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Squaw
·noun A female; a woman;
— in the language of Indian tribes of the Algonquin family, correlative of...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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squaw
(Narragansett Indian.) An Indian woman. Mr. Duponceau, after giving a list of the languages and form...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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squaw
A woman of the North American Indians.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Weed
·noun Tobacco, or a cigar.
II. Weed ·noun Underbrush; low shrubs.
III. Weed ·noun An animal unfit ...
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to weed
To take a part. The kiddey weeded the swell's screens; the youth took some of the gentleman's bank n...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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weed
A common term for tobacco; as, 'Do you use the weed? meaning, 'Do you chew tobacco?'
Those who were...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Squaw man
·add. ·- A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Squaw vine
·add. ·- The partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
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old-squaw
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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squaw-root
(Lat. macrotys racemosa.) A medicinal plant put up by the Shakers. It is recommended for correcting ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bishop's-weed
·noun Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).
II. Bishop's-weed ·noun An umbelliferous plant of the genus...
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Jamestown weed
·- The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamesto...
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Jimson weed
·- ·see Jamestown weed.
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Orchilla weed
·- The lichen from which archil is obtained. ·see <<Archil>>.
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Willow-weed
·noun Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
II. Willow-weed ·noun A European species of lo...
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Yaw-weed
·noun A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies...
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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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cape weed
n.
In Europe, Roccellatinctoria, a lichen from the Cape de Verde Islands, fromwhich a dye is produc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sida-weed
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i.q. Queensland Hemp.See Hemp.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sneeze-weed
Myriogyne minuta, Less., Cotula or Centipeda cunninghamii, De C.,and many other botanical synonyms. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bugle-weed
(Lycopus Virginicus.) A plant which has much reputation for its medicinal properties. It is also kno...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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carpet weed
A small spreading plant, common in cultivated ground (molugo).--Bigelow's Plants of Boston.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poke-weed
POKE
(Lat. phytolacca.) A common plant, known also by the names of Garget, Cocum, Jalap, &c. It is ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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thimble weed
(Lat. Rudbeckia.) A tall plant six or eight feet high, resembling the sunflower. It is one of the he...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ore-weed
sea-weed, or sea-wrac, used for manuring land. S. and W.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gulf-weed
The Fucus natans, considered to belong to the Gulf Stream, and found floating in the Sargasso Sea in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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weed, to
To clear the rigging of stops, rope-yarns, and pieces of oakum.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Joe-Pye weed
·- A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language