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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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bitter
Any turn of a cable about the bitts is called a bitter. Hence a ship is "brought up to a bitter" whe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Leaf
·vi To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to <<Leave>>; as, the trees leaf in May.
II. Leaf ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf
Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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leaf
To go off with the fall of the leaf; to be hanged: criminals in Dublin being turned off from the out...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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leaf
The side of a lock-gate.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bitter spar
·- A common name of dolomite;
— so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bitter-bark
n.
an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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.
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bitter-bump
A north-country name for the bittern.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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
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Bay leaf
·- ·see under 3d Bay.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Five-leaf
·noun Cinquefoil; five-finger.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf-footed
·adj Having leaflike expansions on the legs;
— said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Le...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf-nosed
·noun Having a leaflike membrane on the nose;
— said of certain bats, ·esp. of the genera Phyllosto...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lion's leaf
·- A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which cont...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Strip-leaf
·noun Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sumatra leaf
·add. ·- A thin, elastic, uniformly light-colored tobacco leaf, raised in Sumatra and extensively us...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf, Walter
Litt.D.
(b. 1852)
Scholar and translator. The Iliad of Homer translated into English Prose (with A...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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broad-leaf
n.
a settlers' name for Griselinia littoralis, Raoul; Maori name, Paukatea.
1879. W. N. Blair, `Bu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax-leaf
n.
the blade of the New ZealandFlax (q.v.).
1884. T. Bracken, `Lays of Maori' p. 69:
«Zephyrs sti...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jelly-leaf
n.
i.q. Queensland hemp (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leaf-insect
n.
See phasmid.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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walking-leaf
n.
See phasmid.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Leaf, Leaves
The word occurs in the Authorized Version either in singular or plural number in three different sen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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silver-leaf boree
n.
i.q. boree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris