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yellow belly
A native of the Fens of Licoinshire; an allusion to the eels caught there.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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yellow-belly
n.
In New South Wales, the nameis given to a fresh-water fish, Ctenolates auratus;called also Golde...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-belly
A name given to a person born in the fens along our eastern shores: also occasionally to half-castes...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Belly
·noun The <<Womb>>.
II. Belly ·vt To cause to swell out; to <<Fill>>.
III. Belly ·noun The under p...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Belly
The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolicall...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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belly
His eye was bigger than his belly; a saying of a person at a table, who takes more on his plate than...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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belly
The swell of a sail. The inner or hollow part of compass timber; the outside is called the back. To ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Yellow
·noun A yellow pigment.
II. Yellow ·vi To become yellow or yellower.
III. Yellow ·vt To make yello...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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yellow
To look yellow; to be jealous. I happened to call on Mr. Green, who was out: on coming home, and fin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Belly-god
·noun One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an <<Epicure>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Belly-pinched
·adj Pinched with hunger; starved.
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Gor-belly
·noun A prominent belly; a big-bellied person.
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Pot-belly
·noun A protuberant belly.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Speckled-belly
·noun The <<Gadwall>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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belly cheat
An apron.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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belly plea
The plea of pregnancy, generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted, which they take care ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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belly timber
Food of all sorts.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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silver-belly
n.
name given:
1) in New SouthWales, to the fish Silver-Bream (q.v.);
2) in Tasmania,to various s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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belly-wark
the gripes. N. They also say TOOTH-WARK, and HEAD-WARK.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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belly-band
A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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belly-guy
A tackle applied half-way up sheers, or long spars that require support in the middle. Frequently ap...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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belly-mat
See paunch-mat.
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belly-stay
Used half-mast down when a mast requires support; as belly-guy, above.
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Naples yellow
·- ·see under <<Yellow>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Yellow Book
·add. ·- In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Yellow-covered
·adj Covered or bound in yellow paper.
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Yellow-eyed
·adj Having yellow eyes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Yellow-golds
·noun A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Yellow Street
North out of Little Minories, without Aldgate (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Yellow Court
North out of Little Minories, without Aldgate (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lily, yellow
n.
a Tasmanian name for Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O. Liliaceae.See Leek, Native.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow fever
sc. the gold-fever.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 47:
«Evident symptoms of the retu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow jacket
n.
a name given to variousgum-trees, and especially to Eucalyptus melliodora,Cunn., E. ochrophlora,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow lily
n.
a Tasmanian name for the Native Leek. See Leek.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-tail
n.
The name is given in Victoriato the fish Caranx trachurus, Cuv. and Val.; the Horse-Mackerel (q....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow thyme
n.
a herb, Hibbertiaserpyllifolia, R. Br., N.O. Dilleneaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-wood
a name applied to several Australiantrees with the epithets of Dark, Light, Deep, etc., inallusion t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-hammer
(Picus auratus. Wilson, Ornith.) The popular name of the Golden-winged Woodpecker, the most beautifu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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yellow admiral
A retired post-captain, who, not having served his time in that rank, is not entitled to his promoti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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yellow fever
A cant term for drunkenness at Greenwich Hospital; the sailors when punished wearing a parti-coloure...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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yellow-flag
The signal of quarantine.
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yellow-tail
A well-known tropical fish, often in company with whip-rays; it is about 4 feet long, with a great h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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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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light yellow-wood
i.q. long-jack (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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staggering bob, with his yellow pumps
A calf just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: the hoofs of a young calf are...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose