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Play
·noun Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
II. Play ·noun Performance on an instrument of music.
III...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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play
To play booty; to play with an intention to lose. To play the whole game; to cheat. To play least in...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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play
to play, to boil, spoken of a kettle, pot, or other vessel full of liquor ; playing hot, boiling hot...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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play
Motion in the frame, masts, &c. Also said of the marine steam-engine when it is in action or in play...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fiddle
·vi To play on a fiddle.
II. Fiddle ·vt To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
III. Fiddle ·noun A stringed...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fiddle
A contrivance to prevent things from rolling off the table in bad weather. It takes its name from it...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Second
·noun Aid; assistance; help.
II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece;
— often popula...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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second
The sixtieth part of a minute. A division of a degree of a circle. A term applied both to time and t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Match play
·add. ·- Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side;
— dist...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Medal play
·add. ·- Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Le Tennis Play
Two tenements so called in the parish of Allhallows the Less formerly belonging to St. Thomas of Aco...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to play possum
'He's playing possum with you,' is a common expression at the South and West, and means that he is d...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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play-actor
A theatrical performer. The expression is objectionable, because the term actor is itself a technica...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Fiddle-faddle
·vi To talk nonsense.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fiddle-shaped
·adj Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fiddle faddle
Trifling discourse, nonsense. A mere fiddle faddle fellow; a trifier.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scotch fiddle
The itch.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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welch fiddle
The itch.
See scotch fiddle.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fiddle-back
n.
name given inAustralia to the beetle, Schizorrhina australasiae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fiddle faddle
Trifling discourse; nonsense.--Grose. Johnson. Also used adjectively and as a verb.
She said that h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fiddle-block
A long shell, having one sheave over the other, and the lower smaller than the upper (see long-tackl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fiddle-fish
A name of the king-crab (Limulus polyphemus), from its supposed resemblance to that instrument.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Second-class
·adj Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second-rate
·adj Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a secon...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second-sighted
·adj Having the power of second-sight.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Thirty-second
·adj Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Twelfth-second
·noun A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Second Postern
Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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second-captain
Commanders under captains in the navy, of late.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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second-counter
See counter.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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second-futtocks
The frame-timbers scarphed on the end of the futtock-timbers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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second-rate
Vessels of seventy-four guns (on the old scale).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Play House Yard
East out of Water Lane, Blackfriars, to Church Entry. In Farringdon Ward Within (P.O. Directory).
F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tower hill play
A slap on the face, and a kick on the breech.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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calf-skin fiddle
A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Temple, the Second
After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements we...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Cat and Fiddle Cheap
A shop called the "Catt and Fiddell" in the parish of St. Peter in Chepe, 4 Ed. VI. (Lond. I. p.m. I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to hang up one's fiddle
To desist; to give up.
When a man loses his temper and ain't cool, he might as well hang up his fid...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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John, Second Epistle of
Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle of
The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Timothy, Second Epistle to
Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Peter, Second Epistle Of
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense exciteme...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Corinthians, Second Epistle To The
was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year-about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Esdras, The Second Book Of
This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The
appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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John, The Second And Third Epistles Of
The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and niece...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary