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Penny
·adj Worth or costing one penny.
II. Penny ·noun ·see <<Denarius>>.
III. Penny ·noun Any small sum...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Penny
(Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or 8d. of our present money. It is thus ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Penny
Pennyworth
In the New Testament "penny," either alone or in the compound "pennyworth," occurs as th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Whip
·vt The long pennant. ·see Pennant (a).
II. Whip ·vt To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
III....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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whip
I.
A single rope rove through a single block to hoist in light articles. Where greater and steadie...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip upon whip
A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Earles penny
·- Earnest money. ·same·as Arles penny.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Get-penny
·noun Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rome penny
·- ·Alt. of Rome scot.
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Third-penny
·noun A third part of the profits of fines and penalties imposed at the country court, which was amo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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True-penny
·noun An honest fellow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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catch penny
Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fasting-penny
earnest money, given to servants when hired, or to bind a bargain. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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penny-prick
a sport; throwing at half-pence placed on sticks which are called hobs.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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ream-penny
(i. e. Rome-penny) Peter-pence. He reckons up his ream-pennies ; that is, he tells all his faults. N...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cæsar's penny
The tip given by a recruiting sergeant.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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drink-penny
Earnest money at rendezvous houses, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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penny-widdie
A haddock dried without being split.
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Sea whip
·- A gorgonian having a simple stem.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Whip-shaped
·adj Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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whip jacks
The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to whip off
To run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch. He whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, wher...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock-whip
n.
whip for driving cattle.See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
«The s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-bird
n.
See coach-whip bird.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-snake
n.
or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-stick
n.
variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub.
1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-tail
n.
1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation.
2) A Tasmanian fish; see unde...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coach-whip
The pendant.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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double-whip
A whip is simply a rope rove through a single block; a double whip is when it passes through a lower...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip-staff
See whipII
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip-jack
An old term, equivalent to fresh-water sailor, or a sham-shipwrecked tar. (See turnpike-sailors.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip-ray
A ray with a long tail ending in a very fine point. It is armed with a dangerous serrated spine, jag...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip-saw
The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Penny-a-liner
·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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three-penny upright
A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker;
— so called ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Whip-tom-kelly
·noun A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida;
— called also black-whisker...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to whip the cock
A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whip-belly vengeance
or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share. Weak or sour beer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coach-whip bird
n.
Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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little whip-snake
See snake
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Six Penny Receivers' Office
On Tower Hill (Dodsley, 1761).
Sixpence a month paid in by all seamen for the benefit of Greenwich ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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knight of the whip
A coachman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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penny-wise and pound foolish
Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose