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to stave
1) To break a hole in; to break; to burst; as, 'to stave a cask.'--Webster. This is the legitimate u...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to choke off
A figurative expression borrowed from the act of choking a dog to make him loosen his hold. To arres...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to fob off
To delude by a trick.--Johnson. A low word now seldom used, though we have good authority for it. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.' ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to slab off
I do not know the exact meaning of this expression. You must take notice that I am slabb'd off from...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hands off
A vulgar phrase for keep off; forbear.--Johnson. They cut a stag into parts; but as they were enter...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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put off
An excuse, an illusory pretext for delay.--Carr's Craven Dialect. If a man tells them of the king's...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to bark off squirrels
A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle, in the Western States, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to take the shine off
To surpass; excel. Dublin is worth seein'; it takes the shine off most cities.--Sam Slick, 3d Serie...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.