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Ring
·noun A circular group of persons.
II. Ring ·vi To rise in the air spirally.
III. Ring ·vi To prac...
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Ring
Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose. Rings wer...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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ring
Money procured by begging: beggars so called it from its ringing when thrown to them. Also a circle ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring
v. tr.
1) To cut the bark of a treeround the trunk so as to kill it. The word is common in thesame ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ring
A commercial measure of staves, or wood prepared for casks, and containing four shocks. Also, the ir...
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Ring
The ring was regarded as an indispensable article of a Hebrew's attire, inasmuch as it contained his...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fly
·vt To hunt with a hawk.
II. Fly ·add. ·noun Waste cotton.
III. Fly ·vi A <<Parasite>>.
IV. Fly ·...
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Fly
Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked ag...
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fly
1) Knowing. Acquainted with another's meaning or proceeding. The rattling cove is fly; the coachman ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fly
, or compass-card
, placed on the magnetic-needle and supported by a pin, whereon it turns freely....
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Bearing ring
·add. ·- In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functi...
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Piston ring
·add. ·- A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston.
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Ring armature
·add. ·- An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
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Ring winding
·add. ·- Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately ...
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Ring-necked
·adj Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
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Ring-streaked
·adj Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Vortex ring
·add. ·- A ring-shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of its motion of rotation around an axi...
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Whiskey, Ring
·add. ·- A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President ...
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carvel's ring
The private parts of a woman. Ham Carvel, a jealous old doctor, being in bed with his wife, dreamed ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring-bark
v. tr.
Same meaning as Ring(1).
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204:
«The selector in a timb...
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ring-dollar
n.
See quotation;and see Dump and Holy Dollar.
1870. T. H. Braim, `New Homes,' c. iii. p. 131:
«T...
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ring-eye
n.
one of the many names for thebirds of the genus Zosterops (q.v.).
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ring-neck
n.
the equivalent of Jackaroo (q.v.). A term used in the back blocks in reference to thewhite colla...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ring-tail
or Ring-tailed Opossum
n.
See pseudochirus and opossum.
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yold-ring
a yello-whammer. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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base-ring
In guns of cast-metal, the flat moulding round the breech at that part where the longitudinal surfac...
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cornish ring
The astragal of the muzzle or neck of a gun; it is the next ring from the mouth backwards. (Now disu...
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muzzle-ring
That which encompassed and strengthened the muzzle or mouth of a cannon; now disused.
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ring-bolt
An iron bolt with an eye at one end, wherein is fitted a circular ring. They are more particularly u...
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ring-dogs
Iron implements for hauling timber along: made by connecting two common dogs by a ring through the e...
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ring-ropes
Ropes rove through the ring of the anchor, to haul the cable through it, in order to bend or make it...
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ring-stopper
A long piece of rope secured to an after ring-bolt, and the loop embracing the cable through the nex...
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ring-tail
A kind of studding-sail hoisted beyond the after edge of those sails which are extended by a gaff an...
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trunnion-ring
The ring round a cannon next before the trunnions, now disused.
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Adder fly
·- A dragon fly.
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Alder fly
·add. ·- An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
II. Alde...
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Berna fly
·- A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in woun...
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Breeze fly
·noun A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormen...
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Bull fly
·noun ·Alt. of <<Bullfly>>.
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Burrel fly
·- The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). ·see <<Gadfly>>.
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Canker fly
·- A fly that preys on fruit.
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Chalcid fly
·- One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are pa...
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Columbatz fly
·- ·see Buffalo fly, under <<Buffalo>>.
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Drone fly
·- A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. ·see <<Eristalis>>.
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Fly amanita
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Fly fungus.
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Fly fungus
·add. ·- A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright r...
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Fly-bitten
·adj Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies.
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Fly-case
·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles.
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Fly-catching
·adj Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
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Fly-fish
·vi To angle, using flies for bait.
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Syrphus fly
·- Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus Syrphus and allied genera. They are u...
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Vinegar fly
·add. ·- Any of several fruit flies, ·esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly seal...
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Warega fly
·- A Brazilian fly whose larvae live in the skin of man and animals, producing painful sores.
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White fly
·add. ·- Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to s...
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black fly
The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fly slicers
Life-guard men, from their sitting on horseback, under an arch, where they are frequently observed t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fly-flapped
Whipt in the stocks, or at the cart's tail.
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fly-catcher
n.
bird-name used elsewhere.The Australian species are – – Black-faced Flycatcher – – Monarcha mela...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fly-eater
n.
the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.Th...
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fly-orchis
n.
name applied in Tasmania to theorchid, Prasophyllum patens, R. Br.
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kangaroo-fly
n.
a small Australian fly, Cabarus. See quotations.
1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. I. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to fly around
To stir about; to be active. A very common expression.
Come, gals, fly round, and let's get Mrs. Cl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fly-away
Fictitious resemblance of land; "Dutchman's cape," &c. (See cape fly-away.)
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fly-block
The block spliced into the topsail-tye; it is large and flat, and sometimes double.
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fly-boat
A large flat-bottomed Dutch vessel, whose burden is generally from 300 to 600 tons. It is distinguis...
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fly-up
A sudden deviation upwards from a sheer line; the term is nearly synonymous with flight.
♦ To fly ...
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fly-wheel
The regulator of a machine.
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Fly, Flies
The two following Hebrew terms denote flies of some kind:
• Zebub, which occurs only in (Ecclesiast...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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to ring a peal
To scold; chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal!
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring the changes
When a person receives silver in change to shift some good shillings and put bad ones in their place...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mediterranean fruit fly
·add. ·- A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fly-by-night
You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wagtail fly-catcher
See wagtail
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cape fly-away
A cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances. (See fog.)
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fly-by-night
A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...
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let fly, to
To let go a rope at once, suddenly.
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fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...
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to make the fur fly
To claw; scratch; wound severely. Used figuratively.
Mr. Hannegan was greatly excited, which proved...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fly the sheets, to let
To let them go suddenly.
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