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Ray
·vi To shine, as with rays.
II. Ray ·vt To <<Array>>.
III. Ray ·noun Array; order; arrangement; dr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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ray
A line of sight. Also, a flat rhomboidal fish with a rough skin; genus, Raia.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eagle
·noun A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
II. Eagle ·noun A northern con...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eagle
(Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey wi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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eagle
n.
There are nine species of the trueEagle, all confined to the genus Haliaetus, such as the Baldhe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eagle
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eagle
I.
The insignia of the Romans, borrowed also by moderns, as Frederic of Prussia and Napoleon. Also...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eagle
(Heb. nesher, i.e. a tearer with the beak). At least four distinct kinds of eagles have been observe...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ray grass
·- A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne);
— called also rye grass, and red darnel. ·see <<Dar...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rontgen ray
·add. ·- Any of the rays produced when cathode rays strike upon surface of a solid (as the wall of t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sting ray
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Stingray>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ray, John
(1627-1705)
Naturalist, s. of a blacksmith at Black Notley, Essex, was at Camb., where he became a ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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horn-ray
n.
a New Zealand and Australian Ray, the fish Rhinobatus banksii, Mull and Heule.In this genus of R...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sting-ray
A fish, Trygon pastinaca, which wounds with a serrate bone, lying in a sheath on the upper side of i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip-ray
A ray with a long tail ending in a very fine point. It is armed with a dangerous serrated spine, jag...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bald eagle
·- The white-headed eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bold eagle
·- an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Eagle-eyed
·adj Sharp-sighted as an <<Eagle>>.
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Eagle-sighted
·adj Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted.
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Eagle-winged
·adj Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an <<Eagle>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gier-eagle
·noun A bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. 18and Deut. xiv. 17) as unclean, probably the Egypti...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea eagle
·- The eagle ray. ·see under <<Ray>>.
II. Sea eagle ·- Any one of several species of fish-eating ea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Spread-eagle
·adj Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombast...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water eagle
·- The <<Osprey>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gier eagle
Heb. raham = "parental affection," Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17; R.V., "vulture"), a species of vulture l...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Eagle Court
South from Little St. Thomas Apostles to Great St. Thomas Apostles (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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spread eagle
A soldier tied to the halberts in order to be whipped; his attitude bearing some likeness to that fi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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eagle-hawking
n.
bush slang: plucking wool offdead sheep.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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double eagle
A gold coin of the United States, of 10 dollars; value £2, 1 s. 8 d., at the average rate of exchang...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-eagle
A large ray-fish with a pair of enormous fins stretching out from either side of the body, and a lon...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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spread eagle
A person seized in the rigging; generally a passenger thus made to pay his entrance forfeit.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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X-ray tube
·add. ·- A vacuum tube suitable for producing Rontgen rays.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Black Spread Eagle
Or Stationers House against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet Street, 1653 (H. MSS. Com. 7th Rep. 459)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Spread Eagle Court
1) West out of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without,. north of Fleet Street (O. and M. 1677).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Black Spread Eagle Court
1) In Finch Lane, Cornhill (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Bread St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Eagle and Child Alley
East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet Market at No. 61, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Eagle and Child Court
West of Panier Ally, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
No later mention.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Spread Eagle Inn and Yard
On the east side of Gracechurch Street, with a passage into Leadenhall Market. In Bishopsgate Ward W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Eagle and Child Alley, St. Katherine's
See Bleek's [Black's Rents?] Rents.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.