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as
as, assis, m. (nom. assis, Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 43, and Schol. ad Pers. 2, 59; old form assārĭus, ii,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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as
ās assis, m 2 AC-, one, a whole, unity ; hence (late), ex asse heres, of the entire estate . — Es...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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·AS
(abbreviation) Anglo-Saxon Origin
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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As
·noun An <<Ace>>.
II. As ·adv & ·conj As if; as though.
III. As ·adv & ·conj Expressing a wish.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ambes-as
·noun Ambs-ace.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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slick as grease
Another classical expression, conveying the same idea as the foregoing.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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unclaimed, as derelict
Vessels found at sea without a human being, or a domestic animal, on board are good prizes, if not c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Good
·vt To make good; to turn to good.
II. Good ·superl Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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queer as dick's hatband
Out of order, without knowing one's disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use.
Well, how d'ye do, any how?
So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as a whistle
A proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United States. To do anything as slick as a whistl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sure as a gun
Absolutely certain. A common colloquial expression.--Brockett.
There's luck, says auld Lizzy, in fa...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Go
·noun A glass of spirits.
II. Go ·noun Act; working; operation.
III. Go ·p.p. <<Gone>>.
IV. Go ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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the go
The mode; the fashion. 'This is all the go.'
What! Ben, my old hero, is this your renown?
Is thi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go!
A word sometimes given when all is ready for the launch of a vessel from the stocks.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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mad as a march hare
A common simile, used alike in England and America.
The whole's to be fourpence a quart--
'Odswing...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States.
"Why, you ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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straight as a loon's leg
is a common simile in New England.
They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Good now
·- An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Good-bye
(·noun / ·interj) Farewell; a form of address used at parting. ·see the last Note under By, ·prep
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Good-den
·interj A form of salutation.
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Good-fellowship
·noun Agreeable companionship; companionableness.
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Good-humored
·adj Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. ·see Good-natured.
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Good-humoredly
·adv With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Good-looking
·adj <<Handsome>>.
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Good-natured
·adj Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
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Good-naturedly
·adv With maldness of temper.
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Good-tempered
·adj Having a good temper; not easily vexed. ·see Good-natured.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Works, Good
The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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good man
A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich ma...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good woman
A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's, in the form of a common woman. but witho...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good luck
To tread in a surreverence, to be bewrayed: an allusion to the proverb, Sh-tt-n luck is good luck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good stroke
Used in the sense of considerable; as, 'a good stroke of business.'--Brockett's North County Words.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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beer-good
yest. Norf. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gods-good
yeast. Norf.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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good-day
a holiday. Staffordsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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good to
good for. He's nought good to : spoken of a good-for-nothing man.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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prime good
excellent. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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good reward
a ruddy countenance. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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good shoaling
An approach to the shore by very gradual soundings.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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i don't know as i shan't
for I don't know but I shall. This uncouth expression, Mr. Hurd says, is very common in the eastern ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Go-between
·noun An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer;
— usually in a disparaging sense.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-by
·noun A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to g...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-devil
·add. ·noun A rough sled or dray used for dragging logs, hauling stone, ·etc.
II. Go-devil ·add. ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Go-out
·noun A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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High-go
·noun A spree; a revel.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go between
A pimp or bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go shop
The Queen's Head in Duke's court, Bow street, Covent Garden; frequented by the under players: where ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go-ashore
n.
an iron pot or cauldron, withthree iron feet, and two ears, from which it was suspended bya wire...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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the go by
To give one the go by is to deceive him; to leave him in the lurch.--Craven Glossary.
TO GO BY
To ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go for
To be in favor of. Thus, 'I go for peace with Mexico,' means I am in favor of peace with Mexico, or,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go ahead
To proceed; to go forward. A seaman's phrase which has got
I was tired out and wanted a day to rest...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go-cab
a vulgar oath. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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go ahead!
or go on!
The order to the engineer in a steamer.
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go ashores
The seamen's best dress.
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go by
stratagem
♦ To give her the go by, is to escape by deceiving.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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go down
The name given to store-houses and magazines in the East Indies.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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go slow
The order to the engineer to cut off steam without stopping the play of the engine.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sentry go!
The order to the new sentry to proceed to the relief of the previous one.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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weather-go
The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by good rights
By right, by strict justice; as, "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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good-conduct badge
Marked by a chevron on the lower part of the sleeve, granted by the admiralty, and carrying a slight...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Merry-go-round
·noun Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; ·esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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thorough go nimble
A looseness, a violent purging.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whither-go-ye
A wife: wives being sometimes apt to question their husbands whither they are going.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bung, to go
v.
to fail, to become bankrupt.This phrase of English school-boy slang, meaning to go off withan ex...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to go it blind
To accede to any object with out due consideration. Mr. Greeley, in speaking of General Taylor's cla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go it strong
To perform an act with vigor or without scruple.
President Polk in his message goes it strong for t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go to pot
To be destroyed, wasted, or ruined.--Johnson. Webster. Though much used, it is considered a low phra...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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go ashore, to
To land on leave.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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happy-go-lucky
A reckless indifference as to danger.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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stamp and go!
The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch-and-go
Said of anything within an ace of ruin; as in rounding a ship very narrowly to escape rocks, &c., or...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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thorough-good-natured wench
One who being asked to sit down, will lie down.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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keeping a good offing
To keep well off shore while under sail, so as to be clear of danger should the wind suddenly shift ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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make a good board
See board.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to go the big figure
To do things on a large scale.
Why, our senators go the big figure on fried oysters and whisky punc...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go the whole figure
To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object.
Go the whole figure for religious libe...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go the whole hog
A Western vulgarism, meaning to be out and out in favor of anything. A softened form of the phrase i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go through the mill
A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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joy go with thee!
a favourable wish ; sometimes used ironically. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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let go and haul!
or afore haul!
The order to haul the head-yards round by the braces when the ship casts on the oth...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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let go under foot
See under foot.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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let go by the run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen. 2, 3). Adam and Eve were for...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose