desert-oak

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• Desert

  ·noun That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Desert

  1) Heb. midbar, "pasture-ground;" an open tract for pasturage; a common (Joel 2:22). The "backside o...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• desert

  An extensive tract, either absolutely sterile, or having no other vegetation than small patches of g...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Desert

  Not a stretch of sand, an utterly barren waste, but a wild, uninhabited region. The words rendered i...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• oak

  ♦ Quercus, the valuable monarch of the woods. "Hearts of oak are our ships," as the old song says. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Oak

  (Heb. strong). There is much difficulty in determining the exact meanings of the several varieties o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• desert lemon

  n. called also NativeKumquat, Atalantia glauca, Hook., N.O. Rutacea. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lemon, desert

  n. See desert lemon. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pea, desert

  n. See Sturt's Desert Pea. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• 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

• 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.

• cambridge oak

  A willow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bull-oak

  n. See oak. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• 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

• he-oak

  n. See oak and she-oak. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• native oak

  n. See oak. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• 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

• river-oak

  See oak. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• 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

• 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

• 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

• oak-webb

  the brown cock-chafer. Cornish. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• sturt's desert pea

  n. a beautiful creeper, Clianthus dampieri, Cunn., N.O. Leguminosae,which will only grow in very dr...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Royal Oak Yard

  In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• botany-bay oak

  or Botany-Bay Wood ,n. a trade name in England for the timber of Casuarina. See Beef-wood. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• 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