rue-bargain

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• Rue

  ·vt Sorrow; repetance. II. Rue ·vi To have compassion. III. Rue ·noun Fig.: Bitterness; disappoint...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Rue

  A garden herb (Ruta graveolens) which the Pharisees were careful to tithe (Luke 11:42), neglecting w...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• rue

  1) to sift. W. 2) to repent. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Rue

  occurs only in (Luke 11:42) The rue here spoken of is doubtless the common Ruta graveolens a shrubby...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bargain

  ·noun An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge. II. Bargain ·noun The thing stipulated or purchas...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bargain

  To sell a bargain; a species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bargain

  a parcel, an indefinite quantity or number 1 as, I have a good bargain of corn this year, or a good ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bad bargain

  One of his majesty's bad bargains; a worthless soldier, a malingeror. See malingeror. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• smithfield bargain

  A bargain whereby the purchaser is taken in. This is likewise frequently used to express matches or ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hard bargain

  A useless fellow; a skulker. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• king's bad bargain

  One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to drive a bargain

  To make a bargain. A common colloquial expression, as old as the language. This bargain is ful dr...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• king's hard bargain

  A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• king's bargain: good or bad

  ; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book