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21Duck! Rabbit! Duck! — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Duck! Rabbit, Duck! series = Merrie Melodies (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck) caption = Daffy writes Elmer Fudd a license to shoot a fricasseeing rabbit in this scene from Duck! Rabbit, Duck! . Hey, Bugs, how do… …
22Secondary reference — points to the representation as a necessary part in granting a meaning to a (part of a) sentence. In this approach, words that don’t contribute to the representation are void; they can only provide a figurative expression. Examples of phrases… …
23Duck! Rabbit, Duck! — Merrie Melodies (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd) series Daffy Duck thinks he is writing a fricasseing rabbit license, but Bugs sp …
24Ealuscerwen — is an Old English hapax legomenon found in Beowulf (verse 769). Since it appears to refer to a part of Anglo Saxon drinking ritual, it has commanded a lot of scholarly attention. The context in which it appears is: dryht‐sele dynede, • Denum… …
25Axe — Used in the Authorized Version of Deut. 19:5; 20:19; 1 Kings 6:7, as the translation of a Hebrew word which means chopping. It was used for felling trees (Isa. 10:34) and hewing timber for building. It is the rendering of a different word in… …
26Dung — 1) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned outside the camp (Ex. 29:14; Lev. 4:11; 8:17; Num. 19:5). To be cast out as dung, a figurative expression (1 Kings 14:10; 2 Kings 9:37; Jer.… …
27Fury — As attributed to God, is a figurative expression for dispensing afflictive judgments (Lev. 26:28; Job 20:23; Isa. 63:3; Jer. 4:4; Ezek. 5:13; Dan. 9:16; Zech. 8:2) …
28Sea of glass — A figurative expression used in Rev. 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, this calm, glass like sea, which is never in storm, but only interfused with flame, represents the counsels of God, those purposes of righteousness and …
29girding up the loins — The process of tucking up the long Eastern robes through the girdle to facilitate energetic work or walking (2 Kgs. 4:29) and therefore also a figurative expression (1 Pet. 1:13, NRSV marg.) to denote the mental preparation for action (so NRSV,… …
30aboveboard — (adj.) 1610s, from ABOVE (Cf. above) and BOARD (Cf. board) (n.1). A figurative expression borrowed from gamesters, who, when they put their hands under the table, are changing their cards. [Johnson] …
