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Boiling
·noun Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
II. Boiling ·noun The act of ebullition or of tumultu...
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boiling
The "whole boiling" means the entire quantity, or whole party; applied to number or quantity. A cont...
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Keep
·vt To have habitually in stock for sale.
II. Keep ·noun That which is kept in charge; a charge.
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to keep
To inhabit. Lord, where do you keep? i.e. where are your rooms? ACADEMICAL PHRASE. Mother, your tit ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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keep
Food; subsistence; keeping. In a letter to his brother, Bishop Heber, speaking of Bishops' College c...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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keep
A strong donjon or tower in the middle of a castle, usually the last resort of its garrison in a sie...
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Pot
·vt To place or inclose in pots.
II. Pot ·vt To preserve seasoned in pots.
III. Pot ·vt To <<Pocke...
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pot
1) The pot calls the kettle black a-se; one rogue exclaims against another.
2) On the pot; i.e. at ...
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Pot
The term "pot" is applicable to so many sorts of vessels that it can scarcely be restricted to any o...
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keel the pot
skim the pot. North. See Love's Labour's Lost.
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keep the land aboard
Is to sail along it, or within sight, as much as possible, or as close as danger will permit.
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gutting a quart pot
Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; c...
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hut-keep
v.
to act as hut-keeper.
1865. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,' p. 380
«At this, as well...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-keep
v.
a quaint compound verb.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. x. p. 96(1890):
«`What ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to keep company
To court. A common term in the interior parts of New England, applied to a man whose visits to a lad...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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keep off
To fall to a distance from the shore, or a ship, &c. (See offing.)
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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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to keep a stiff upper lip
is to continue firm, unmoved.
My friend, said he, don't cry for spilt milk; keep a stiff upper lip;...
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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A
·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
III. A ·- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter.
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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A-
·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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Consolation pot
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race.
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Hot pot
·add. ·- ·see Semi-diesel, below.
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Monkey-pot
·noun The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for thei...
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Pot lace
·add. ·- Lace whose pattern includes one or more representations of baskets or bowls from which flow...
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Pot lead
·add. ·- Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.
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Pot shot
·add. ·- Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when ...
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Pot-bellied
·adj Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.
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Pot-belly
·noun A protuberant belly.
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Pot-sure
·adj Made confident by drink.
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Pot-valiant
·adj Having the courage given by drink.
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Pot-walloper
·noun One who cleans pots; a scullion.
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White-pot
·noun A kind of food made of milk or cream, eggs, sugar, bread, ·etc., baked in a pot.
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Fining pot
A crucible, melting-pot (Prov. 17:3; 27:21).
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Seething pot
A vessel for boiling provisions in (Job 41:20; Jer. 1:13).
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Pewter Pot
A messuage called the "Puter Pott" in parish of St. Mildred, 1529 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 323).
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hot pot
Ale and brandy made hot.
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idea pot
The knowledge box, the head.
See knowledge box.
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pot converts
Proselytes to the Romish church, made by the distribution of victuals and money.
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pot hunter
One who hunts more tor the sake of the prey than the sport. Pot valiant; courageous from drink. Potw...
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pot-wabblers
Persons entitled to vote for members of parliament in certain boroughs, from having boiled their pot...
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glue-pot
n.
part of a road so bad that thecoach or buggy sticks in it.
1892. `Daily News,' London (exact da...
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quart-pot
n.
a tin vessel originally importedas a measure, and containing an exact imperial quart. It had nol...
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pot-pie
A pie made by spreading the crust over the bottom and sides of a pot, and filling up the inside with...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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flaun-pot
a custard-pot. York.
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kale-pot
pottage-pot. N.
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pot-cleps
pot-hooks. N. Because they clip or catch hold of the pot.
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pot-sitten
burnt to. N.
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java pot
A kind of sponge of the species Alcyonium.
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Dog's Head in the Pot
A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
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to keep it up
To prolong a debauch. We kept it up finely last night; metaphor drawn from the game of shuttle- cock...
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to keep it up
To prolong a debauch. 'He kept it up finely last night;' a metaphor drawn from a game of shuttlecock...
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keep her own
Not to fall off; not driven back by tide.
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keep your luff
An order to the helmsman to keep the ship close to the wind, i.e. sailing with a course as near as p...
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Pot-au-feu
·add. ·noun A dish of broth, meat, and vegetables prepared by boiling in a pot, — a dish ·esp. commo...
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Lily Pot Lane
West out of Staining Lane to No. 7 Noble Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward.
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Pewter Pot Inn
On the south side of Leadenhall Street. In Aldgate Ward, in parish. of St. Andrew Undershaft (36 Eli...
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Porridge Pot Alley
See Westmoreland Buildings.
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Pottage Pot Alley
The eastern end of what is now Westmoreland Buildings (q.v.) was so called in Rocque, 1746.
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cream-pot love
Such as young fellows pretend to dairymaids, to get cream and other good things from them.
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piss pot hall
A house at Clapton, near Hackney, built by a potter chiefly out of the profits of chamber pots, in t...
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quart-pot tea
n.
Explained in quotations.Cf. billy-tea.
1878. Mrs. H. Jones, `Long Years in Australia,' p. 87:
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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...
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Skull, The place of a
See Golgotha.
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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Jukes, The
·add. ·- A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose hu...
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Hermonites, the
(Ps. 42:6, 7) = "the Hermons", i.e., the three peaks or summits of Hermon, which are about a quarter...
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Sea, The
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...
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Transfiguration, the
Of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8;...
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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...
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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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bag, the
Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...
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Archite, The
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's frie...
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Arkite, The
from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the co...
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Ashurites, The
Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; ...
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Bachrites, The
the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)
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Baharumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Barhumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Belaites, The
(Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3]
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Beriites, The
A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situate...
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Berothite, The
(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]
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Canaanite, The
the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in (Matthew 10:4...
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Canaanites, The
a word used in two senses:
• A tribe which inhabited a particular locality of the land west of the ...
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Chemarim, The
(those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of...
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College, The
In (2 Kings 22:14) it is probable that the word translated "college" represents here not an institut...
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Danites, The
The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1,11; 1 Chronicles 12:35)
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Elonites, The
(Numbers 26:26) [Elon, 2]
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Epicureans, The
derived their name from Epicurus (342-271 B.C.), a philosopher of Attic descent, whose "Garden" at A...
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Eranites, The
(Numbers 26:36)
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Eshkalonites, The
(Joshua 13:3) [Ashkelon, Askelon]
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Eshtaulites, The
with the Zareathites, were among the families of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
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Exodus, The
of the Israelites from Egypt. the common chronology places the date of this event at B.C. 1491, deri...
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Eznite, The
According to the statement of (2 Samuel 23:8) Adino the Eznite was another name for Jashobeam, a Tac...
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Ezrahite, The
(son of Zerah), a title attached to two persons-Ethan, (1 Kings 4:31; Psalms 89:1) title, and Heman,...
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Gadites, The
the descendants of Gad, and members of his tribe.
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Garmite, The
Keilah the Garmite, i.e. the descendant of Gerem, is mentioned in the obscure genealogical lists of ...
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Gazathites, The
(Joshua 13:3) the inhabitants of Gaza.
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Gazites, The
Inhabitants of Gaza. (Judges 16:2)
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Gederathite, The
the native of a place called Gederah, apparently in Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 12:4)
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Gederite, The
the native of some place named Geder or Gederah. (1 Chronicles 27:28)
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Gershonites, The
the family descended from Gershon or Gershom, the son of Levi. "THE GERSH0NITE," as applied to indiv...
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Gezrites The
The word which the Jewish critics have substituted in the margin of the Bible for the ancient readin...
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Gibeonites, The
the people of Gibeon, and perhaps also of the three cities associated with Gibeon, (Joshua 9:17)-Hiv...
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Giblites, The
[Gebal]
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Gileadites, The
(Numbers 26:29; Judges 10:3; 12:4,5), a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
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Gilonite, The
native of Giloh. (2 Samuel 15:12; 23:34)
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Girgasite, The
(Genesis 10:16) or NEXT ENTRY ...
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Gizonites, The
(inhabitant of Gizoh). "The sons of Hashem the Gizonite "are named amongst the warriors of David's g...
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Gunites, The
the descendants of Guni, son of Naphtali. (Numbers 26:48)
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Hagerite, The
Jaziz the Hagerite, i.e. the descendant of Hagar, had the charge of David's sheep. (1 Chronicles 27:...
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Haggites, The
a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)
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Hamathite, The
one of the families descended from Canaan, named last in the list. (Genesis 10:18; 1 Chronicles 1:16...
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Hamulites, The
the family of the preceding. (Numbers 26:21)
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Harodite, The
the designation of two of the thirty-seven warriors of David's guard, Shammah and Elika, (2 Samuel 2...
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Hebronites, The
A family of Kohathite Levites, descendants of Hebron the son of Kohath. (Numbers 3:27; 26:58; 1 Chro...
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Hepherites, The
the family of Hepher the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
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Hermonites, The
Properly "the Hermons," with reference to the three summits of Mount Hermon. (Psalms 42:6) (Psal 42:...
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Huphamites, The
descendants of Hupham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (Numbers 26:39)
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Jimnites, The
descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)
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Kenite, The
and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the...
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Machirites, The
the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29)
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Mahavite, The
the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David's guard, whose name is preserved in the ...
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Manassites, The
that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33)
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Maonites, The
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) el...
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Mecherathite, The
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel l...
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Median, The
Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," (Daniel 9:1) or "the Mede," ch. (Daniel 11...
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Meholathite, The
a word occurring once only- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place cel...
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Mehunims, The
a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural...
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Meronothithe, The
that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have...
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Mesobaite, The
a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any ...
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Mishraites, The
the fourth of the four "families of Kirjath-jearim," i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding...
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Mithnite, The
the designation of Joshaphat, one of David's guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)
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Morasthite, The
that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice- (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)-each ti...
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Naamites, The
the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only.
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Nehelamite, The
the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. (J...
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Pelonite, The
Two of David's men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015...
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Pentateuch, The
is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is d...
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Perizzite, The
and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before a...
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Pharzites. The
the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20)
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Plague, The
The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors).-Like the cho...
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Praltite, The
Helez "the Paltite" is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David's mighty men. (B.C. 1015.)
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Puhites, The
According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the "Puhites" or "Puthites" belonged to the families of Kirjath-jea...
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Punites, The
the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
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Quicksands, The
more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast betwee...
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Ramathite, The
Shimei the Ramathite, i.e. a native of Ramah, had charge of the royal vineyards of King David. (1 Ch...
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Sardites, The
descendants of Sered the son of Zebulun. (Numbers 26:26) (In the Revised Version of (Revelation 4:3)...
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Shaalbonite, The
Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David's thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33)...
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Shearinghouse, The
a place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter, encountere...
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Shechemites, The
the family of Shechem son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:31) comp. Josh 17:2
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Sheepgate, The
one of the gates of Jerusalem as rebuilt by Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:1,32; 12:39) It stood between the ...
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Sheepmarket, The
(John 5:2) The world "market" is an interpolation of our translators. We ought probably to supply th...
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Shelanites, The
the descendants of Shelah. 1. (Numbers 26:20)
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Shemidaites, The
the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
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Shillemites, The
[Shillem]
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Shilonite, The
that is, the native or resident of Shiloh; a title ascribed only to Ahijah. (1 Kings 11:29; 12:15; 1...
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Shilonites, The
are mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult to (1 Chronic...
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Shimites, The
the descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. (Numbers 3:21)
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Shimronites, The
[Shimron]
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Shiphmite The
probably, though not certainly, the native of Shepham. (1 Chronicles 27:27)
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Shuhamites, The
[Shuham]
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Shulamite, The
one of the personages in the poem of Solomon's (Song of Solomon 6:13) The name denotes a woman belon...
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Shumathites, The
one of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:53)
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Shunammite, The
i.e. the native of Shunem, is applied to two persons: Abishag, the nurse of King David, (1 Kings 1:3...
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