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Blow
·noun The spouting of a whale.
II. Blow ·vt To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
III. Blow ·vi T...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk
·vi To draw or to yield milk.
II. Milk ·add. ·vi To draw or to yield milk.
III. Milk ·noun The rip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk
1) Hebrew halabh, "new milk", milk in its fresh state (Judg. 4:19). It is frequently mentioned in co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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blow
He has bit the blow, i.e. he has stolen the goods. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blow
I.
n.
stroke of the shears in sheep-shearing.
1890. `The Argus,' September 20, p. 13, col. 7:
«T...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to blow
1) To taunt; to ridicule.
2) To turn informer on an accomplice.
BLOW
3) A gale of wind. Ex. A hea...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blow
I.
Applied to the breathing of whales and other cetaceans. The expired air from the lungs being hi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Milk
As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Blow valve
·- ·see Snifting valve.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blow-off
·adj as, a blow-off cock or pipe.
II. Blow-off ·noun A blowing off steam, water, ·etc.;.
III. Blow...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blow-out
·noun The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, ·etc., by a blast of steam.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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By-blow
·noun An illegitimate child; a bastard.
II. By-blow ·noun A side or incidental blow; an accidental ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk sickness
·add. ·- A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affectin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk vetch
·- A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk-livered
·adj White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wolf's-milk
·noun Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia);
— so called from its acrid milky juice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk Street
North out of Cheapside, at No. 115, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Yard
West out of Poppinge's Court, Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blow-up
A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bristol milk
A Spanish wine called sherry, much drunk at that place, particularly in the morning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fresh milk
Cambridge new comers to the university.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pigeon's milk
Boys and novices are frequently sent on the first of April to buy pigeons milk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk-bush
n.
a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-fish
n.
The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-plant
n.
i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-tree
n.
a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul.
1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':
«...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to blow over
Said properly of a storm; and hence generally, to pass away without effect. This metaphor is very co...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to blow up
To scold, to abuse, either in speaking or writing. A vulgar expression borrowed from sailor's langua...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blow-up
A quarrel; a dispute. A common expression, used in familiar conversation.
There was a regular blow-...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blow out
A feast; also called a tuck out. Both expressions are English as well as American.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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milk-sickness
A fatal spasmodic disease, peculiar to the Western States. It first attacks the cattle, and then tho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lopperd-milk
sour curdled milk ; a lopperd slut. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sil'd milk
skimmed milk. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blow-holes
The nostrils of the cetaceans, situated on the highest part of the head. In the whalebone whales the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow home
The wind does not cease or moderate till it comes past that place, blowing continuously over the lan...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow-out
Extravagant feasting regardless of consequences.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow-pipe
An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans, and with the latter termed sumpitan: the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow-valve
A valve by which the first vacuum necessary for starting a steam-engine is produced.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blow Bladder Street
North-west from Cheapside to Newgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Street Buildings
In Milk Street at No. 1, adjoining Honey Lane Market (P.O Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to blow the grounsils
To lie with a woman on the floor. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to blow the gab
To confess, or impeach a confederate. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to milk the pigeon
To endeavour at impossibilities.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blow off, to
To clear up in the clouds.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow-off-pipe
, in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow the gaff
To reveal a secret; to expose or inform against a person.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow-through valve
A valve admitting steam into the condenser, in order to clear it of air and water before starting th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow up, to
To abuse angrily.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fryar Alley, Milk Street
See Clement's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).
The par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Montford's Court, Milk Street
See Mumford Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinhood Alley, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinson's Court, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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automatic blow-off apparatus
See blow-off-pipe.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blow over, (it will)
Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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court of sour milk session
to be in disgrace with a person is, to get into the Court of Sour Milk Session. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose