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481 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 962.45 (Matthew Henry)
7. Christ was asleep in this storm; and here we are told that it was in the hinder part of the ship, the pilot’s place: he lay at the helm, to intimate that, as Mr. George Herbert expresses it,
482 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1009.56 (Matthew Henry)
… . George Herbert took pleasure in calling Christ, my Master. Secondly, She triumphs in his arrival: The Master is come. He whom we have long wished and waited for …
483 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1011.43 (Matthew Henry)
… Mr. Herbert, when he mentioned the name of Christ, used to add, my Master; and thus expresses himself concerning it in one of his poems:
484 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1017.82 (Matthew Henry)
… . George Herbert, in his poem called The Bag, very affectingly brings in our Saviour, when his side was pierced, thus speaking to his disciples:
485 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1040.10 (Matthew Henry)
… . George Herbert says, Kneeling never spoiled silk stockings .
486 Etymology dictionary, p. *bhereg-.2
*bherəg-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to shine; bright, white." It forms all or part of: Albert; Bertha; birch; bright; Egbert; Ethelbert; Gilbert; Herbert; Hubert; Lambert; Robert .
487 Etymology dictionary, p. bright (adj.).3
… , Gilbert, Herbert, Hubert, Lambert. In modern German it survives in names only ( Albrecht, Ruprecht ) and has been otherwise lost.
488 Etymology dictionary, p. Doctor Martens.2
type of heavy walking boots, 1977 (use claimed from 1965), trademark name taken out by Herbert Funck and Klaus Martens of West Germany.
489 Etymology dictionary, p. evolution (n.).3
… ), and Herbert Spencer and other biologists after Darwin popularized evolution .
490 Etymology dictionary, p. good-neighbor (adj.).2
also (chiefly British English) good-neighbour, adjectival phrase, in reference to U.S. foreign policy, especially in Latin America, 1928, originally in Herbert Hoover. The good neighbours is Scottish euphemism for "the fairies" (1580s).
491 Etymology dictionary, p. Herbert.1
Herbert
492 Etymology dictionary, p. Herbert.2
masc. proper name, introduced in England by the Normans, from Old French Herbert, Latinized from Frankish *Hari-berct, *Her(e)-bert, literally "army-bright;" see harry (v.) + bright (adj.).
493 Etymology dictionary, p. heredity (n.).2
… by Herbert Spencer.
494 Etymology dictionary, p. Hooverville.2
… . president Herbert C. Hoover (1874-1964), who was in office when the Depression began, + common place-name ending -ville. Earlier his name was the basis of Hooverize …
495 Etymology dictionary, p. landau (n.).2
… William Herbert ("Frank Forester"), "Hints to Horse-Keepers," New York, 1859].
496 Etymology dictionary, p. McCarthyism.2
… cartoonist Herbert Block ("Herblock") in an editorial cartoon from March 29, 1950. The Army-McCarthy subcommittee hearings in the U.S. Senate ran from April …
497 Etymology dictionary, p. neighbor (n.).2
… by Herbert Hoover.
498 Etymology dictionary, p. op-ed (adj.).2
… editor Herbert Bayard Swope, whose op-ed pages launched the celebrity of many of the Algonquin Round Table writers.
499 Etymology dictionary, p. Spencerian (adj.).3
The word also can be a reference to English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), who has some possession of Spencerism. For the Elizabethan poet, see Spenserian .
500 Etymology dictionary, p. Whig.3
… present." [Herbert Butterfield, "The Whig Interpretation of History," 1931]