Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell... . To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature / by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer.

E. Cobham Brewer

Date:: 1910

Credit: Dictionary of phrase and fable, giving the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell... . To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature / by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$“ chick-cliick ” of tke blackcap; bulls hellotv ; canaries sing or quaver; cats mew^ purr, sivear, and caterwaul ; calves bleat and blear ; chaffinches chirp ox pink; chickens ; cicadae sing ; cocks crow ; cows moo or low ; crows caw; cuckoos cry cuckoo; deer bell; dogs bark, bag, howl, axiA yelp ; doves coo; diuoks quack ; eagles scream ; falcons chant ; flies buzz ; foxes bark and yelp ; frogs croak ; geese cackle and hiss ; goldfinch—we speak of the “merry twinkle” of the female; grasshoppers chirp and qhtter ; grouse— we speak of the ‘ ‘ drumming ’ ’’ of the grouse ; guineafowls cry ‘ ‘ come back ’ ’ ; guineapigs squeak; hares squeak; hawks scream;h.exx9,cackleaxiA. cluck; horses neigh and whinny; hyenas laugh; jays chatter; kittens mew ; lambs baa and bleat ; larks sing ; linnets chuckle in their call; lions roar; magpies chatter; mice squeak waA. squeal; monkeys chatter and gibber ; nightingales pipe and warble—we also speak of its “jug-jug ” ; owls hoot and screech ; oxen low and bellow; parrots talk; peacocks scream ; peewits cry pee-wit; pigeons coo; pigs grunt, squeak, and sequeal; ravens croak; redstarts lohistle; rooks caw; screech-owls screech or shriek; sheep baa or bleat; snakes hiss; sparrows chirp or yelp; stags bellow and call; swallows twitter; swans cry—we also speak of the ‘ ‘ bombilation ” of the swan ; thrushes lohistle ; tigers groivl; tits—we speak of the ‘ ‘ twit- twit ” of the bottle-tit; turkey-cocks gobble; vultures scream; whitethroats chb'r ; wolves howl. Animosity means animation, spirit, as the fire of a horse, called in Latin equi animos'itas. Its present exclusive use in a bad sense is an instance of the tendency which words originally neutral have to assume a bad meaning. (Compare churl, villain.') Animula. “ Animula, vagula, blandula, Hospes, comesque, corporis; Quae nunc abibis in loca, Pallidula, rigida, nudula? ” The Emperor Hadrian to his iSoul. Sorry-lived, blithe-little, flutteriug Sprite, Comrade and guest in this body of clay, Whither, ah ! whither, departing in flight, Rigid, half-naked, pale minion, away ? E. C. B. Anna {Domia). A lady beloved by DonOtta'vio, but seduced by Don Gio- vanni, who also killed her father, the “ Commandant of the City,” in a duel. ^Mozart's opera of Eon Giovanni.) An'nabel, in Drjden’s satire, of Absalom and Achitophel is designed for the Duchess of Monmouth. Her maiden name and title were Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, the richest heiress in Europe. The duke was faithless to her, and after his death, the widow, still handsome, married again. “To all his [Monnujuth’s] wishes, nothing he [David] denied ; And made the charming Annabel his Ijride.” Part i. lines 33, 34. Anna Matilda (Hw), an ultra-seuti- mental girl. Mrs. Hannah Cowley used this pen-name in her responses in the World to Della Crusca (R. Merry). {fee the Baviad by Gilford.) Annates (2 syl.). One entire year’s income claimed by the Pope on the appointment of a bishop or. other eccle- siastic in the Catholic Church. This is called the first fruits (Latin, annus, a year). By the Statute of Recusants (2) Hen. VIII. c. 20, and the Confirm- ing Act), the right to English Annates and Tenths was transferred to tlie Crown; but, in the reign of Queen Anne, annates were ^iven up to form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. {See Bounty, Queen Anne’s.) Anne. Sister Anne. Sister of Eat'ima, the seventh and last of Bluebeard’s wives. Anne’s Fan {Queen). Your thumb to your nose and your fingers spread. Anne’s Great Captain. The Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722). Annie Laurie was eldest of the three daughters of Sir Robert Laurie, of Maxwellton, born December 10, 1632. William Douglas, of Em gland (Kirk- cudbright) , wrote the popular song, but Annie married, in 1709, James Eer- gusson, of Craigdarroch, and was the mother of Alexander Eergusson, the hero of Burns’s song called The Mlnstle. william Douglas was tbe lieru of the song “ Willie was a wanton wag.” Annuio Dei figuram ne gestato {In). Wear not God’s imaj.>e in a ring (or inscribe . . . .), the 24th symbol of the Protreptics. Jamblicus tells us that Pythagoras wished to teach by this prohibition that God had an “incor- poreal subsistence.” In fact, that it meant “ thou shalt not liken God to any of His wmrks.” Probably the ring, svmbolising eternity, bore upon the special probiliitiou. Annuncia^tion. Eag of the Annun- ciation. The 25th of March, also called Lady Eaq, op which the angel announced$