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Where did the term hand over fist come from?
Probably a nautical term used when hauling a rope, originally quoted as 'hand over hand'
What is meant by the phrase vain inglorious?
You may mean Vainglorious, from the 1470's meaning a pride over one's achievement's. Also, was known in Medieval Latin as Vana Gloria .
What is the meaning of prevail?
To overcome; to gain the victory or superiority; to gain the advantage; to have the upper hand, or the mastery; to succeed; -- sometimes with over or against., To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day., To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait.
What do you call a clock that has a minute hand and a hour hand?
It's an analog clock. The BIG hand tells which hour you are in because an hour is the bigger unit of time measure and the minute is the smaller unit. The little hand tells what minute of the current hour you are in. Granted, most analog clocks have one longer hand and one shorter hand but they are correctly referred to as BIG for hour and LITTLE for minute. Think about it, function over form. Don't be a sheep, this is the original reasoning behind the size and shape of the hands.
What was blackbeards punishments?
All I know is that he would cut off the fingers of those who took long to hand over their rings and that he would slice up the ears of prisoners and made them eat it. I think there is more".....
