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• lake-lawyer

  A voracious fish in the lakes of America, called also the mud-fish. ...

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• Lake

  ·noun A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use. II. Lake ·vi To <<Play>>; to <<Sport>>. III. La...

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• lake

  1) to play ; from the Saxon LAIKAN. 2) to pour gently, to cast a little water on. Perhaps to leak. ...

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

• lake

  A large inland expanse of water, with or without communication with the sea. A lake, strictly consid...

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• Lawyer

  ·noun The bowfin (Amia calva). II. Lawyer ·noun The burbot (Lota maculosa). III. Lawyer ·noun The ...

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• Lawyer

  Among the Jews, was one versed in the laws of Moses, which he expounded in the schools and synagogue...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• lawyer

  n. One of the English provincial usesof this word is for a thorny stem of a briar or bramble. InNew...

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

• lawyer

  (Himantonus. Black-necked Stilt. Audubon, Ornith.) A small bird which lives on our shores; known als...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Lawyer

  The title "lawyer" is generally supposed to be equivalent to the title "scribe." The scribe expounde...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Capria Lake

  CAPRIA LAKE[ASPENNDUS.] ...

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• Lake-dweller

  ·noun ·see Lake dwellers, under <<Lake>>. ...

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• lake-trout

  n. a Tasmanian fish, Galaxiasauratus, family Galaxidae. See Mountain-Trout. ...

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

• lake-wake

  watching a dead body. N. ...

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• french lake

  A soubriquet for the Mediterranean. ...

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• sea-lake

  Synonymous with lagoon (which see). ...

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• stream-lake

  One which communicates with, the sea by means of a river. ...

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• Penang lawyer

  ·add. ·- A kind of walking stick made from the stem of an East Asiatic palm (Licuala acutifida). ...

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• Sea lawyer

  ·- The gray snapper. ·see under <<Snapper>>. ...

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• sea lawyer

  A shark. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bush-lawyer

  n. 1) A Bramble.See Lawyer. 2) Name often used for a layman who fancies he knows all aboutthe law ...

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

• lawyer-palm

  See lawyer ...

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

• lawyer-vine

  See lawyer ...

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

• lawyer-cane

  Lawyer-Palm, andLawyer-Vine See lawyer. ...

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

• vine, lawyer

  See lawyer. ...

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

• penang lawyer

  A cane, with the administration of which debts were wont to be settled at Pulo-Penang. ...

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• philadelphia lawyer

  "Enough to puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer" is a common nautical phrase for an inconsistent story. ...

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• sea-lawyer

  An idle litigious 'longshorer, more given to question orders than to obey them. One of the pests of ...

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