bitter-bark

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• Bitter

  ·vt To make bitter. II. Bitter ·noun AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. III. Bitter ·v...

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• Bitter

  Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex. 1:14; Ruth 1:20; Jer. 9:15). The ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bitter

  Any turn of a cable about the bitts is called a bitter. Hence a ship is "brought up to a bitter" whe...

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• Bark

  ·vt To girdle. ·see <<Girdle>>, ·vt, 3. II. Bark ·noun ·Alt. of <<Barque>>. III. Bark ·vi To make ...

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• bark

  a box for receiving the ends or pieces of candles. N. ...

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

• bark

  I. The exterior covering of vegetable bodies, many of which are useful in making paper, cordage, c...

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• Bitter spar

  ·- A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...

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• bitter-leaf

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Native Hop. See hops and hop-bush. ...

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

• bitter cold

  Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America. Those who say it...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bitter-bump

  A north-country name for the bittern. ...

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• bitter-end

  That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...

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• Bitter Herbs

  The Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb "with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs."...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Angostura bark

  ·- An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cuspa...

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• Angustura bark

  ·- ·see Angostura bark. ...

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• Bark beetle

  ·- A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in t...

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• Bark louse

  ·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. ...

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• Calisaya bark

  ·- A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related s...

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• Lace-bark

  ·noun A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); — so called from the lacelike layers of its i...

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• Mancona bark

  ·- ·see Sassy bark. ...

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• Nine-bark

  ·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...

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• Quillaia bark

  ·- The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated,...

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• Sassy bark

  ·- The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an o...

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• Winter's bark

  ·- The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in S...

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• fever-bark

  n. another name for Bitter-bark (q.v.). ...

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

• lacey-bark

  See lace-bark ...

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

• lace-bark

  Lacey-bark, or Lacewood ,n. names for Ribbonwood (q.v.). The inner bark of thetree is like fine la...

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

• ring-bark

  v. tr. Same meaning as Ring(1). 1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204: «The selector in a timb...

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

• stringy-bark

  I. n. 1) any one of various Gums, with a tough fibrous bark used for tying,for cordage, for roofs ...

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

• wattle-bark

  n. the bark of the wattle;much used in tanning, and forms a staple export. 1875. `Spectator' (Melbo...

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

• cramp-bark

  (Viburnum oxycoccus.) The popular name of a medicinal plant; its properties anti-spasmodic. It bears...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• candle-bark

  A cylindrical tin box for candles. ...

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• water-bark

  A small decked vessel or tank, used by the Dutch for carrying fresh water. ...

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• paper-bark tree

  or Paper-barked Tea-tree ,n. Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...

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

• 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.

• to bark one's shins

  To knock the skin off the shins by stumbling or striking against something. Mr. Hortshorne calls th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to bark up the wrong tree

  A common expression at the West, denoting that a person has mistaken his object, or is pursuing the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.