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plain currant
n.
a wild fruit, Grewiapolygama, Roxb., N.O. Tiliaceae.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Currant
·noun The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the whit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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currant, native
n.
The name is given tovarious shrubs and trees of the genus Coprosma,especially Coprosma billardie...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Plain
·adj A field of battle.
II. Plain ·adv In a plain manner; plainly.
III. Plain ·superl Open; clear;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plain
1) Heb. abel (Judg. 11:33), a "grassy plain" or "meadow." Instead of "plains of the vineyards," as i...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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plain
n.
In Australian use, the word not onlyimplies flatness, but treelessness.
1824. Edward Curr, `Acc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plain
to complain. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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plain
A term used in contradistinction to mountain, though far from implying a level surface, and it may b...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Zante currant
·- A kind of seedless grape or raisin;
— so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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plump currant
I am not plump currant; I am out of sorts.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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native currant
n.
See under currant.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red currant
n.
another name for the NativeCurrant of Tasmania, Coprosma nitida, Hook., N.O. Rubiaceae. See Curr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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currant-berries
currants. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Plain-dealing
·adj Practicing plain dealing; artless. ·see Plain dealing, under <<Dealing>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plain-hearted
·adj Frank; sincere; artless.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plain-laid
·adj Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. ·see ·Illust...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plain-spoken
·adj Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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plain wanderer
n.
an Australian bird, Pedionomus torquatus, Gould.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Plain of Mamre
(Gen. 13:18; 14:13; R.V., "oaks of Mamre;" marg., "terebinths"). (See Mamre; Teil tree.)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Pillar, Plain Of The
or rather "oak of the pillar" (that being the real signification of the Hebrew word elon), a tree wh...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Tabor, The Plain Of
This is an incorrect translation, and should be THE Oak OF Tabor, Tabor. It is mentioned in (1 Samue...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Vineyards, Plain Of The
This place, mentioned only in (Judges 11:33) lay east of the Jordan, beyond Aroer.
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary