beach-flea

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• beach-flea

  A small crustacean (Talitra) frequenting sandy shores. ...

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• Flea

  ·vt To <<Flay>>. II. Flea ·noun An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. F...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Flea

  David at the cave of Adullam thus addressed his persecutor Saul (1 Sam. 24:14): "After whom is the k...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Flea

  an insect but twice mentioned in Scripture, viz., in (1 Samuel 24:14; 26:20) Fleas are abundant in t...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Beach

  ·noun Pebbles, collectively; shingle. II. Beach ·vt To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a ...

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• beach

  A littoral margin, or line of coast along the sea-shore, composed of sand, gravel, shingle, broken s...

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• Flea-beetle

  ·noun A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and ...

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• Flea-bite

  ·noun The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite. II. Flea-bite ·noun A trifling wound ...

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• Flea-bitten

  ·adj Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face. II. Flea-bitten ·adj White, flecked with minute dots...

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• Flea-louse

  ·noun A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psyll...

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• Water flea

  ·- Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphni...

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• flea bite

  A trifling injury. To send any one away with a flea in his ear; to give any one a hearty scolding. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sand-flea

  (Genus, orchestra. Leach.) A small crustacea common along the shores of Long Island, and other sandy...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• flea-bane

  (Erigeron Canadense.) One of the most hardy and common weeds. It propagates itself rapidly, and sinc...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Beach comber

  ·- A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. ·see <<Comber>>. II. Beach comber ·add. ·- A vag...

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• beach, to

  Sudden landing to run a boat on the shore, to land a person with intent to desert him an old buccane...

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• beach-combers

  Loiterers around a bay or harbour. ...

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• beach-combing

  Loafing about a port to filch small things. ...

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• beach-grass

  ♦ Alga marina thrown up by the surf or tide. ...

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• beach-man

  A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducti...

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• beach-master

  A superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend disembarkation of an attacking force, who hold...

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• beach-men

  A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf. ...

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• beach-rangers

  Men hanging about sea-ports, who have been turned out of vessels for bad conduct. ...

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• beach-trampers

  A name applied to the coast-guard. ...

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• careening beach

  A part of the strand prepared for the purpose of a ship's being grounded on a list or careen, to rep...

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• deal beach

  This coast consists of gravelly shingle; and a man who is pock-marked, or in galley-cant cribbage-fa...

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• graving beach or slip

  A portion of the dockyard where ships were landed for a tide. ...

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• scour a beach, to

  To pour a quick flanking fire along it, in order to dislodge an enemy. ...

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