cape-barren tea

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• cape-barren goose

  n. See goose. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]: «The `Cape B...

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• Barren

  ·adj Mentally dull; stupid. II. Barren ·noun A tract of barren land. III. Barren ·adj Unproductive...

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• Barren

  For a woman to be barren was accounted a severe punishment among the Jews (Gen. 16:2; 30:1-23; 1 Sam...

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• Cape

  ·vi To <<Gape>>. II. Cape ·vi To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by s...

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• cape

  A projecting point of land jutting out from the coast-line; the extremity of a promontory, of which ...

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• Tea

  ·vi To take or drink tea. II. Tea ·noun The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper. ...

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• tea

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• Inverness cape

  ·add. ·- A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck. ...

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• cape lilac

  n. See lilac. ...

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• cape weed

  n. In Europe, Roccellatinctoria, a lichen from the Cape de Verde Islands, fromwhich a dye is produc...

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• cape, to

  To keep a course. How does she cape? how does she lie her course? ...

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• cape-hen

  See molly-mawk. ...

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• cape-merchant

  [capo]. An old name for super-cargo in early voyages, as also the head merchant in a factory. ...

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• cape-petrel

  See cape-pigeon ...

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• cape-pigeon

  , or cape-petrel A sea-bird which follows a ship in her passage round the cape; the Procellaria ca...

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• Oswego tea

  ·- An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers. ...

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• Paraguay tea

  ·- ·see <<Mate>>, the leaf of the Brazilian holly. ...

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• Tea-saucer

  ·noun A small saucer in which a teacup is set. ...

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• tea voider

  A chamber pot. ...

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• tea gueland

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• sweet tea

  See tea. ...

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• sweet-tea

  or Botany-Bay tea, or Australian tea. (Called also Native Sarsaparilla.See Sarsaparilla.) A plant, ...

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• tea-broom

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• tea-tree

  n. (Very frequently, buterroneously, spelt Ti-tree, and occasionally,more ridiculously still, Ti-tr...

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• oswego tea

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• sass-tea

  A decoction of sassafras. In the morning, Hoss Allen became dreadful poorly. The matron of the hous...

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• tea-waggon

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• cape fly-away

  A cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances. (See fog.) ...

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• doubling a cape

  In navigation, is to sail round or pass beyond it, so that the point of land separates the ship from...

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• Bonded Tea Warehouses

  See Trinity Bonded Tea Warehouses. ...

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• newman's tea gardens

  Newgate. ...

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• quart-pot tea

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• botany-bay tea

  See sweet-tea ...

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• weather the cape, to

  To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope. ...

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• Trinity Bonded Tea Warehouses

  On the west side of Cooper's Row, north of Trinity House. In Aldgate Ward (O.S.). Occupy part of th...

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• post-and-rail tea

  slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

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