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Bird's nest
·noun ·Alt. of Bird's-nest.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-nest
·noun The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bird's nest
A round top at a mast-head for a look-out station. A smaller crow's nest. Chiefly used in whalers, w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fungus
fungus, i, m. [for sfungus, kindred to σφόγγος, σπόγγος, the initial s suppressed as in fallo, fides...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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fungus
fungus ī, m , σπόγγος, a mushroom, fungus: pratensis, H.: pluviales, O.—A candle-snuff, lampblack o...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Fungus
·noun A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds.
II. Fu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Nest
·vi To build and occupy a nest.
II. Nest ·vt To put into a nest; to form a nest for.
III. Nest ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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nest
See crow's nest.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fly fungus
·add. ·- A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright r...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crow's-nest
·noun A box or perch near the top of a mast, ·esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mare's-nest
·noun A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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mare's nest
He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hurra's nest
A state of confusion.
"Now just look at you, Mr. Jones! I declare! it gives me a chill to see you g...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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crow's nest
A small shelter for the look-out man: sometimes made with a cask, at the top-gallant mast-head of wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bird's-beak
·noun A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
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Bird's-eye
·adj Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
II. Bird's-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-foot
·noun A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-mouth
·noun An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of anot...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-nesting
·noun Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-tongue
·noun The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's Court
West out of Philip Lane. In Cripplegarte Ward Within (Elmes, 1831), to Little Wood Street (Hatton,17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bird's Wharf
South out of Temple Street, west of White Fryers Stairs (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761).
Site occupied...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bird's Yard
Out of Chick Lane, West Smithfield (P.C. I 732-Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jail birds
Prisoners.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer birds
Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black-birds
A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves.
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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions.
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newgate birds
The men sent on board ship from prisons; but the term has also been immemorially used, as applied to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Swan's Nest Court
On the west of Little Bell Alley, a new passage up steps into Great Swan Alley; well built and inhab...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to feather one's nest
To enrich one's self.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to feather one's nest
To collect riches together; alluding to birds which collect feathers, among other materials, for mak...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bird's-eye maple
·- ·see under <<Maple>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird's-foot sea-star
The Palmipes membranaceus, one of the Asterinidæ, with a flat thin pentagonal body, of a bright scar...
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