figurative+expression
31ballistic — 1775, pertaining to thrown objects, ultimately from Gk. ballein to throw (see BALLISTICS (Cf. ballistics)). Of rockets or missiles (ones that are guided while under propulsion, but fall freely), from 1949. Ballistic missile first attested 1954;… …
32dahlia — (n.) 1804, named 1791 by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles for Anders Dahl (1751 1789), Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus, who discovered it in Mexico in 1788. No blue variety had ever been cultivated, hence blue dahlia, figurative… …
33drawing — c.1300, a pulling, in various senses, from prp. of DRAW (Cf. draw) (v.). The picture making sense is from 1520s; of the picture itself from 1660s. Drawing board is from 1725; used in figurative expression from mid 20c …
34footstep — (n.) early 13c., footprint, from FOOT (Cf. foot) (n.) + STEP (Cf. step) (n.). Meaning a tread or fall of the foot is first attested 1530s. Figurative expression to follow in (someone s) footsteps is from 1540s …
35stew — {{11}}stew (n.) c.1300, vessel for cooking, from STEW (Cf. stew) (v.). Later heated room (late 14c.). The noun meaning stewed meat with vegetables is first recorded 1756; Irish stew is attested from 1814. The obsolete slang meaning brothel (mid… …
36wool — O.E. wull, from P.Gmc. *wulno (Cf. O.N. ull, O.Fris. wolle, M.Du. wolle, Du. wol, O.H.G. wolla, Ger. wolle, Goth. wulla), from PIE *wele (Cf. Skt. urna; Avestan varena; Gk. lenos wool; …
37image — I. n. 1. Statue. 2. Idol, object of worship. 3. Likeness, effigy, figure, similitude, resemblance, picture, representation of an object (real or fancied). 4. Trope, figurative expression. II. v. a. 1. Form an image of …
38metaphor — /ˈmɛtəfə / (say metuhfuh), / fɔ/ (say faw) noun 1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable, in order to suggest a resemblance, as A mighty fortress is our God. –phrase 2. mixed… …
39scintilla juris — /sintila jiiras/ In real property law, a spark of right or interest. By this figurative expression was denoted the small particle of interest, which, by a fiction of law, was supposed to remain in a feoffee to uses, sufficient to support… …
40four corners — A figurative expression signifying the whole face of an instrument, omitting nothing in arriving at its meaning and intent …
