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So called from an ancestor in crusading times, noted for his exploits on the shores of the Dead Sea. (De Mortuo Mari.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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