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dog sick
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Sick
·noun <<Sickness>>.
II. Sick ·superl Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
III. Sick ·vi To fal...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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sick
a small stream, or rill. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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as
as, assis, m. (nom. assis, Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 43, and Schol. ad Pers. 2, 59; old form assārĭus, ii,...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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as
ās assis, m 2 AC-, one, a whole, unity ; hence (late), ex asse heres, of the entire estate . — Es...
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·AS
(abbreviation) Anglo-Saxon Origin
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As
·noun An <<Ace>>.
II. As ·adv & ·conj As if; as though.
III. As ·adv & ·conj Expressing a wish.
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Dog
·noun A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
II. Dog ·noun A quadruped of the genus Canis, ·esp. the d...
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Dog
Frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch fo...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dog
An old dog at it; expert or accustomed to any thing. Dog in a manger; one who would prevent another ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to dog
To hunt as a dog, insidiously and indefatigably.--Johnson.
I have been pursued, dogged, and way-lai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog
The hammer of a fire-lock or pistol; that which holds the flint, called also dog-head. Also, a sort ...
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Dog
an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses,...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use.
Well, how d'ye do, any how?
So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as a whistle
A proverbial simile, in common use throughout the United States. To do anything as slick as a whistl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sure as a gun
Absolutely certain. A common colloquial expression.--Brockett.
There's luck, says auld Lizzy, in fa...
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
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Fancy-sick
·adj Love-sick.
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Guilt-sick
·adj Made sick by consciousness of guilt.
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Iron-sick
·adj Having the ironwork loose or corroded;
— said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten ...
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Love-sick
·adj Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
II. Love-sick ·adj Languishing with love o...
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Sick-brained
·adj Disordered in the brain.
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Turn-sick
·adj <<Giddy>>.
II. Turn-sick ·noun A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy....
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sheep-sick
n.
Used of pastures exhausted forcarrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick,nail-sick, ...
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car-sick
the kennel, from CAR and SIKE, a furrow or gutter ; q. the Cart-gutter. Yorks.
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iron-sick
The condition of vessels when the iron work becomes loose in the timbers from corrosion by gallic ac...
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sick-bay
A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...
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sick-book
An account of such officers and men as are on the sick list on board, or are sent to an hospital, ho...
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sick-flag
The yellow quarantine flag, hoisted to prevent communication; whence the term of the yellow flag, an...
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sick-mess
A table for those on the doctor's list. When seamen are thus placed, their provisions are turned ove...
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sick-ticket
A document given to an officer, seaman, or marine, when sent to an hospital, certified by the signin...
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dog in a doublet
A daring, resolute fellow. In Germany and Flanders the boldest dogs used to hunt the boar, having a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Ambes-as
·noun Ambs-ace.
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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A
·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
III. A ·- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter.
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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A-
·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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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
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crooked as a virginia fence
A phrase applied to anything very crooked; and figuratively to persons of a stub-born temper, who ar...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...
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mad as a march hare
A common simile, used alike in England and America.
The whole's to be fourpence a quart--
'Odswing...
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States.
"Why, you ...
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straight as a loon's leg
is a common simile in New England.
They were puzzled with the accounts; but I saw through it in a m...
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Curtail dog
·- A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the fo...
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Dog bee
·- A male or drone bee.
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Dog day
·- ·Alt. of <<Dogday>>.
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Dog days
·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...
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Dog fancier
·- One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
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Dog Star
·- Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in th...
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Dog-brier
·noun The dog-rose.
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Dog-eared
·adj Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage;
—...
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Dog-fox
·noun A male fox. ·see the Note under Dog, ·noun, 6.
II. Dog-fox ·noun The Arctic or blue fox;
— a...
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
— said of certain baboons.
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Dog-hearted
·adj Inhuman; cruel.
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Dog-legged
·adj Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform ...
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Dog-rose
·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
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Dog-weary
·adj Extremely weary.
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Red dog
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Red-dog flour.
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Sea dog
·- The common seal.
II. Sea dog ·- An old sailor; a salt.
III. Sea dog ·- The <<Dogfish>>.
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Skittle-dog
·noun The piked dogfish.
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Spitz dog
·- A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white;
— called also Pomeranian d...
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Water dog
·- The <<Menobranchus>>.
II. Water dog ·- A sailor, ·esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
III. Water d...
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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dog booby
An awkward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow.
See clod hopper and lout. A bitch booby; a country ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butcher's dog
To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog buffers
Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed the remaining dogs ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog latin
Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings.
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dog vane
A cockade.
SEA TERM.
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hunt's dog
He is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to church nor stay at home. One Hunt, a labouring man at a sm...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jolly dog
A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to b...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sad dog
A wicked debauched fellow; one of the ancient family of the sad dogs. Swift translates it into Latin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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salesman's dog
A barker. Vide BARKER.
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dog-fish
n.
The name belongs to variousfishes of distinct families, chiefly sharks. In Australia,it is used ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kangaroo-dog
n.
a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo.
1806. `History of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native dog
n.
Another name for the dingo (q.v.).
...
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. ii.p. 6...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild dog
n.
i.q. dingo (q.v.).
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dog cheap
Anything exceedingly cheap; or, as Dr. Johnson says, as cheap as dog's meat.
Good store of harlots,...
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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dog-whipper
a church beadle. North,
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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long dog
a greyhound. Derb.
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angle-dog
, or angle-twitch
A large earth-worm, sought for bait.
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bull-dog
, or muzzled bull-dog
The great gun which stands "housed" in the officer's ward-room cabin. Genera...
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dog-bolt
A cap square bolt.
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dog-drave
A kind of sea-fish mentioned in early charters.
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dog-fish
A name commonly applied to several small species of the shark family.
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dog-shores
Two long square blocks of timber, resting diagonally with their heads to the cleats. They are placed...
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dog-sleep
The uncomfortable fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
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dog-stopper
Put on before all to enable the men to bit the cable, sometimes to fleet the messenger.
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dog-tongue
A name assigned to a kind of sole.
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dog-vane
A small vane made of thread, cork, and feathers, or buntin, fastened on the end of a half-pike, and ...
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dog-watch
The half-watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6, and from 6 to 8, in the evening. By this arrangemen...
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raft-dog
A broad flat piece of iron, having a sharp point at each end, with the extremities bent at right ang...
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sea-dog
A name of the common seal.
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water-dog
See water-gall.
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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...
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sick-berth attendant
See loblolly-boy.
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as good's go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slick as grease
Another classical expression, conveying the same idea as the foregoing.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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unclaimed, as derelict
Vessels found at sea without a human being, or a domestic animal, on board are good prizes, if not c...
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Red-dog flour
·add. ·- The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Black Dog Alley
1) In East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Seething Lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dog Tavern Court
See Dog Tavern Yard.
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Dog Tavern Yard
North out of Thames Street. In Billingsgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former names : "Dog Taver...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull-dog ant
n.
(frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant)
an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-dog shark
i.q. bull-head1 (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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muzzled bull-dog
See bull-dog
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dog-bitch-thimble
An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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queer as dick's hatband
Out of order, without knowing one's disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
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Shepheard and Dog Alley, Shepherd and Dog Alley
See Red Lyon Yard, Houndsditch.
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
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Dog and Bear Inn
See Carpenter's Buildings.
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old dog at it
Expert, accustomed.
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
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if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England.
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A B C
·- The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
II. A B C ·- A primer for teach...
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
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Black-a-vised
·adj Dark-visaged; swart.
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Bric-a brac
·noun Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
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Char-a-bancs
·noun A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.
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Chars-a-banc
·pl of Char-a-bancs.
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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
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Cornet-a-piston
·noun A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sli...
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Cornets-a-piston
·pl of Cornet-a-piston.
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Dos-a-dos
·add. ·noun A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
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Flute a bec
·- A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held li...
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Jack-a-dandy
·noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
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Jack-a-lent
·noun A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
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Penny-a-liner
·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
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Tete-a-tete
·adj Private; confidential; familiar.
II. Tete-a-tete ·noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two...
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Vis-a-vis
·adv Face to face.
II. Vis-a-vis ·noun One who, or that which, is face to face with another; ·esp.,...
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Wait-a-bit
·add. ·noun The prickly ash.
II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant.
III. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·...
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Wait-a-while
·add. ·noun = Wait-a-bit.
II. Wait-a-while ·add. ·noun One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia c...
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Adam, a type
The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as "the figure of him who was to come." On this account our Lord is ...
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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chick-a-biddy
A chicken, so called to and by little children.
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cock-a-whoop
Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy.
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to couch a hogshead
To lie down to sleep. CANT.
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to fight a crib
To make a sham fight. BEAR GARDEN TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cure a-se
A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dram-a-tick
A dram served upon credit.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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drop a cog
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who se...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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firing a gun
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to fire a slug
To drink a dram.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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foxing a boot
Mending the foot by capping it.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mumble a sparrow
A cruel sport practised at wakes and fairs, in the following manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pit-a-pat
The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to ring a peal
To scold; chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal!
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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slug-a-bed
A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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squint-a-pipes
A squinting man or woman; said to be born in the middle of the week, and looking both ways for Sunda...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull-a-bull
or Bullybul
n.
a child'scorruption of the Maori word Poroporo (q.v.), aflowering shrub of New Zeal...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cock-a-bully
n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to sky a copper
To toss up a cent.
Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.