--was garlanded with roses, while in his fist was a bunch of unpaid bills, the which he waved aloft, shouting to me to stop.

She waved aloft the photostats and began to upbraid Barrett.

They sprang upon the land with wild shouts of defiance and rushed to the King's palace, waving aloft their swords and spears and battleaxes.

And with a flourish he waved aloft a small discoloured packet.

John D. Dingell of Michigan, in his 40th year on the Democratic side, waved aloft thegavel used to signal the passage of Medicare 30 years ago.

An attendant flapped open under my horse's nose the white flag which it was his job to wave aloft, to signal to the stands that the horses were about to start.

At one point in his speech, Colonel Qaddafi waved aloft a copy of the United Nations charter and seemed to tear it, saying he did not recognize the authority of the document.

"Oh, for--" Quark snorted in disgust, as Base jumped up on the bar waving aloft his comically puny bat'leth.

The Angel, smaller now, visibly cowed, turned back to the bed and waved aloft the scythe, only this time in a gesture of benediction.

What is the origin of this waving aloft of rods, this beating on the ground?