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BO´ON(Βοών: Vona), a cape and port on the coast of Pontus (Arrian, p. 417), 90 stadia east of Cape J...

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Boon
·noun A prayer or petition. II. Boon ·noun Kind; bountiful; benign. III. Boon ·noun Gay; merry; jo...

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boon
1) to boon or buen, to do service to another as a landlord. N. 2) a gratuitous day's work. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Cross-days
·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. ...

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Dog days
·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...

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Day's journey
The usual length of a day's journey in the East, on camel or horseback, in six or eight hours, is ab...

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Day's Court
On the east side of Old Change (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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born days
One's life-time ever since one was born; a vulgar expression used in various parts of the country. I...

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vore-days
late in the day. Exm. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
banyan days
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day's work
In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...

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lay-days
The time allowed for shipping or discharging a cargo; and if not done within the term, fair weather ...

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overlay days
Days for which demurrage can be charged. ...

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Ancient of Days
An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...

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Sabbath day's journey
Supposed to be a distance of 2,000 cubits, or less than half-a-mile, the distance to which, accordin...

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cooking a day's work
To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...

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working a day's work
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. ...

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