Word: cloven
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...type of "priestly inauguration" held in Jerusalem between 73 and 63 B.C. that served "oysters" (no scales or fins) and "mussels" (no scales or fins) and "sow's udder" (Thou shalt not eat the flesh of any animal that doth not chew the cud nor have a cloven hoof). Will you please explain what type of "priest" was inaugurated at the "sumptuous repast" referred to by Author O'Brien in The Bible Cookbook [March...
...advanced ideas were a prime source of self-advertisement, and Lola had absorbed a set of "bold and novel" notions through the pores of her celebrated milky skin by association with Alexandre Dumas. Her plans to give "freedom" to Bavaria were blocked by what she called "the cloven foot of Jesuitism." After two years, the Jesuits helped Bavaria get rid of her and the King, and she never forgave them...
Damn Yankees tells of a fanatical middle-aged rooter for the Washington Senators who mutters that he'd sell his soul to have them take the pennant from the Yankees. At once a buyer with a cloven hoof appears, and transforms beefy Joe Boyd into lithe, 22-year-old Joe Hardy, the greatest ballplayer of all time. There is, however, an escape clause in the deal; and to keep Joe from escaping his clutches, the Devil puts redheaded Miss Verdon to work as an enchantress...
...Neapolitan air, he stopped and remarked casually: "My father cut his throat," then went back to singing. Byron was word-perfect in his monster role before he was out of his teens. Henceforth, the clubfoot and the sensitive heart hid themselves in the disguise of a cold, cloven-hoofed devil. On his brow, at a moment's notice, would appear "that singular scowl" which caused one acquaintance to exclaim that he "had never seen a man with such a Cain-like mark on the forehead." A Pair of Stays. A Miss Elizabeth Pigot had the honor of discovering that...
With Dr. Brightlee for escort, Mary agrees to a night out-one that begins romantically in Central Park and ends up wildly in night court. The doctor himself becomes smitten with Mary, but the cloven hoof, in the end, proves no match for the youthful hoofer. Picking up after a slow start, the play has enough bright remarks and gay incidents, enough humor, novelty and point of view for a refreshingly pleasant evening. This is true despite the fact that-though Actress Tandy makes a winning Mary Doyle-Actor Cronyn lacks the regrettable charm and dash of the Devil...