boiling point – the temperature at which a liquid boils; a point at which a person loses his temper; the point at which decisive action becomes imperative: HEAD 18b [matters had reached the boiling point]

Ides of March – the day in 44 BC on which Julius Caesar was assassinated.

ides – the 15th day of March, May, July, or October or the 13th day of any other month in the ancient Roman calender; broadly: this day and the seven days preceding it.

mayday – an international radio-telephone signal word used as a distress call.

blizzard – a long severe snowstorm; an intensely strong cold wind filled with fine snow; an overwhelming rush or deluge;

Fish Gate – the north-eastern quarter of Jerusalem; the Damascus gate;

Mishneh – a repetition, i.e. a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or location); college, copy, double, fatlings, next, second (order), twice as much.