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Mow
·v May; can.
II. Mow ·noun A wry face.
III. Mow ·vi To make mouths.
IV. Mow (·pres. ·sg) of Mow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to mow
A Scotch word for the act of copulation.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Burnt
·- of <<Burn>>.
II. Burnt ·p.p. & ·adj Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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burnt
Poxed or clapped. He was sent out a sacrifice, and came home a burnt offering; a saying of seamen wh...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hay
·vi To lay snares for rabbits.
II. Hay ·noun A <<Hedge>>.
III. Hay ·noun Grass cut and cured for f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hay
Properly so called, was not in use among the Hebrews; straw was used instead. They cut the grass gre...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hay
A straight rank of men drawn up exactly in a line.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hay
(Heb. chatsir), the rendering of the Authorized Version in (Proverbs 27:25) and Isai 15:6 Of the Heb...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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mow heater
A drover: from their frequent sleeping on hay mows. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Burnt offering
Hebrew olah; i.e., "ascending," the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God w...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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burnt-stuff
n.
a geological term used by miners.See quotation.
1853. Mrs. Chas. Clancy, `Lady's Visit to Gold ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Burnt Offering
The word is applied to the offering which was wholly consumed by fire on the altar, and the whole of...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Hay-cutter
·noun A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hay, John
(1838-1906)
Diplomatist and poet, b. at Salem, Indiana, ed. at Brown Univ., and called to the Illin...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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hay barrack
(Dutch, Hooi-berg, a hay-rick.) A straw-thatched roof, supported by four posts, capable of being rai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hay-sale
hay-time. Norf. and Suff. See SALES.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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burnt his fingers
When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers. It is used i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Fleming, David Hay
LL.D.
(b. 1849)
Historian and antiquary. Charters of St. Andrews (1883), Martyrs and Confessors of...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Burnt Yard, Crutched Friars
See French Horn Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows on the Hay, over Heywharf
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.