to be struck blind
21blindfold — [blīnd′fōld΄] vt. [altered (infl. by FOLD1) < ME blindfeld, struck blind, pp. of blindfellen < OE (ge)blindfellian: see BLIND + FELL2] 1. to cover the eyes of with a cloth or bandage 2. to hinder the sight or understanding of n …
22St. Magnus Cathedral — St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. It is the most northerly cathedral in the British Isles, a fine example of Norman architecture …
231890 in baseball — Year in baseball this year = 1890 Champions*World Series: Brooklyn Bridegrooms 3, Louisville Colonels 3, 1 tie *National League: Brooklyn Bridegrooms *American Association: Louisville Colonels *Players League: Boston RedsMajor League Baseball… …
24Persecution of Christians in the New Testament — see also [http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=489 letter=C search=Christianity#1631 Jewish Encyclopedia: Christianity in its relation to Judaism: Early Christianity a Jewish Sect] ] The New Testament and other Christian texts depict the… …
25Peeping Tom — a person who obtains sexual gratification by observing others surreptitiously, esp. a man who looks through windows at night. [1910 15; allusion to the legendary man who peeped at Lady Godiva as she rode naked through Coventry] * * * ▪ sexual… …
26Peeping Tom — Peep·ing Tom .pē piŋ täm n a pruriently prying person: VOYEUR Peeping Tom·ism täm .iz əm n Peeping Tom British legendary character. According to popular legend, Tom was a prying tailor who was struck blind (or, in some versions, struck dead) as… …
27Kitchen God — In Chinese folk religion and Chinese mythology, the Kitchen God, named Zao Jun (zh cp|c=灶君|p=Zào Jūn; literally stove master ) or Zao Shen (zh cp|c=灶神|p=Zào Shén; literally stove god ), is the most important of a plethora of Chinese domestic gods …
28Infancy Gospel of Thomas — The Infancy Gospel of Thomas is a non canonical text that was part of a popular genre, aretalogy , of the 2nd and 3rd centuries mdash; a miracle literature of Infancy gospels that was both entertaining and inspirational, written to satisfy a… …
29Georg Scherer — (1540 mdash; November 30, 1605) was a Roman Catholic pulpit orator and controversialist.Born at Schwaz, in the Tyrol, Scherer entered the Society of Jesus in 1559. Even before his ordination he was famed for his preaching powers. For over forty… …
30Swift's silver mine — is a silver mine fabled to have been discovered in 1760 by an Englishman named Jonathan Swift somewhere between Pennsylvania and North Carolina. It is most commonly rumored to be located in eastern Kentucky or Tennessee.LegendThe legend of Swift… …
