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Gold
·vt Money; riches; wealth.
II. Gold ·noun ·Alt. of <<Goolde>>.
III. Gold ·vt Figuratively, somethi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gold
1) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5).
2) Heb. sego...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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gold
– . The following words and phrases compoundedwith «gold» are Australian in use, though probably som...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Gold
Gold was known from the very earliest times. (Genesis 2:11) It was at first used chiefly for ornamen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Money
·vt To supply with money.
II. Money ·noun In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in la...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Money
Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). N...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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money
A girl's private parts, commonly applied to little children: as, Take care, Miss, or you will shew y...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Money
Uncointed money.-It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the preci...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Gold and Silver Wiredrawers
Incorporated 1623.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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gun and head money
Given to the captors of an enemy's ship of war destroyed, or deserted, in fight. It was formerly ass...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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head and gun-money
An encouragement in the prize acts by which £5 a head is given to the captors for every person on bo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gold-beaten
·adj <<Gilded>>.
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Gold-beating
·noun The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer.
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Gold-bound
·adj Encompassed with gold.
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Gold-hammer
·noun The yellow-hammer.
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Mannheim gold
·- A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zi...
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Stream gold
·add. ·- Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold.
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Beaten gold
In Num. 8:4, means "turned" or rounded work in gold. The Greek Version, however, renders the word "s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Gold Square
See Gould Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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gold droppers
Sharpers who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gold finder
One whose employment is to empty necessary houses; called also a tom-turd-man, and night-man: the la...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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grannum's gold
Hoarded money: supposed to have belonged to the grandmother of the possessor.
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gold-bearing
verbal adj.
auriferous.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 13:
«A new line of gold-bearing quartz...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-digging
verbal n.
mining or digging forgold.
1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Gold. fields,' p. 36:
«There ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-digger
n.
1852. J. Bonwick [Title]:
«Notes of a Gold-digger.»
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gold-fever
n.
the desire to obtain gold bydigging. The word is more especially applied to the periodbetween 18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-field
n.
district where mining for goldis carried on.
1858. T. McCombie, `History of Victoria, c. xv. p....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-founded
part. adj.
founded as the resultof the discovery of gold.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-hunter
n. searcher after gold.
1852. G. S. Rutter [Title]:
«Hints to Gold-hunters.»
1890. Rolf Boldrewoo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-mining
verbal n.
1852. J. A.Phillips [Title]:
«Gold-mining; a Scientific Guide for Australian Emigrants.»...
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gold-seeking
adj.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xv. p. 150:
«The great gold-seeking multitude had ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-gold
n.
poetic name for the blossomof the Wattle.
1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads, Dedn., p. 9:
«In ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-thread
(Coptis trifolia.) A plant well known in medicine, valued for its stomachic and tonic properties.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gold fish
The trivial name of the Cyprinus auratus, one of the most superb of the finny tribe. It was original...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gold mohur
A well known current coin in the East Indies, varying a little in value at each presidency, but aver...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Blood money
·- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
II. Blood money ·- Mon...
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Maundy money
·add. ·- Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for t...
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Money-maker
·noun One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money.
II. Money-maker ·noun One who ...
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Money-making
·adj Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business.
II. Money-making ·adj Su...
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Money-changer
(Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Ex. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Money Court
In St. Michael's Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blood money
The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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civility money
A reward claimed by bailiffs for executing their office with civility.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fiddlers money
All sixpences: sixpence being the usual sum paid by each couple, for music at country wakes and hops...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hush money
Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidenc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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money droppers
Cheats who drop money, which they pretend to find just before some country lad; and by way of giving...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin money
An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences.
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smart money
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors for the loss of a limb, or other hurt received in the service.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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socket money
A whore's fee, or hire: also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue.
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bogus money
Counterfeit silver coin. A few years since, a large quantity of this coin was in circulation at the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard money
A common term for silver and gold, in contradistinction from paper money.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advance money
In men-of-war and most merchant ships the advance of two months' wages is given to the crew, previou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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conduct-money
A sum advanced to defray the travelling expenses of volunteers, and of soldiers and sailors to their...
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money boats
See death
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desertion-money
The sum of three pounds paid to him who apprehends a deserter, which is charged against the offender...
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entrance money
Payment on entering a mess.
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gratuitous money
A term officially used for bounty granted to volunteers in Lord Exmouth's expedition against Algiers...
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hat-money
A word sometimes used for primage, or the trifling payment received by the master of a ship for care...
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imprest-money
That paid on the enlistment of soldiers.
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money-bound
A phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on board till a remittance arrives for paying...
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necessary money
An extra allowance formerly allowed to pursers for the coals, wood, turnery-ware, candles, and other...
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passage-money
The allowance made for carrying official personages in a royal ship. Also, the charge made for the c...
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prize-money
The profits arising from the sale of prizes. It was divided equally by chart. 5 Hen. IV.
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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...
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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...
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smart-money
A pension given to a wounded man, according to the extent of the injury and his rank. Thus a lieuten...
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straggling-money
If a man be absent from his duty without leave, but not absent long enough to be logged as run, and ...
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table-money
An allowance to admirals and senior officers, in addition to their pay, to meet the expenses of thei...
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Tribute Money
[Taxes; Tribute]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Gold Cross Court
See Golden Cross Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Piece Of Gold
The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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crim. con. money
Damages directed by a jury to be paid by a convicted adulterer to the injured husband, for criminal ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Gold Lion, Lombard Street
House of F. Barnham called the "Gould Lion" in Lumbart Street, mentioned in his Will, 1624. Behind t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Bell and Crown
On the north side of Holborn, east of Furnival's Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without. The southern porti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Crown and Cushion
See Pay Office.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hoare and Co
Premises on the west side of Water Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (Horwood, 1799).
Site occupied i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Rose and Crown
A house so called in parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane demised to the use of the church and parish ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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black and white
In writing. I have it in black and white; I have written evidence.
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bubble and squeak
Beef and cabbage fried together. It is so called from its bubbling up and squeaking whilst over the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bulk and file
Two pickpockets; the bulk jostles the party to be robbed, and the file does the business.
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buttock and file
A common whore and a pick-pocket. Cant.
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buttock and twang, or down buttock and sham file
A common whore, but no pickpocket.
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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to chop and change
To exchange backwards and forwards. To chop, in the canting sense, means making dispatch, or hurryin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gamon and patter
Common place talk of any profession; as the gamon and patter of a horse-dealer, sailor, &c.
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gog and magog
Two giants, whose effigies stand on each side of the clock in Guildhall, London; of whom there is a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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guts and garbage
A very fat man or woman. More guts than brains; a silly fellow. He has plenty of guts, but no bowels...
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here and thereian
One who has no settled place of residence.
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hide and seek
A childish game. He plays at hide and seek; a saying of one who is in fear of being arrested for deb...
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inside and outside
The inside of a **** and the outside of a gaol.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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monks and friars
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
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orthodoxy and heterodoxy
Somebody explained these terms by saying, the first was a man who had a doxy of his own, the second ...
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pothooks and hangeks
A scrawl, bad writing.
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quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or erran...
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quirks and quillets
Tricks and devices. Quirks in law; subtle distinctions and evasions.
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roaratorios and uproars
Oratorios and operas.
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roast and boiled
A nick name for the Life Guards, who are mostly substantial house-keepers; and eat daily of roast an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
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sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is sca...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tarring and feathering
A punishment lately infliced by the good people of Boston on any person convicted, or suspected, of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chock-and-log
n. and adj.
a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tagrag-and-bobtail
n.
a species of sea-weed.See quotation.
1866. S. Hannaford, `Wild Flowers of Tasmania,' p. 80:
«I...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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by fits and starts
At short and sudden intervals interruptedly.
As prayer is a duty of daily occurrence, the injunctio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rake and scrape
To collect.
Where under the sun, says I to myself, did he rake and scrape together such super-super...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black and blue
The color of a bruise; a familiar expression for a bruise, here and in England.
Mistress Ford, good...
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black and white
To put a thing into black and white, is, to commit it to writing. In use in Scotland.--Jamieson.
I ...
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chinking and daubing
The process of filling with clay the interstices between the logs of houses in the new countries. In...
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
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hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
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hither and yon
This expression is often used in the country towns of New England for here and there. It is never he...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hums and hahs
A familiar expression applied to one who hesitates in speaking. 'None of your hums and hahs!' that i...
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long and short
The end; the result; the upshot.
You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
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out and out
1) Thorough.
Henry Clay is such a statesman as the country wanted. We want a long tried, well known...
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sixes and sevens
'To be at sixes and sevens,' is to be in a state of disorder and confusion. A ludicrous expression t...
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spack and applejees
(Dutch.) Pork and apples, cooked together. An ancient Dutch dish made in New York.
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tarring and feathering
A punishment sometimes inflicted by indignantly virtuous mobs in Southern and Western States, on per...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ways and means
The committee of 'ways and means,' in legislation, is a committee to whom is intrusted the considera...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whig and tory
Names of political parties. The history of the origin of these names is thus given by Cooke: "Accord...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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whigs and democrats
It is very difficult to give a precise, accurate, and satisfactory definition of the principles dist...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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boke and bane
lusty and strong. N. and Y.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cockers and trashes
old stockings without feet, and worn-out shoes. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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counterfeits and trinkets
porringers and saucers. Chesh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cricks and howds
pains and strains. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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fending and proving
disputing, arguing pro and con. C.
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grin and abide
to endure patiently. You must grin and abide it. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hither and you
here and there, backwards and forwards. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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marry and shall
i. e. that I will. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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milt and melt
the soft roe of a fish. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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peas and sport
See scadding of peas.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rid and ridden
dispatch and dispatched : It rids well : it goes on fast. It will soon be ridden, i. e. got rid of. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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runches and runchballs
carlock, when dried and withered. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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saugh and sauf
sallow. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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snod and snog
neat, handsome : as, snogly gear'd, handsomely dressed. N. SNOG-MALT, smooth, with few combs.
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to and again
backwards and forwards. York and Derb.
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act and intention
Must be united in admiralty law.
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bag and baggage
The whole movable property.
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ball-and-socket
A clever adaptation to give astronomical or surveying instruments full play and motion every way by ...
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bat and forage
A regulated allowance in money and forage to officers in the field.
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berth and space
In ship-building, the distance from the moulding edge of one timber to the moulding edge of the next...
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block and block
The situation of a tackle when the blocks are drawn close together, so that the mechanical power bec...
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board and board
Alongside, as when two ships touch each other.
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bilge and chimb
See bouge and chine
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bowge and chine
See bouge and chine
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bouge or bowge and chine
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The end of one cask stowed against the bilge of another. To prepare a ship fo...
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butt-and-butt
A term denoting that the butt ends of two planks come together, but do not overlay each other. (See ...
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by and large
To the wind and off it; within six points.
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castor and pollux
Fiery balls which appear at the mast-heads, yard-arms, or sticking to the rigging of vessels in a ga...
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chine and chine
Casks stowed end to end.
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costs and damage
Demurrage is generally given against a captor for unjustifiable detention. Where English merchants p...
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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den and strond
A liberty for ships or vessels to run or come ashore. Edward I. granted this privilege to the barons...
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fast and loose
An uncertain and shuffling conduct.
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fifer and fidler
Two very important aids in eliciting exact discipline; for hoisting, warping, and heaving at the cap...
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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms.
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fore-and-aft
From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...
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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...
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full and by
Sailing close-hauled on a wind; when a ship is as close as she will lie to the wind, without sufferi...
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heave and paul
Is the order to turn the capstan or windlass till the paul may be put in, by which it is prevented f...
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heave and rally!
An encouraging order to the men at the capstan to heave with spirit, with a rush, and thereby force ...
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heave and set
The ship's motion in rising and falling to the waves when at anchor.
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pudding and dolphin
A larger and lesser pad, made of ropes, and put round the masts under the lower yards.
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rank and file
This word includes corporals as well as privates, all below sergeants. (See file.)
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ribs and trucks
Used figuratively for fragments.
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round and grape
A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...
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rouse and bit
The order to turn out of the hammocks.
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soak and send!
The order to pass wet swabs along.
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
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stock and fluke
The whole of anything.
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