Rhenan
/ˈreɪnən/ /reɪˈnɒ̃/Geology. Now rare
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating a stage of the Palaeozoic found in the Rhineland, later identified with the Lower Devonian or with the Siegenian and Emsian stages of this system.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. From French rhénan, specifically use of rhénan Rhenish from classical Latin Rhēnānus of or originating from the Rhine from Rhēnus, the name of the River Rhine + -ānus.
- give someone a break
- give someone a dose (or taste) of their own medicine
- give someone a fit
- give someone a hard time
- give someone a holler
- give someone a mouthful
- give someone an inch and he (or she) will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a shout
- give someone away
- give someone Bondi
- give someone credit for
- give someone grief
- give someone head
- give someone hell
- give someone one
- give someone (or get) a thick ear
- give someone (or get) the bum's rush
- give someone (some) skin
- give someone the big E
- give someone the bird
- give someone the boot
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the elbow
- give someone (the) evils