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Dab
·noun A small mass of anything soft or moist.
II. Dab ·noun A skillful hand; a dabster; an <<Expert...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dab
An adept; a dab at any feat or exercise. Dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a-se with a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dab
One who is expert in anything; a proficient. A vulgar colloquialism in England and America.
One wri...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dab
a blow : a dab at any thing, expert at it, perhaps corruption of an adept. N. and S. Also a small qu...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dab
The sea-flounder. An old general term for a pleuronect or flat fish of any kind, but usually appropr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bit
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Bite.
II. Bit ·v The cutting iron of a plane.
III. Bit ·- of <<Bite>>.
IV. Bit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bit
The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Ps....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bit
Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jam...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bit
1) past part. of the verb bite. Cheated, taken in. In Yorkshire, England, a cheat is called a bite. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bit
A West Indian silver coin, varying from 4 d. to 6 d. In America it is 12-1/2 cents, and in the Spani...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Smear dab
·- The sand fluke (b).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rusty dab
(Gent's, platessa. Cuvier.) The popular name of the Rusty Flat-fish, a fish found on the coast of Ma...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dab-chick
the water-hen. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dab-chick
The little grebe, Podiceps minor. A small diving bird common in lakes and rivers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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floun-dab
See flounder
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Canker-bit
·adj Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Canon bit
·- That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fippenny bit
·- The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, — so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Frogs-bit
·noun <<Frogbit>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hunger-bit
·adj ·Alt. of Hunger-bitten.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Weather-bit
·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fippenny bit
or contracted, FIP. Fivepence. In the State of Pennsylvania, the vulgar name for the Spanish half-re...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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way-bit
(or rather a WEE-BIT), a little piece ; a mile and a wee -bit, or way-bit. Yorksh. WEE is Scotch for...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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vent-bit
A peculiar augur or screw gimlet used for clearing the vent of a gun when obstructed.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wattle-and-dab
a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Wait-a-bit
·add. ·noun The prickly ash.
II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant.
III. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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queer bit-makers
Coiners. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rouse and bit
The order to turn out of the hammocks.
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