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Prairie
·noun A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.
II. Prairie ·noun An exte...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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prairie
(French.) An extensive tract of land, mostly level, destitute of trees, and covered with tall, coars...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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prairie
The natural meadows or tracts of gently undulating, wonderfully fertile land, occupying so vast an e...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hen
·noun The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hen
grace; quiet; rest
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Hen
Common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34). It is noticeable that t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hen
A woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hen
The hen is nowhere noticed in the Bible except in (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34) That a bird so common ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Prairie State
·add. ·- Illinois;
— a nickname.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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prairie-bitters
A beverage common among the hunters and mountaineers. It is made with a pint of water and a quarter ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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prairie-dog
(Aretomys ludovicianus.) Called by the Indians Wistonwish. A variety of the marmot. It has received ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rolling prairie
The following excellent definition of this term is from the pen of Judge Hall:
"The vast plains or ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Daker hen
·- The corncrake or land rail.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dandy-hen
·noun ·f A bantam fowl.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hen-hearted
·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea hen
·- the common guillemot;
— applied also to various other sea birds.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tappit hen
·- A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head.
II. Tappit hen ·- A measuring pot holding one quart...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water hen
·- Any gallinule.
II. Water hen ·- The common American coot.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hen-hearted
Cowardly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hen house
A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fat-hen
n.
a kind of wild spinach.In England the name is applied to various plants of thickfoliage.
1847. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jungle-hen
n.
name given to a mound-buildingbird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould. See also Megapode. The Indian Jun...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mallee-hen
n.
Same as mallee-bird (q.v.).
1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule':
[Close Season...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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maori-hen
n.
Same as Weka (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moor-hen
n.
common English bird-name( Gallinula). The Australian species are – – the Black, Gallinula tenebr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native-hen
n.
name applied to various speciesof the genus Tribonyx (q.v.). The Australian speciesare – – Tribo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-hen
i.q. scrub-fowl.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-hen
n.
an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectlyshortened to Melanotus). Ca...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hen-hawk
(Falco lineatus.) The popular name of the red-shouldered hawk of naturalists.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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mud-hen
The common name of the Virginia Rail ornithologists. It inhabits small streams and marshes.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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clocking hen
a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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clucking hen
a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hen-bawks
a hen-roost, from the bawks of which it consists. See BAWKS. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cape-hen
See molly-mawk.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hen-frigate
A ship wherein the captain's wife interfered in the duty or regulations.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-hen
A name of the fish Trigla lyra, or crooner (which see).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Blue Hen State
·add. ·- The State of Delaware;
— a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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moon-eyed hen
A squinting wench.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brood-hen star
The cluster of the Pleiades.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hen and Chickens Court
North out of Fleet Street at No. 183, east of St. Dunstan's church, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose