ca,almimpchea,dll'oesrd analytical exercises in the psychological sys- successor of Mohammed, of the Sunni temonwhichthedoctrineisbased,"in seven Moslems, andreignedforonlytwoyears. AtArbbeiiafgt.aiiselsS.(eaebS'HeiIegRaTAlR)MI.PAIBTAIAFK.lAa.dy's maid. Abigail, cinhgaAnbstoleu(eipnHaTtsohestahAnera(bbaeibdaonaoNnihdgahspt'asl)aa,nc)t.eraonfAsftehrreirceChdamldieuprrh-- wife ofNabal and afterwards ofDavid, is a Haroun al-Raschid. Next morning he was well-known Scriptureheroine(1 Sam.xxv,3). treatedasthecaliph,andeveryeffortwasmade Marlowecalledthe daughter ofBarrabas, his to make him forget his identity (The Sleeper JewofMalta,by this name,and itwas given Awakened). The same story, localized to by Beaumont and Fletcher to the "waiting Shakespeare's own Warwickshire, forms the