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Boanerges or "sons of thunder" is the name given by Jesus Christ to James and John, because they wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume the Samaritans.—Mark iii. 17.
Boar (The), Richard III., so called from his cognizance.
The bristled boar,
In infant gore,
Wallows beneath the thorny shade.
Gray, The Bard (1757).
In contempt Richard III. is called The Hog, hence the popular distich:
The Cat, the Rat, and Lovell the dog,