Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Overcloy:
To fill beyond satiety.
"A scum of Britons and base lackey peasants,
Whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth
To desperate adventures and destruction."
-Shakespeare
"A scum of Britons and base lackey peasants,
Whom their o'er-cloyed country vomits forth
To desperate adventures and destruction."
-Shakespeare
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Hourglass:
Space of time. A manner of speaking rather affected than elegant.
"We, within the hourglass of two months, have won one town, and overthrown great forces in the field."
-Bacon
"We, within the hourglass of two months, have won one town, and overthrown great forces in the field."
-Bacon
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Joll:
To beat the head against anything; to clash with violence.
"The tortoises envied the easiness of frogs, 'till they saw them jolled to pieces and devoured for want of a buckler."
-L'Estrange
"The tortoises envied the easiness of frogs, 'till they saw them jolled to pieces and devoured for want of a buckler."
-L'Estrange
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