rusty dab

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• Rusty

  ·superl Rust-colored; dark. II. Rusty ·superl Surly; morose; crusty; sullen. III. Rusty ·superl Im...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• rusty

  Out of use, To nab the rust; to be refractory; properly applied to a restive horse, and figuratively...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Dab

  ·noun A small mass of anything soft or moist. II. Dab ·noun A skillful hand; a dabster; an <<Expert...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• dab

  An adept; a dab at any feat or exercise. Dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a-se with a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dab

  One who is expert in anything; a proficient. A vulgar colloquialism in England and America. One wri...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• dab

  a blow : a dab at any thing, expert at it, perhaps corruption of an adept. N. and S. Also a small qu...

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

• dab

  The sea-flounder. An old general term for a pleuronect or flat fish of any kind, but usually appropr...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• rusty guts

  A blunt surly fellow: a jocular misnomer of RESTICUS. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rusty fig

  n. See under fig-tree. ...

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

• Smear dab

  ·- The sand fluke (b). ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• dab bit

  a small quantity, less than a dab. Glou. ...

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

• dab-chick

  the water-hen. North. ...

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

• dab-chick

  The little grebe, Podiceps minor. A small diving bird common in lakes and rivers. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• floun-dab

  See flounder ...

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• wattle-and-dab

  a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...

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