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The following 413 entries include the term ofthe.
flame-of-the-woods
noun: an East Indian shrub (Ixora coccinea) with showy scarlet flowers
flower of the winds
: the figure of a compass printed on old charts that is represented with a rose in the center
foot of the fine
noun: the part of a tripartite indenture made in case of a fine of land made for the court's records compare chirograph
forward of the beam
: a ship's relative bearing of less than 90 or more than 270 degrees
full of the moon
: the time or condition of complete illumination of the lunar disk
gall of the earth
: a lion's foot of the genus Prenanthes
general of the armies
: the highest U.S. Army rank of World War I (as conferred upon General John J. Pershing upon his retirement)
gentleman-usher of the black rod
: black rod
glory-of-the-sun
noun: a small bulbous scapose Chilean perennial herb (Leucocoryne ixioides) of the family Amaryllidaceae often cultivated for its lavender flowers that are borne in few-flowered umbels and have an involucre of two linear bracts
guardian of the poor
: a member of a board appointed or elected to care for the relief of the poor or administer the poor laws within a township, parish, or district in England
guard of the standard
: the color guard of a cavalry regiment
harmony of the spheres
: a doctrine promulgated by the Pythagoreans that the celestial spheres are separated by intervals corresponding to the relative lengths of strings that produce harmonious tones compare music of the spheres
herb-of-the-cross
noun: european vervain
house of the ascendant
: the first mundane house
idols of the cave
: idola due to individual peculiarities or prejudices compare idolum sense 2
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