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Cloudy
·noun Consisting of a cloud or clouds.
II. Cloudy ·noun Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.
III. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cod
·noun A pillow or cushion.
II. Cod ·noun A small bag or pouch.
III. Cod ·noun A husk; a pod; as, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cod
A cod of money: a good sum of money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cod
n.
This common English name of the Gadus morrhua is applied to many fishes in Australia ofvarious f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cod
a pillow or cushion ; princod, a pin-cushion; a horse-cod, a horse-collar. N. Princod is also figura...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cod
The centre of a deep bay. The bay of a trawl or seine. Also, the Gadus morrhua, one of the most impo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
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Cod liver
·noun The liver of the common cod and allied species.
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Cultus cod
·- ·see <<Cod>>, and Buffalo cod, under <<Buffalo>>.
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cod piece
The fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they bite, master? where, in the cod piece or collar?--a jocul...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rum cod
A good purse of gold. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black-cod
n.
a New Zealand fish, Nototheniaangustata.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue-cod
n.
name given to a New Zealand fish, Percis colias, family Trachinidae. Called alsoin New Zealand R...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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murray-cod
n.
an important fresh-waterfood-fish, Oligorus macquariensis, Cuv. and Val., called Kookoobal by th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-cod
n.
called also Red-Cod in NewZealand, Pseudophycis barbatus, Gunth., family Gadidae. In New Zealand...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cod-glove
a thick glove, without fingers, to handle turf. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pin-cod
a pincushion.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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prin-cod
a pin-cushion. Figuratively, a short fat man or woman.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bean-cod
A small fishing-vessel, or pilot-boat, common on the sea-coasts and in the rivers of Spain and Portu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blown cod
A split cod, half dried by exposure to the wind. Blown is also frequently applied to bloated herring...
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cod-bait
The large sea-worm or lug, dug from the wet sands. The squid or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, ...
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cod-line
An eighteen-thread line.
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cod-sounds
The swim-bladders of the cod-fish, cured and packed for the market; the palates also of the fish are...
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rock-cod
A species of cod found on a rocky bottom.
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tommy cod
A very small variety of the Gadus morrhua, which mostly appears in the winter months; whence it is a...
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cod-whangers
See whangers
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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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Bay rum
·- A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
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Bay salt
·- Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the hea...
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Bay State
·add. ·- Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay;
— a nickname.
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Bay tree
·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
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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...
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Bay yarn
·- Woolen yarn.
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Bay-antler
·noun The second tine of a stag's horn. ·see under <<Antler>>.
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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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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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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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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...
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fore-bay
A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay.
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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;...
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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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black rock-cod
n.
an Australian fish, chieflyof New South Wales, Serranus daemeli, Gunth.; adifferent fish from th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red rock-cod
n.
name given in New South Walesto the fish Scorpaena cardinalis, Richards., family Scorpaenidae, m...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cod-fisher's crew
The crew of a banker, or fishing-vessel, which anchors in 60 or 70 fathoms on the Great Bank of Newf...
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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 oak
or Botany-Bay Wood
,n.
a trade name in England for the timber of Casuarina. See Beef-wood.
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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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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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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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