thimble berry

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• Thimble

  ·noun Any thimble-shaped appendage or fixure. II. Thimble ·noun A fixed or movable ring, tube, or l...

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• thimble

  A watch. The swell flashes a rum thimble; the gentleman sports a fine watch. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• thimble

  An iron ring with a concave outer surface to contain snugly in the cavity a rope, which is spliced a...

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• Berry

  ·noun The coffee bean. II. Berry ·noun A mound; a hillock. III. Berry ·vi To bear or produce berri...

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• berry

  to berry, to thresh out corn. N. ...

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

• Lady's thimble

  ·- The <<Harebell>>. ...

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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.

• thimble-eyes

  Are thimble-shaped apertures in iron-plates where sheaves are not required; frequently used instead ...

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• Avignon berry

  ·- The fruit of the Rhamnus infectorius, eand of other species of the same genus; — so called from ...

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• Oso-berry

  ·noun The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttallia cerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and Cal...

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• Salal-berry

  ·noun The edible fruit of the Gaultheria Shallon, an ericaceous shrub found from California northwar...

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• Berry Court

  1) South out of Love Lane at No.6. In Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831). (Seems to be shown in O...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Berry Street

  See Bury Street. ...

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• apple-berry

  n. the fruit of an Australianshrub, Billardiera scandens, Smith,N.O. Pittosporeae, called by childr...

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

• coffee berry

  See coffee plant ...

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• ground-berry

  i.q. cranberry (q.v.).: See cranberry, native ...

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• peach-berry

  n. a Tasmanian berry, Lissanthestrigosa, Smith, N.O. Epacrideae. ...

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• purple berry

  n. Tasmanian name for Billardiera longiflora, Lab., N.O. Pittosporeae.See Pittosporum. 1880. Mrs. ...

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

• red(-)berry

  n. name given to Australian plantsof the genus Rhagodia, bearing spikes or panicles ofred berries. ...

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

• sea-berry

  n. See red-berry. ...

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

• turquoise-berry

  n. i.q. Solomon's Seal (q.v.). ...

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• wine-berry

  n. See tutu. In Australia,the name is given to Polyosma cunninghamii, Benn., N.O. Saxifrageae. ...

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• blue-berry

  (Vacinium tenellum.) A fruit resembling the whortleberry in appearance and taste. ...

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• chequer berry

  (Mitchella.) A handsome little creeping plant, the only species of its genus.--Bigelow's Flora Bosto...

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• service-berry

  A wild fruit common to the British provinces in America, described by Sir Geo. Simpson as "a sort of...

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• whin-berry

  a bilberry, or whortle-berry. North. ...

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

• wind-berry

  a bilberry or whortleberry. N. ...

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

• dog-bitch-thimble

  An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...

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• pigeon-berry tree

  n. i.q. Native Mulberry. See mulberry. ...

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

• poison-berry tree

  n. Pittosporumphillyroides, De C., N.O. Pittosporeae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' ...

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

• knight of the thimble

  A taylor or stay-maker. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Stable Yard, Berry Street

  South out of Bury Street (southern portion) (Rocque, 1746). It seems to form part of Bury Street no...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• jil-crow-a-berry

  n. the Anglicised pronunciation and spelling of the aboriginal name for theindigenous Rat-tail Gras...

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