bread-stuff

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• Stuff

  ·vt A medicine or mixture; a potion. II. Stuff ·vt Paper stock ground ready for use. III. Stuff ·n...

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• stuff

  A coat of stuff, a term used for any composition laid on to ships' spars, bottom, &c. Also, square t...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bread

  ·adj To <<Spread>>. II. Bread ·noun Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. III. Bread ·vt ...

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• Bread

  Among the Jews was generally made of wheat (Ex. 29:2; Judg. 6:19), though also sometimes of other gr...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bread

  Employment. Out of bread; out of employment. In bad bread; in a disagreeable scrape, or situation. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bread

  The usual name given to biscuit. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bread

  The preparation of bread as an article of food dates from a very early period. (Genesis 18:6) The c...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Split stuff

  ·add. ·- Timber sawn into lengths and then split. ...

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• burnt-stuff

  n. a geological term used by miners.See quotation. 1853. Mrs. Chas. Clancy, `Lady's Visit to Gold ...

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

• split-stuff

  n. timber sawn into lengths andthen split. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. ...

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

• housen-stuff

  Household furniture. On the first day of May, at 1w o'clock, if the tenant isn't out, an officer go...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• diminishing stuff

  In ship-building, the planking wrought under the wales, where it is thinned progressively to the thi...

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• dungaree-stuff

  A blue or striped cotton cloth much worn by the seafaring classes in India. ...

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• small stuff

  The term for spun-yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope, even for yarns. ...

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• thick stuff

  Sided timber, or naval planks, under one foot, and above 4 inches in thickness. ...

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• Graham bread

  ·- Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Monkey-bread

  ·noun The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. ·see <<Adansonia>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bread Street

  South out of Cheapside at No. 46 to Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In Bread Street Ward. E...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bread basket

  The stomach; a term used by boxers. I took him a punch in his bread basket; i.e. I gave him a blow i...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bread(, native)

  n. a kind of fungus. «Thesclerotium of Polyporus mylitta, C. et M. Until quiterecently the scleroti...

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

• native bread

  n. See bread. ...

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

• bread-root

  (Psoralea esculenta.) A plant resembling the beet in form, which is found near the Rocky mountains, ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• graham bread

  Bread made of unbolted wheat. It is easier to digest than common wheaten bread, and is in consequenc...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bouted-bread

  bread made of wheat and rye. Northumb. ...

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

• bread-loaf

  household bread ; opposed to rolls, or bread in a smaller form. N. ...

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

• clap-bread

  thin hard oat-cakes. Lane. ...

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

• dazed-bread

  dough-baked bread ; dazed meat, ill-roasted from the badness of the fire : a dazed look, said of per...

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

• haver-bread

  oat bread. N. ...

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

• kitchiness-bread

  thin soft oat-cakes, made of thin batter. N. ...

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

• ravel-bread

  Kent. Called in the North WHITV- ...

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

• brown bread

  For RAVEL-BREAD, see Cowel's Interpreter in voce PANIS. ...

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

• slappy bread

  not baked enough. Norf. and Suff. ...

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

• thodden bread

  under-baked, heavy. See livered bread. Lane. ...

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

• way-bread

  plantain ; from the Saxon WJEG !!!BR.EDE, so called, because growing every where in streets and ways...

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

• bread-barge

  The tray in which biscuit is handed round. ...

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• bread-fruit

  (Artocarpus incisa) This most useful tree has a wide range of growth, but the seedless variety pro...

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• bread-room

  The lowest and aftermost part of the orlop deck, where the biscuit is kept, separated by a bulk-head...

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• munition bread

  Contract or commissariat bread; Brown George. ...

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• line out stuff

  To mark timber for dressing to shape. ...

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• Bread Street Alley

  In Bread Street Hill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bread Street Compter

  On the west side of Bread Street in Bread Street Ward. One of the two original Compters, pertaining ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bread Street Hill

  South out of Queen Victoria Street at No. 76 to Upper Thames Street (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bread Street Ward

  One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Cripplegate and Farringdon Wards Wi...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Mildred, Bread Street

  On the east side of Bread Street at No. 38 (P.O. Directory). In Bread Street Ward. The parish extend...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Peter, Bread Street

  Mentioned in H. MSS. Corn. 9th Rep. 23. Probably an error in transcription for Broad Street. See S...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• whity-brown bread

  See ravel-bread before. ...

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

• bread-room jack

  The purser's steward's help. ...

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• size of bread, and cue of bread

  Cambridge. The one signifying half, the other one-fourth part of a halfpenny loaf, cue being Q. the ...

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

• All Hallows, Bread Street

  On the east side of Bread Street at the corner of Watling Street (O.S. 1875). In Bread Street Ward. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• George Inn, Bread Street

  House of Sir William Littlesbery, alias Horne, called "the George" in Bredstreete given by him to th...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) Olave Bread Street Hill

  Mentioned in 1660 (L. and P. Chas. II. I. 165). Qy. = Nicholas (St.) Olave. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bread and butter fashion

  One slice upon the other. John and his maid were caught lying bread and butter fashion.--To quarrel ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Cordwainers and Bread Street School

  In Well Court, Bow Lane (Rocque, 1746). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• jack in the bread-room

  , or jack in the dust. The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room. ...

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