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  • 11To put under the screws — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 12To run into the ground — Run Run, v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of {Run}, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To… …

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  • 13To put to the sword — Sword Sword (s[=o]rd), n. [OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sver[eth], Sw. sv[ a]rd, Dan. sv[ae]rd; of uncertain origin.] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually… …

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  • 14between two stools one falls to the ground — Inability to choose between, or accommodate oneself to, alternative viewpoints or courses of action is likely to end in disaster. Now more common in the metaphorical phrase to fall between two stools. Cf. medieval L. labitur enitens sellis herere …

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  • 15ground — {{11}}ground (adj.) reduced to fine particles by grinding, 1765, pp. adjective from GRIND (Cf. grind). {{12}}ground (n.) O.E. grund bottom, foundation, ground, surface of the earth, especially bottom of the sea (a sense preserved in run aground) …

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  • 16The Lost Boys — Infobox Film name = Lost Boys caption = Theatrical poster writer = Janice Fischer James Jeremias (story and screenplay) Jeffrey Boam (screenplay only) starring = Jason Patric Kiefer Sutherland Corey Haim Corey Feldman Jami Gertz Edward Herrmann… …

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  • 17The Outsiders (film) — Infobox Film name = The Outsiders caption = Theatrical release poster director = Francis Coppola producer = Fred Roos writer = S.E. Hinton Kathleen Knutsen Rowell starring = C. Thomas Howell Matt Dillon Ralph Macchio Patrick Swayze Rob Lowe… …

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  • 18The Seal of Confession —     The Law of the Seal of Confession     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession     In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… …

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  • 19The Carmelite Order —     The Carmelite Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carmelite Order     One of the mendicant orders.     Origin     The date of the foundation of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been under discussion from the fourteenth century to …

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  • 20The Pope —     The Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope     (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633).     The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …

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