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Aim-crier

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An abettor, one who encourages. In archery, the person employed to “cry aim.” (See above.)

“Thou smiling aim-crier at princesʹ fall.”


English Arcadia.

 

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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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Ahasue rus
Ahead
Ahithophel
Ah med (Prince)
Aholibah (Ezek. xxiii. 4, 11, etc.)
Aholibamah
Ahriman
Aide toi et le Ciel taidera (God will help those who help themselves)
Aigrette
Aim
Aim-crier
Air
Air
Air
Air one’s opinions (To)
Air-brained
Air-line
Air-ship (An)
Air-throne
Airs
Aïrapadam