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Davideʹis

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An epic poem in four books, describing the troubles of King David. (Abraham Cowley [1618–1667].)

There is another sacred poem so called, by Thomas Elwood (1712).

 

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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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Dash my Wig. Dash my Buttons
Date
Daughter
Daughter of Peneus (The)
Daughter of the Horseleech
Dauphin
Davenport
Davenport (The Brothers)
David
David and Jonathan
Davideis
Davus
Davy
Davy (Snuffy)
Davy Jones’s Locker
Davy’s Sow
Dawson (Bully)
Day
Day of the Barricades
Day of the Dupes
Day-dream