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st
st, interj., hist! whist! hush! st, tale verbum cave faxis, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 214 P.: st, st, ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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black
To look black at one, to look at one with anger or deep resentment depicted on the countenance. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pouched-lion
or Marsupial Lion n. a large extinct Phalanger (q.v.), Thylacoleocarnifex, Owen. The popular name ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Adamnan, St.
(625?-704) Historian, b. in Donegal, became Abbot of Iona in 679. Like other Irish churchmen he was...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Black, William
(1841-1898) Novelist. After studying as a landscape painter, he took to journalism in Glasgow. In 1...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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black-birding
I. n. kidnapping natives of South Sea islands for service in Queensland plantations. 1871. `Narra...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-bream
n. an Australian fish, Chrysophrys australis, Gunth., family Sparidae,or Sea-Breams; called in Tasm...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-fish
n. The name is given, especially inSydney, to the sea-fishes Girella simplex, Richards (see Ludrick...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-perch
n. a river fish of New South Wales. Therapon niger, Castln., family Percidae.A different fish from ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Black Thursday
the day of a Victorian conflagration,which occurred on Feb. 6, 1851. The thermometer was 112degrees ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-tracker
n. an aboriginal employed intracking criminals. 1867. `Australia as it is,' pp. 88-9: «The native...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Black-War
or Black-Line a military operation planned in 1830 by Governor Arthur for the captureof the Tasmani...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Black Wednesday
n. a political phrase for aday in Victoria (Jan. 9, 1878), when the Government withoutnotice dismis...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hat, black
n. slang for a new immigrant. 1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xxviii. p. 277: «Lor...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plum, black
n. the fruit of the tree Cargillia australis, R. Br., N.O. Ebenaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swan, black
n. an Australian bird – – Cycnusniger, Juvenal; Cygnus atratus, Gould; Chenopsisatrata, Wagl., some...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-mail
Formerly, money paid to men allied with robbers to be protected by them from being robbed.--Cowell. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Aird, Thomas
(1802-1876) Poet, b. at Bowden, Roxburghshire, went to Edinburgh, where he became the friend of Pro...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Cranmer, Thomas
(1489-1556) Theologian and Churchman, b. at Aslacton, Notts, ed. at Camb., and became an eminent cl...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Creech, Thomas
(1659-1700) Translator, b. near Sherborne, ed. at Oxf., became Head Master of Sherborne School. He ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Day, Thomas
(1748-1789) Miscellaneous writer, was b. in London, ed. at the Charterhouse and at Oxf., and called...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Heywood, Thomas
(d. 1650) Dramatist. Few facts about him have come down, and these are almost entirely derived from...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hobbes, Thomas
(1588-1679) Philosopher, was b. at Malmesbury, the s. of a clergyman, and ed. at Oxf. Thereafter he...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hoccleve, or Occleve, Thomas
(1368?-1450?) Poet, probably b. in London, where he appears to have spent most of his life, living ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Holcroft, Thomas
(1745-1809) Dramatist, s. of a small shoemaker in London, passed his youth as a pedlar, and as a Ne...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hood, Thomas
(1799-1845) Poet and comic writer, s. of a bookseller in London, where he was b., was put into a me...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hope, Thomas
(1770-1831) Novelist and writer on art, was a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, of Scotch descent, his...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hughes, Thomas
(1823?-1896) Novelist and biographer, s. of a Berkshire squire, was ed. at Rugby and Oxf., and call...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Innes, Thomas
(1662-1744) Historian, was descended from an old Roman Catholic family in Aberdeenshire. He studied...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Keightley, Thomas
(1789-1872) Historian, ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, wrote works on mythology and folklore, and at ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ken, Thomas
(1637-1711) Religious writer, s. of an attorney, was b. at Little Berkhampstead, ed. at Winchester ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Killigrew, Thomas
(1612-1683) Dramatist, s. of Sir Robert K., of Hanworth, was a witty, dissolute courtier of Charles...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Kyd, Thomas
(1558-1595) Dramatist, s. of a London scrivener, ed. at Merchant Taylor's School, appears to have l...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Lodge, Thomas
(1558?-1625) Poet and dramatist, s. of Sir Thomas L., Lord Mayor of London, was ed. at Merchant Tay...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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M'Crie, Thomas
(1772-1835) Biographer and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Duns, and ed. at the Univ. of Edin., bec...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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May, Thomas
(1595-1650) Poet and historian, b. in Sussex, s. of Sir Thomas M., of Mayfield, went to Camb., and ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Middleton, Thomas
(1570-1627) Dramatist, was a Londoner and city chronologer, in which capacity he composed a chronic...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Miller, Thomas
(1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub....
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Moore, Thomas
(1779-1852) Poet, b. in Dublin, s. of a grocer and wine-merchant in a small way, was ed. at Trinity...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Morton, Thomas
(1764-1838) Dramatist, b. in Durham, came to London to study law, which he discarded in favour of p...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Nabbes, Thomas
(fl. 1638) Dramatist, was at Oxf. in 1621. He lived in London, and wrote comedies, satirising bourg...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Nash, Thomas
(1567-1601) Satirist, etc., b. at Lowestoft, ed. at Camb. A reckless life kept him in perpetual pov...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Otway, Thomas
(1651 or 1652-1685) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman, was b. near Midhurst, Sussex, and ed. at Oxf., wh...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Paine, Thomas
(1737-1809) Political and anti-Christian writer, s. of a stay-maker and small farmer of Quaker prin...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Parnell, Thomas
(1679-1718) Poet, b. and ed. in Dublin, took orders in 1700, and was Vicar of Finglas and Archdeaco...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pennant, Thomas
(1726-1798) Naturalist and traveller, b. in Flintshire, and ed. at Oxf., was one of the most distin...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Percy, Thomas
(1729-1811) Antiquary and poet, s. of a grocer at Bridgnorth, where he was b., ed. at Oxf., entered...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Pringle, Thomas
(1789-1834) Poet, b. in Roxburghshire, studied at Edin., and became known to Scott, by whose influe...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Randolph, Thomas
(1605-1635) Poet and dramatist, ed. at Westminster School and Camb., was a friend of Ben Jonson, an...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Reid, Thomas
(1710-1796) Philosopher, was the s. of the minister of Strachan, Kincardineshire, where he was b. H...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ruddiman, Thomas
(1674-1757) Grammarian, b. in Banffshire, and ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Rymer, Thomas
(1641-1713) Archæologist and critic, ed. at Camb., became a barrister at Gray's Inn. He pub. in 167...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Shadwell, Thomas
(1640 or 1642-1692) Dramatist and poet, belonged to a good Staffordshire family, was b. in Norfolk,...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Southerne, Thomas
(1660-1746) Dramatist, b. in Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there, came to London and studied law...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Sprat, Thomas
(1635-1713) Divine and writer of memoirs, b. at Beaminster, Dorset, ed. at Oxf., was a mathematicia...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Stanley, Thomas
(1625-1678) Philosopher and scholar, connected with the Derby family, ed. at Camb., was the author ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Stephens, Thomas
(1821-1875) Welsh historian and critic, b. at Pont Nedd Fechan, Glamorganshire, s. of a shoemaker. ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Sternhold, Thomas
(1500-1549), Hopkins, John (d. 1570) Were associated in making the metrical version of the Psalms, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Storer, Thomas
(1571-1604) Poet, b. in London, and ed. at Oxf., wrote a long poem, The Life and Death of Thomas Wo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Taylor, Thomas
(1758-1835) Translator, b. in London and ed. at St. Paul's School, devoted himself to the study of ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tickell, Thomas
(1686-1740) Poet, b. at Bridekirk Vicarage, Cumberland, and ed. at Oxf. became the friend of Joseph...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Traherne, Thomas
(1636?-1674) Poet and theological writer, s. of a shoemaker at Hereford where, or at Ledbury, he wa...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tusser, Thomas
(1524?-1580) Versifier on agriculture, was an Essex man. Having a good voice he was trained in musi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Underdown, Thomas
(fl. 1566-1587) Translator. He translated the Æthiopian History of Heliodorus 1566; also from Ovid....
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Usk, Thomas
(d. 1388) Poet, b. in London, was sec. to John of Northampton, the Wyclifite Lord Mayor of London, ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wade, Thomas
(1805-1875) Poet, b. at Woodbridge, pub. poems, dramas, sonnets, and a translation of Dante's Infer...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Warton, Thomas
(1728-1790) Literary historian and critic, younger s. of Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., and br...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Watson, Thomas
(1557?-1592) Poet, b. in London, was at Oxf., and studied law. He was a scholar, and made translati...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wilson, Thomas
(1525?-1581) Scholar and statesman, b. in Lincolnshire, was at Camb., and held various high positio...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Woolner, Thomas
(1826-1892) Sculptor and poet, b. at Hadleigh, attained a high reputation as a sculptor. He belonge...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Wright, Thomas
(1810-1877) Antiquary, b. near Ludlow, of Quaker parentage, was ed. at Camb. His first work was a H...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Yalden, Thomas
(1670-1736) Poet, s. of an exciseman at Oxf., and ed. at Magdalen Coll., entered the Church, in whi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hardy, Thomas
LL.D. (b. 1840) Novelist. A Short Story (1865), Desperate Remedies (1871), Under the Greenwood Tre...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Hodgkin, Thomas
D.C.L., etc. (b. 1831) Historian. Italy and her Invaders, 8 vols. (1880-1899), Letters of Cassiodo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin