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re
rĕ, or with I d demonstrative (see the letter D), rĕd (so, too, before vowels and h; also in re...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Re
·- A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Re-
·- A prefix signifying back, against, again, anew; as, recline, to lean back; recall, to call back; ...
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Land
·noun The ground or floor.
II. Land ·noun The inhabitants of a nation or people.
III. Land ·noun U...
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land
How lies the land? How stands the reckoning? Who has any land in Appleby? a question asked the man a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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land
1) a division in ploughing. N.
2) urine ; to lant or leint ale, to put urine into it to make it str...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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land
In a general sense denotes terra firma, as distinguished from sea; but, also, land-laid, or to lay t...
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Re coverance
·noun <<Recovery>>.
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Re proval
·noun <<Reproof>>.
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Re sign
·noun <<Resignation>>.
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Re-ally
·vt To bring together again; to compose or form anew.
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Re-collect
·vt To collect again; to gather what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.
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Re-create
·vt To create or form anew.
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Re-creation
·noun A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
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Re-creative
·adj Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
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Re-demption
·noun Performance of the obligation stated in a note, bill, bond, or other evidence of debt, by maki...
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Re-ferment
·vt & ·vi To ferment, or cause to ferment, again.
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Re-form
·vt & ·vi To give a new form to; to form anew; to take form again, or to take a new form; as, to re-...
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Re-formation
·noun The act of forming anew; a second forming in order; as, the reformation of a column of troops ...
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Re-formed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Re-form.
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Re-forming
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Re-form.
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Re-let
·vt To let anew, as a house.
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Re-mark
·vt To mark again, or a second time; to mark anew.
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Re-present
·vt To present again; as, to re-present the points of an <<Argument>>.
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Re-presentation
·noun The act of re-presenting, or the state of being presented again; a new presentation; as, re-pr...
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Re-reiterate
·vt To reiterate many times.
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Re-resolve
·vt & ·vi To resolve again.
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Re-search
·vt To search again; to examine anew.
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Re-sign
·vt To affix one's signature to, a second time; to sign again.
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Re-sound
·vt & ·vi To sound again or anew.
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Re-store
·vt To store again; as, the goods taken out were re-stored.
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Re-turn
·vt & ·vi To turn again.
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to re-charter
To charter again; to grant a second or another charter to.--Webster.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to re-insure
To insure the same property a second time by other underwriters.--Webster.
It is common with underw...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to re-investigate
To investigate again.--Webster.
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to re-loan
To loan again; to lend what has been lent and repaid.--Webster.
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to re-open
To open again.--Webster. This word is much used. The theatre re-opens for the season. The schools re...
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to re-ship
To ship again; to ship what has been conveyed by water or imported.--Webster.
Much used in all our ...
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re-supper
a second supper. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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re-assemble
To gather together a fleet, or convoy, after having been scattered.
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re-insurance
To insure the same property a second time by other underwriters. If an underwriter find that he has ...
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re-ship
To ship again, or ship goods that have been imported or conveyed by water.
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Land League
·add. ·- In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parn...
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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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Table-land
·noun A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
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land lopers
Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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land lubbers
Vagabonds lurking about the country who subsist by pilfering.
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land pirates
Highwaymen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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scratch land
Scotland.
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banana-land
n.
slang name for Queensland,where bananas grow in abundance.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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land-loper
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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land-lubber
(Dutch, landlooper.) A vagrant; one who strolls about the country.--Bailey's Dict. Applied by sailor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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burthensome-land
land that yields good crops in general. York. Bus, to bus, to dress. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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catch-land
land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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old land
ground that has lain long untilled, and just ploughed up. The same in Essex is called new lands.
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ope-land
ground ploughed up every year ; ground that is loose and open. S.
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double-land
That appearance of a coast when the sea-line is bounded by parallel ranges of hills, rising inland o...
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drowned land
Extensive marshes or other water-covered districts which were once dry and sound land.
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land-blink
On Arctic voyages, a peculiar atmospheric brightness on approaching land covered with snow; usually ...
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land-breeze
A current of air which, in the temperate zones, and still more within the tropics, regularly sets fr...
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land-fall
Making the land. "A good land-fall" signifies making the land at or near the place to which the cour...
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land-feather
A sea-cove.
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land ho!
The cry when land is first seen.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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land-louper
[Dutch.]
Meaning he who flies from this country for crime or debt, but not to be confounded with l...
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land-lubber
A useless longshorer; a vagrant stroller. Applied by sailors to the mass of landsmen, especially tho...
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land-sharks
Crimps, pettifogging attorneys, slopmongers, and the canaille infesting the slums of sea-port towns....
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land-slip
The fall of a quantity of land from a cliff or declivity; the land sliding away so as often to carry...
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land-turn
A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
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land-waiters
See landing-waiters.
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lubber-land
A kind of El Dorado in sea-story, or country of pleasure without work, all sharing alike.
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sunk land
Shallows and swamps.
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table-land
Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vic...
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totty-land
Certain heights on the side of a hill [probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon totian, to elevate].
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re-entering angle
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place.
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No-man's land
·- Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.
II. No-man's land ·- A space amidships used to keep blocks, ro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shalim, Land of
Land of foxes, a place apparently to the north-west of Jerusalem (1 Sam. 9:4), perhaps in the neighb...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Shalisha, Land of
Probably the district of Baal-shalisha (2 Kings 4:42), lying about 12 miles north of Lydda (1 Sam. 9...
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Zuph, Land of
(1 Sam. 9:5, 6), a district in which lay Samuel's city, Ramah. It was probably so named after Elkana...
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Van Diemen's Land
the name given to the colony nowcalled Tasmania, by Abel Jansz Tasman, the Dutch navigator,in 1642, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to break up land
To plough up land that has lain long as a meadow, is the sense as understood in the United States. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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half-drowned land
Shores which are rather more elevated and bear more verdure than drowned land (which see).
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neck of land
Dividing two portions of water, or it may be the neck of a peninsula.
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no-man's land
A space in midships between the after-part of the belfry and the fore-part of a boat when it is stow...
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sighting the land
Running in to catch a view.
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Land of Steady Habits
·add. ·- Connecticut;
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Shinar, The Land of
LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or South...
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Shual, The land of
Land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:...
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Sinim, The land of
(Isa. 49:12), supposed by some to mean China, but more probably Phoenicia (Gen. 10:17) is intended.
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Tob, The land of
A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah ...
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Uz, The land of
Where Job lived (1:1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palest...
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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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lay the land, to
Barely to lose sight of it.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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Benjamin, The Land Of
The proximity of Benjamin to Ephraim during the march to the promised land was maintained in the ter...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Canaan, The Land Of
(lit. lowland), a name denoting the country west of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, and between those w...
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Shalim, The Land Of
(the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father's as...
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Shalisha, The Land Of
one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. (1 Samuel 9:4) only. It ...
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Shual, The Land Of
a district named in (1 Samuel 13:17) only. It is pretty certain from the passage that it lay north o...
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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heading up the land water
When the flood-tide is backed by a wind, so that the ebb is retarded, causing an overflow.
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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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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