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Phrases and Names Their Origins and Meanings : 'R' (영어 이름과 표현의 의미와 유래)

Rabbi. The title of a Jewish expounder of the Law. The word is Greek for “My Master,” through the Hebrew rabi, from the root rab, lord, chief. Rack. From the Saxon wrocan and German recken, to stretch. The word is therefore correctly applied to the instrument of torture of former days. Rack Rent. A term expressing the actual full annual value of land as paid from the earliest times, not modified..

Phrases and Names Their Origins and Meanings : 'R' (영어 이름과 표현의 의미와 유래)

Rabbi. The title of a Jewish expounder of the Law. The word is Greek for “My Master,” through the Hebrew rabi, from the root rab, lord, chief. Rack. From the Saxon wrocan and German recken, to stretch. The word is therefore correctly applied to the instrument of torture of former days. Rack Rent. A term expressing the actual full annual value of land as paid from the earliest times, not modified..

Phrases and Names Their Origins and Meanings : 'Q' (영어 이름과 표현의 의미와 유래)

Quack. The name borne by an itinerant trader, who makes a great noise in open market, quacking like a duck in his efforts to dispose of wares that are not genuine; hence anyone nowadays who follows a profession which he does not rightly understand. A “Quack Doctor” was formerly styled a Quack Salver, from the salves, lotions, and medicines he dispensed to the crowd at the street corners. Quadrag..

Phrases and Names Their Origins and Meanings : 'P' (영어 이름과 표현의 의미와 유래)

Pacha. See “Pasha.” Pacific Ocean. So called by Magellan, who, after a tempestuous passage through the straits which bear his name, enjoyed a cruise of three months and twenty-one days across this ocean in continuous fine weather, and with the advantage of favourable winds. Pack Horse. An inn sign denoting that the establishment provided accommodation for “Packmen,” and also that pack horses wer..

Phrases and Names Their Origins and Meanings : 'O' (영어 이름과 표현의 의미와 유래)

Oak Apple Day. Another name for Royal Oak Day (29th May), when people formerly wore oak leaves or oak apples in their hats to commemorate the manner in which the partisans of Charles II. welcomed his return to England on his birthday, 1651. This was, of course, in allusion to his concealment in an oak-tree near Boscobel House, Shropshire, after the battle of Worcester, on 3rd September previous...

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