25 August 2016
daubery
[daw-buh-ree]
noun
1. unskillful painting or work.
Also, daubry [daw-bree]
Origin of daubery
1540-1550; daub + -ery
Dictionary.com
Examples
She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is, beyond our element: we know nothing.
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Turn tail!” replied Larry, “it is I that wouldn’t — I appale to St. Patrick himself over beyond” — pointing to a picture of the Prime Saint of Ireland, which hung in gilt daubery behind his master’s chair, right opposite to him.
Anagram
year dub
a bud rye
Today’s quote
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
– Martin Luther King
On this day
25 August 325 – conclusion of the First Council of Nicea, a cabal of 1800 bishops convened by Roman Emperor Constantine I (Constantine the Great) to gain consensus within the church for various doctrinal issues, such as the divinity of Christ, the Holy Trinity and the date for Easter which were articulated in the ‘Creed of Nicea’. The Council was officially opened on 20 May 325.
25 August 1227 – death of Genghis Khan, founder and emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest, contiguous empire in history. At its peak, it covered stretched from Eastern Europe to the Sea of Japan, and included Southeast Asia, the Indian sub-continent, the Iranian Plateau and the Middle East. It covered 24 million km2 (16% of the Earth’s total land area) and had a population of over 100 million. Born circa 1162.
25 August 1330 – Antipope Nicolaas V overthrows himself by presenting a confession of sins to Pope John XXII, who absolved him. Nicolaas V had previously been excommunicated by Pope John XXII. After his absolution, Nicolaas V was held in ‘honourable imprisonment’ in the papal palace at Avignon until his death in 1333.
25 August 1949 – birth of Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz) in Haifa, Israel. American rock guitarist and song-writer. Co-founder of Kiss.
25 August 1991 – founding of computer operating system, Linux, by Linus Torvalds.
25 August 2012 – death of Neil Armstrong. First man to walk on the moon. Born 5 August 1930.