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Botany Bay
·- A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there;
— so called fr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Botany Bay
n.
lying to the south of theentrance to Port Jackson, New South Wales, the destination ofthe first ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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botany-bay greens
n.
a vegetable common to allthe colonies, Atriplex cinereum, Poir, N.O.Salsolaceae.
1810. G. Barri...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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botany-bay wood
See botany-bay oak
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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botany-bay tea
See sweet-tea
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Botany
·adj & ·noun A book which treats of the science of botany.
II. Botany ·adj & ·noun The science whic...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Oak
·noun The strong wood or timber of the oak.
II. Oak ·noun Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. T...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Oak
There are six Hebrew words rendered "oak."
1) El occurs only in the word El-paran (Gen. 14:6). The ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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oak
A rich maa, a man of good substance and credit. To sport oak; to shut the outward door of a student'...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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oak
n.
The Oak of the Northern Hemisphere( Quercus) is not found among the indigenous treesof Australia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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oak
♦ Quercus, the valuable monarch of the woods. "Hearts of oak are our ships," as the old song says.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Oak
(Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bay
·noun A tract covered with bay trees.
II. Bay ·vi Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
III. Bay ·noun A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay
Denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the souther...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bay
I.
The fore-part of a ship between decks, before the bitts (see sick-bay). Foremost messing-places...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fumed oak
·add. ·- Oak given a weathered appearance by exposure in an air-tight compartment to fumes of ammoni...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Oak Tree
A messuage so called in Watling Street, given to the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street (Strype, Ed...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cambridge oak
A willow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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desert-oak
n.
an Australian tree, Casuarinadecaisneana, F. v. M. See Casuarina and Oak.
1896. Baldwin Spencer...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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forest-oak
n.
See oak.
Forget-me-not, n. The species of this familiar flower is Myosotis australis, R. Br., N...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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he-oak
n.
See oak and she-oak.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native oak
n.
See oak.
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oak-apple
n.
the Cone of the Casuarinaor She-Oak tree.
1862. G. T. Lloyd, `Thirty-three Years in Tasmania an...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-oak
n.
See oak.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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she-oak
n.
1) A tree of the genus Casuarina (q.v.). The timber, which is very hard andmakes good fuel, was ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silky-oak
n.
a tree, often tall, Grevillearobusta, Cunn., N.O. Proteaceae, producing a usefultimber in demand...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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swamp-oak
n.
1) A broomlike leguminous shrubor small tree, Viminaria denudata, Sm. (also called Swamp-broom)....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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oak-webb
the brown cock-chafer. Cornish.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Bay rum
·- A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay salt
·- Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the hea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay State
·add. ·- Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay;
— a nickname.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay tree
·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay window
·- A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay yarn
·- Woolen yarn.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay-antler
·noun The second tine of a stag's horn. ·see under <<Antler>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Case-bay
·noun The space between two principals or girders.
II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tail-bay
·noun The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
II. Tail-bay ·noun One of the joists which re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay tree
Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bay Hall
At the end of Bassingshall streete (S. 286, in margin).
Used as a market house (Strype, ed. 1720, I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bay fever
A term of ridicule applied to convicts, who sham illness, to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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moreton-bay
n.
the name formerly given to thedistrict of New South Wales which is now the colony ofQueensland. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bay state
The State of Massachusetts. The original name of the Colony was Massachusetts Bay. Hence, among the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bay-gulf
A branch of the sea, of which the entrance is the widest part, as contradistinguished from the strai...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fore-bay
A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sick-bay
A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay Tree
A species of laurel. Laurus nobilis . An evergreen, with leaves like our mountain laurel. (Psalms 37...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Royal Oak Yard
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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she-oak nets
nets placed on each side of a gangwayfrom a ship to the pier, to prevent sailors who have beenindulg...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cloudy-bay cod
n.
a New Zealand name for the Ling (q.v.). See also cod.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay ash
n.
See ash.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay chestnut
n.
See bean-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay laurel
n.
See laurel.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay pine
n.
See pine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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oyster-bay pine
n.
See pine.
1857. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of VanDiemen's Land,' vol. i. p. 1...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Hudson Bay Company's Hall
At the upper end of Culver Court (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 164).
Afterwards the Hall stood on the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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The Sailor's Word-Book