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Scared
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Scare>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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owl in an ivy bush
He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large frizzled wig, or a wom...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Not
·adj Shorn; shaven.
II. Not ·- Wot not; know not; knows not.
III. Not ·adv A word used to express ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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not
1) smooth, polled or shorn ; not-sheep, sheep without horns. Ess. That field is not, that field is w...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Born
·p.p. of <<Bear>>.
II. Born ·vt Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth...
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Be
·vi To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.
II. Be ·vi To <<Signify>>; to re...
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Be-
·- A prefix, originally the same word as by;.
II. Be- ·- To intensify the meaning; as, bespatter, b...
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Owl
·noun A variety of the domestic pigeon.
II. Owl ·vi To carry wool or sheep out of England.
III. Ow...
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Owl
1) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of "shouting." In the list of unclean birds (Lev...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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owl
To catch the; a trick practised upon ignorant country boobies, who are decoyed into a barn under pre...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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owl
n.
an English bird-name. The species inAustralia are – – Boobook Owl – – Ninox boobook, Lath.
♣ Ch...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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be
(Ang. Sax. beo, 1st person sing. and 1st, 2d, and 3d plur. See Rask's Gram. p. 84), instead of am an...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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owl
to take owl, to be offended, to take amiss. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Owl
A number of species of the owl are mentioned in the Bible, (Leviticus 11:17; 14:16; Isaiah 14:23; 34...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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an
ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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an
an I conj.
I I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter c...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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An
·conj If;
— a word used by old English authors.
II. An ·- This word is properly an adjective, but ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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oar, to shove in an
To intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked.
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Wood's metal
·- A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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lie by, to
Dodging under small sail under the land.
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By
(·pref.) Against.
II. By ·adv Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
III. By (·pref.) On; along; in trav...
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By
In the expression "by myself" (A.V., 1 Cor. 4:4), means, as rendered in the Revised Version, "agains...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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by
On or close to the wind.
♦ Full and by, not to lift or shiver the sails; rap-full.
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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...
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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head.
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by the bye
To Mr. Richardson we are indebted for a fuller examination of this phrase, than other lexicographers...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board.
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by the head
When a ship is deeper forward than abaft.
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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...
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by the stern
When the ship draws more water abaft than forward. (See by the head.)
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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lay, by the
When a man is paid in proportion to the success of the voyage, instead of by the month. This is comm...
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bring-to an anchor, to
To let go the anchor in the intended port. "All hands bring ship to an anchor!" The order by which t...
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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Not-pated
·adj ·Alt. of Nott-pated.
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Why-not
·noun A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening....
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what not
In New York a piece of furniture usually placed in a parlor, consisting of several shelves, upon whi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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chime in, to
To join a mess meal or treat. To chime in to a chorus or song.
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fall in, to
The order to form, or take assigned places in ranks. (See assembly.)
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flatten in, to
The action of hauling in the aftmost clue of a sail to give it greater power of turning the vessel; ...
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haul in, to
To sail close to the wind, in order to approach nearer to an object.
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let in, to
To fix or fit a diminished part of one plank or piece of timber into a score formed in another to re...
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pitch in, to
To set to work earnestly; to beat a person violently. (A colloquialism.)
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round-in, to
To haul in on a fall; the act of pulling upon any slack rope which passes through one or more blocks...
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shut in, to
Said of landmarks or points of land, when one is brought to transit and overlap the other, or interc...
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turn in, to
To go to bed.
♦ To turn out. To get up.
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to be among the missing
To be absent, to leave, to run away.
There comes old David for my militia fine; I don't want to see...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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Fool-born
·adj Begotten by a fool.
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Sea-born
·adj Born at sea.
II. Sea-born ·adj Born of the sea; produced by the sea.
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Sigh-born
·adj Sorrowful; mournful.
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True-born
·adj Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
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Well-born
·adj Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
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First-born
Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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born days
One's life-time ever since one was born; a vulgar expression used in various parts of the country. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Barred owl
·- A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum);
— so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown c...
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Be-all
·noun The whole; all that is to be.
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Jar-owl
·noun The <<Goatsucker>>.
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Owl-eyed
·adj Having eyes like an owl's.
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Scops owl
·- Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the h...
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Sea owl
·- The <<Lumpfish>>.
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Would-be
·adj Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
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barking owl
n.
a bird not identified, and notin Gould (who accompanied Leichhardt).
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Over...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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owl-parrot
n.
a bird of New Zealand. See kakapo.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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be-dundered
Stupified with noise.
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be-neaped
The situation of a vessel when she is aground at the height of spring-tides. (See neaped.)
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sea-owl
A name of the lump-fish, Cyclopterus lumpus.
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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nines, to the
An expression to denote complete.
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row in the same boat, to
To be of similar principles.
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touch up in the bunt, to
To mend the sail on the yard; figuratively, to goad or remind forcibly.
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(St.) Andrew by the Wardrobe
On the east side of St. Andrew's Hill at No.35, on. the north side of Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Di...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Bartholomew by the Exchange
At the south-east corner of Bartholomew Lane. In Broad Street Ward. The parish is in Broad Street an...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' by the Thames
See St. James' Garlickhithe.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Martin by the Thames
See St. Martin Vintry.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lies by the wall
i. c. is dead. Spoken between the time of death and burial. Norf. and Suff.
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brought by the lee
See bring by the lee, to.
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sheer to the anchor, to
To direct the ship's bows by the helm to the place where the anchor lies, while the cable is being h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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First-born, Sanctification of the
A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the f...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Colossians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome. (Acts 28:16) (A.D. 62.) The ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Galatians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fall in with, to
To meet, when speaking of a ship; to discover, when speaking of the land.
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stand in shore, to
To sail directly for the land.
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ephraim in the wilderness
(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Thorn in the flesh
(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage.
1) Roman Catholic writers t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Le Cok in the Houpe
A tenement so called in parish of St. Alphege at London Wall 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 566).
No further ref...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Dunstan in the West
On the north side of Fleet Street at No. 187 (P.O. Directory), between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in the Temple
See Temple Church.
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(St.) Martin in the Jewry
Thomas the priest of St. Martin's in the Jewry is mentioned in a Deed about 1197, as witness to a gr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave in the Shamb1es
Parish mentioned in Will of Milo de Wynton, 1273-4 (Ct. H.W. I. 16).
Perhaps the church of St. Nich...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Pye in the Royall
A Messuage so called in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster Church, 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35).
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(St.) Stephen in the Jewry
See St. Stephen Coleman Street.
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(St.) Ursula in the Poultry
Seint Vrsula, chapel in the Pultry, mentioned in the list of Parish Churches of London in Arnold's C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dicked in the nob
Silly. Crazed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flush in the pocket
Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shove in the mouth
A dram.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ten in the hundred
An usurer; more than five in the hundred being deemed usurious interest.
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wheelband in the nick
Regular drinking over the left thumb.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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windmills in the head
Foolish projects.
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wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down in the mouth
Dispirited, dejected, disheartened.--Brockett's Glossary.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dyed in the wool
Ingrained; thorough.
The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...
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down in the mouth
Low-spirited or disheartened.
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elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby...
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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
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Bezer In The Wilderness
a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:7...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wandering In The Wilderness
[Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE WANDERING]
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
II. To ·prep Character; condition of being; purpose subserved ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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Forget-me-not
·noun A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, ·etc.), bearing a beautiful bl...
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Touch-me-not
·noun ·see <<Impatiens>>.
II. Touch-me-not ·noun Squirting cucumber. ·see under <<Cucumber>>.
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touch-me-not
(Lat. impatiens noli tangere.) A plant found about brooks, and in moist places.--Michaux, Sylva. A p...
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crossing the cables in the hatchway
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...
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By-bidder
·noun One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up...
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By-blow
·noun An illegitimate child; a bastard.
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By-corner
·noun A private corner.
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By-dependence
·noun An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; a...
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By-drinking
·noun A drinking between meals.
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By-election
·noun An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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By-interest
·noun Self-interest; private advantage.
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By-lane
·noun A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.
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By-law
·noun A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own gove...
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By-name
·noun A <<Nickname>>.
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By-pass
·noun A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
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By-passage
·noun A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
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By-past
·adj Past; gone by.
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By-place
·noun A retired or private place.
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By-product
·noun A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in a...
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By-respect
·noun Private end or view; by-interest.
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By-room
·noun A private room or apartment.
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By-speech
·noun An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point.
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By-spell
·noun A <<Proverb>>.
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By-street
·noun A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
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By-stroke
·noun An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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By-turning
·noun An obscure road; a way turning from the main road.
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By-view
·noun A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.
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By-walk
·noun A secluded or private walk.
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By-wash
·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
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By-wipe
·noun A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.
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Go-by
·noun A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to g...
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Hang-by
·noun A dependent; a hanger-on;
— so called in contempt.
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Passer-by
·noun One who goes by; a passer.
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Stand-by
·noun One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant us...
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Stander-by
·noun One who stands near; one who is present; a bystander.
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By-ways
Only in Judg. 5:6 and Ps. 125:5; literally "winding or twisted roads." The margin has "crooked ways....
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By-word
Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a p...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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the go by
To give one the go by is to deceive him; to leave him in the lurch.--Craven Glossary.
TO GO BY
To ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to set by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bime-by
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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by-bidder
A person employed at public auctions to bid on articles put up for sale, in order to obtain higher p...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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by gosh!
An inoffensive oath, used mostly in New England. Negroes often say, By Golly!
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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by gum!
The same as the preceding. It is also noticed by Moor in his Suffolk Glossary.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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by-wash
The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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for-by
Near to; adjacent.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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go by
stratagem
♦ To give her the go by, is to escape by deceiving.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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stand by!
The order to be prepared; to look out to fire when directed.
To stand by a rope, is to take hold o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hell-born babe
A lewd graceless youth, one naturally of a wicked disposition.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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o be joyful
I'll make you sing O be joyful on the other side of your mouth; a threat, implying the party threate...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose