fat-hen

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• Fat

  ·superl Abounding with fat. II. Fat ·vi To grow fat, plump, and fleshy. III. Fat ·noun A large tub...

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• Fat

  (Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in the account of ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• fat

  The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fat

  , or broad. If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fat

  i.e. VAT, the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate the Hebrew term yekeb, in (Joel 2...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Hen

  ·noun The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; ...

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• Hen

  grace; quiet; rest ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Hen

  Common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34). It is noticeable that t...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• hen

  A woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Hen

  The hen is nowhere noticed in the Bible except in (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34) That a bird so common ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Fat-brained

  ·adj Dull of apprehension. ...

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• Fat-kidneyed

  ·adj Gross; lubberly. ...

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• Fat-wited

  ·adj Dull; stupid. ...

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• Otoba fat

  ·- A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tre...

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• fat cull

  A rich fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fat headed

  Stupid. ...

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• fat-cake

  n. ridiculous name sometimesapplied to Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. M., according toMaiden (`Useful...

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

• mud-fat

  adj. fat as mud, very fat. 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 142: «There's half th...

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

• guile-fat

  or gale the vat in which the beer is wrought up. N. ...

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

• Daker hen

  ·- The corncrake or land rail. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Dandy-hen

  ·noun ·f A bantam fowl. ...

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• Hen-hearted

  ·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. ...

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• Sea hen

  ·- the common guillemot; — applied also to various other sea birds. ...

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• Tappit hen

  ·- A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. II. Tappit hen ·- A measuring pot holding one quart...

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• Water hen

  ·- Any gallinule. II. Water hen ·- The common American coot. ...

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• hen-hearted

  Cowardly. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hen house

  A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, or...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jungle-hen

  n. name given to a mound-buildingbird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould. See also Megapode. The Indian Jun...

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

• mallee-hen

  n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). 1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule': [Close Season...

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

• maori-hen

  n. Same as Weka (q.v.). ...

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

• moor-hen

  n. common English bird-name( Gallinula). The Australian species are – – the Black, Gallinula tenebr...

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

• native-hen

  n. name applied to various speciesof the genus Tribonyx (q.v.). The Australian speciesare – – Tribo...

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

• scrub-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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• swamp-hen

  n. an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectlyshortened to Melanotus). Ca...

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

• hen-hawk

  (Falco lineatus.) The popular name of the red-shouldered hawk of naturalists. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mud-hen

  The common name of the Virginia Rail ornithologists. It inhabits small streams and marshes. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• prairie-hen

  The pinnated grouse of ornithologists. It is also called Heath-hen and Grouse in some parts of the c...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clocking hen

  a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N. ...

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

• clucking hen

  a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N. ...

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

• hen-bawks

  a hen-roost, from the bawks of which it consists. See BAWKS. N. ...

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• cape-hen

  See molly-mawk. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hen-frigate

  A ship wherein the captain's wife interfered in the duty or regulations. ...

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• sea-hen

  A name of the fish Trigla lyra, or crooner (which see). ...

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• as fat as a hen in the forehead

  A saying of a meagre person. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Blue Hen State

  ·add. ·- The State of Delaware; — a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• moon-eyed hen

  A squinting wench. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• brood-hen star

  The cluster of the Pleiades. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Hen and Chickens Court

  North out of Fleet Street at No. 183, east of St. Dunstan's church, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• to have one's fat in the fire

  is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.