fald — fald·stool; … English syllables
stool — bar·stool; birth·stool; bishop·stool; close·stool; cuck·stool; de·stool; en·stool; fald·stool; frith·stool; stool; stool·ie; stool·ing; de·stool·ment; … English syllables
faldstool — fald·stool … English syllables
faldstool — fald•stool [[t]ˈfɔldˌstul[/t]] n. 1) rel a chair or seat used by bishops away from their thrones 2) rel a folding stool or desk used by worshipers 3) rel a stool used by sovereigns of England at their coronations • Etymology: 1595–1605; < ML… … From formal English to slang
Jenny Geddes — (c. 1600 ndash; c. 1660) was a Scottish market trader in Edinburgh, who is alleged to have thrown her stool at the head of the minister in St Giles Cathedral in objection to the first public use of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer in Scotland.… … Wikipedia
Faldstool — Fald stool , n. [See {Faldistory}.] A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. Fairholt. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pel- — I. pel 1 Pale. Derivatives include pallor, falcon, and poliomyelitis. 1. Suffixed variant form *pal wo . a. (i) fallow deer, from Old English fealu … Universalium
Faldstool — A seat used by a bishop or other senior ecclesiastic when not using his bishop s throne. It was a portable item without arms, for use when a bishop was in another s church. [< OldEngl. fald = fold + stool] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Mann — 1. A blind man may perchance hit the mark. – Tauben und Hühner Zeitung (Berlin 1862), Nr. 6, S. 46. 2. A Mann a Wort oder a Hundsfott. (Ulm.) 3. A Mann wie a Maus ün a Weib wie a Haus is noch nit gleich. (Jüd. deutsch. Warschau.) Will sagen, dass … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
