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• Figure

  ·noun To <<Embellish>>. II. Figure ·noun To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. III. Figure ·n...

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• figure

  Amount of a reckoning. 'What's the figure?' a flash expression for, What is to pay?--Grose. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• figure

  The principal piece of carved work or ornament at the head of a ship, whether scroll, billet, or fig...

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• Big

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Bigg>>. II. Big ·vt ·Alt. of <<Bigg>>. III. Big ·superl Having largeness of size;...

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• big

  barley, to big, to build. Cumb. ...

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

• 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.

• figure dancer

  One who alters figures on bank notes, converting tens to hundreds. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• figure-head

  A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...

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• Big-bellied

  ·adj Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy. ...

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• Big-wigged

  ·adj characterized by pomposity of manner. ...

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• big-head

  n. a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• big-bugs

  People of consequence. Then we'll go to the Lord's house--I don't mean to the meetin' house, but wh...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• big-wigs

  People of consequence. The same as the last. Demagogues and place-hunters make the people stare by ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• big knives

  A term applied to Europeans and their descendants, by the North American Indians. It signifies weare...

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• great big

  Very large. Often used by children. ...

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• big-wigs

  A cant term for the higher officers. ...

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• to cut a figure

  To make an appearance, either good or bad. We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• figure of eight

  A knot made by passing the end of a rope over and round the standing part, up over its own part, and...

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• Big Bend State

  ·add. ·- Tennessee; — a nickname. ...

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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.

• figure of the earth

  The form of our globe, which is that of an oblate spheroid with an ellipticity of about 1/299. ...

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• too big for his breeches

  is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty. Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.