Crossword clues for ascham
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ascham \As"cham\, n. [From Roger Ascham, who was a great lover of archery.] A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. A cupboard or case for holding bows and other archery equipment.
Wikipedia
Ascham may refer to:
- Ascham School
Usage examples of "ascham".
Peter Ascham, of the eminent legal firm of Ascham and Pettilow, would have his punctual hand on the door-bell of the flat.
No doubt Ascham thought he merely wanted to make another change in his will.
Granice stood up, and went to lean against the mantel-piece, looking down at Ascham, who had not moved from his seat, or changed his attitude of rigid fascinated attention.
What if Ascham should think the case urgent, rout out an alienist, and come back with him?
His fear of Ascham and the alienist made it impossible for him to remain in his rooms.
For the first time since his avowal to Peter Ascham he found himself without an occupation, and understood that he had been carried through the past weeks only by the necessity of constant action.
It was he, I freely admit, who had given me a degree of comfort in tackling the question of who had killed poor Justin Ascham Raleigh.
I would be there, observing, listening, and tasting, right from the very first time he met Justin Ascham Raleigh during that initial freshers week, until the night of the murder.
A book may be a perfect gentleman in its aspect and demeanor, and this book would be good company for personages like Roger Ascham and his pupils the Lady Elizabeth and the Lady Jane Grey.
Anthony Ascham, a sixteenth-century alchemist and astrologer and the brother of Roger Ascham, the humanist tutor to Edward VI and Elizabeth I.
The princess escaped into her studies, and that autumn welcomed Roger Ascham - now in England again after diplomatic service abroad, and acting as Latin secretary to the Queen - back into her service.