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Spit
·Impf & ·p.p. of Spit.
II. Spit ·vi To attend to a spit; to use a spit.
III. Spit ·vi To throw out...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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spit
1) He is as like his father as if he was spit out of his mouth; said of a child much resembling his ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spit
A bank, or small sandy projection, with shallow water on it, generally running out from a point of l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Deep
·superl Muddy; boggy; sandy;
— said of roads.
II. Deep ·adv To a great depth; with depth; far down...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep
Used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (P...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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deep
A word figuratively applied to the ocean. On the coast of Germany, to the northward of Friesland, it...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Spit ball
·add. ·- A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Spit curl
·- A little lock of hair, plastered in a spiral form on the temple or forehead with spittle, or othe...
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Spit-venom
·noun Poison spittle; poison ejected from the mouth.
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spit fire
A violent, pettish, or passionate person.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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proking-spit
A long Spanish rapier.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Breast-deep
·adj Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.
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Deep-fet
·adj Deeply fetched or drawn.
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Deep-laid
·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
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Deep-mouthed
·adj Having a loud and sonorous voice.
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Deep-read
·adj Profoundly book- learned.
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Deep-sea
·adj Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (·i.e., a line to take sou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-waisted
·adj Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the de...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knee-deep
·adj Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
II. Knee-deep ·adj Rising to the knees; knee-hi...
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Skin-deep
·adj Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
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Deep Ditch
The western boundary of Bethlehem Hospital as set out in Simon Fitz Mary's Charter of Foundation-to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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deep-one
A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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deep-waist
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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deep-sea line
Usually a strong and water-laid line. It is used with a lead of 28 lbs., and adapted to find bottom ...
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