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Noah’s Ark

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A white band spanning the sky like a rainbow; if east and west expect dry weather, if north and south expect wet.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Nitouche (St.)
Nix (mas.), Nixie (fem.)
Nixon
Nizam
Njörd
No Man is a Hero to his own Valet
No More Poles
No-Popery Riots
Noah’s Ark (Genesis vi. 15)
Noah’s Ark
Noah’s Wife [Noraida]
Noakes (John) or John o Noakes
Nob (The)
Nob of the First Water (A)
Nobs and Snobs
Noble
Noble Soul
Noblesse Oblige (French)
Noctes Ambrosianæ
Noctuas Athenas Ferre