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Hard
·adv Close or near.
II. Hard ·adv So as to raise difficulties.
III. Hard ·adv Uneasily; vexatiousl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hard
Stale beer, nearly sour, is said to be hard. Hard also means severe: as, hard fate, a hard master.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hard
A road-path made through mud for landing at. (See ard.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Money
·vt To supply with money.
II. Money ·noun In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in la...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Money
Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). N...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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money
A girl's private parts, commonly applied to little children: as, Take care, Miss, or you will shew y...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Money
Uncointed money.-It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the preci...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Hard grass
·- A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the spe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard steel
·add. ·- Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) ca...
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Hard-favored
·adj Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.
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Hard-featured
·adj Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.
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Hard-fisted
·adj Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
II. Hard-fisted ·adj Having hard or strong hands; as, a har...
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Hard-fought
(·adv Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
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Hard-handed
·adj Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
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Hard-headed
·adj Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
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Hard-hearted
·adj Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
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Hard-labored
·adj Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied.
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Hard-mouthed
·adj Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
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Hard-shell
·adj Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
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Hard-tack
·noun A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
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Hard-visaged
·adj Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.
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die hard
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hard cash
Silver or gold coin.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard drinker
One who drinks to excess; a drunkard.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard pushed
To be bard pressed; to be in a difficulty; and especially, as a mercantile phrase, to be hard presse...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed.
We knew the Tam...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blowing hard
Said of the wind when it is strong and steady.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard bargain
A useless fellow; a skulker.
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hard fish
A term indiscriminately applied to cod, ling, haddock, torsk, &c., salted and dried.
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hard gale
When the violence of the wind reduces a ship to be under her storm staysails, No. 10 force.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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hard-horse
A tyrannical officer.
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hard up
The tiller so placed as to carry the rudder close over to leeward of the stern-post. Also, used figu...
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Blood money
·- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
II. Blood money ·- Mon...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Maundy money
·add. ·- Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Money-maker
·noun One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money.
II. Money-maker ·noun One who ...
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Money-making
·adj Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business.
II. Money-making ·adj Su...
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Money-changer
(Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Ex. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Money Court
In St. Michael's Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blood money
The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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civility money
A reward claimed by bailiffs for executing their office with civility.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fiddlers money
All sixpences: sixpence being the usual sum paid by each couple, for music at country wakes and hops...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hush money
Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidenc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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money droppers
Cheats who drop money, which they pretend to find just before some country lad; and by way of giving...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin money
An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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smart money
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors for the loss of a limb, or other hurt received in the service.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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socket money
A whore's fee, or hire: also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bogus money
Counterfeit silver coin. A few years since, a large quantity of this coin was in circulation at the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advance money
In men-of-war and most merchant ships the advance of two months' wages is given to the crew, previou...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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conduct-money
A sum advanced to defray the travelling expenses of volunteers, and of soldiers and sailors to their...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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money boats
See death
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desertion-money
The sum of three pounds paid to him who apprehends a deserter, which is charged against the offender...
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entrance money
Payment on entering a mess.
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gratuitous money
A term officially used for bounty granted to volunteers in Lord Exmouth's expedition against Algiers...
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hat-money
A word sometimes used for primage, or the trifling payment received by the master of a ship for care...
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imprest-money
That paid on the enlistment of soldiers.
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money-bound
A phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on board till a remittance arrives for paying...
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necessary money
An extra allowance formerly allowed to pursers for the coals, wood, turnery-ware, candles, and other...
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passage-money
The allowance made for carrying official personages in a royal ship. Also, the charge made for the c...
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prize-money
The profits arising from the sale of prizes. It was divided equally by chart. 5 Hen. IV.
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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...
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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...
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smart-money
A pension given to a wounded man, according to the extent of the injury and his rank. Thus a lieuten...
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straggling-money
If a man be absent from his duty without leave, but not absent long enough to be logged as run, and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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table-money
An allowance to admirals and senior officers, in addition to their pay, to meet the expenses of thei...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Tribute Money
[Taxes; Tribute]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard and fast
Said of a ship on shore.
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hard-a-port!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the starboard-side of the stern-post...
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hard-a-starboard
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the port-side of the stern-post, whi...
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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...
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king's hard bargain
A useless fellow, who is not worth his hire.
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crim. con. money
Damages directed by a jury to be paid by a convicted adulterer to the injured husband, for criminal ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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a hard row to hoe
A metaphor derived from hoeing corn, meaning a difficult matter or job to accomplish.
Gentlemen, I ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gun and head money
Given to the captors of an enemy's ship of war destroyed, or deserted, in fight. It was formerly ass...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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head and gun-money
An encouragement in the prize acts by which £5 a head is given to the captors for every person on bo...
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Three Hard Court, Creechurch Lane
See Three Herring Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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The Sailor's Word-Book