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Fever
·vt To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
II. Fever ·noun Excessive excitem...
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Fever
(Deut. 28:22; Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; John 4:52; Acts 28:8), a burning heat, as the word so rendered ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bark
·vt To girdle. ·see <<Girdle>>, ·vt, 3.
II. Bark ·noun ·Alt. of <<Barque>>.
III. Bark ·vi To make ...
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bark
a box for receiving the ends or pieces of candles. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bark
I.
The exterior covering of vegetable bodies, many of which are useful in making paper, cordage, c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Breakbone fever
·- ·see <<Dengue>>.
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Buck fever
·add. ·- Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in h...
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Chagres fever
·add. ·- A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama.
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Lazaret fever
·add. ·- Typhus fever.
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Shoddy fever
·add. ·- A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoea and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust.
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barrel fever
He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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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hempen fever
A man who was hanged is said to have died of a hempen fever; and, in Dorsetshire, to have been stabb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lag fever
A term of ridicule applied to men who being under sentence of transportation, pretend illness, to av...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lombard fever
Sick of the lombard fever; i.e. of the idles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gold-fever
n.
the desire to obtain gold bydigging. The word is more especially applied to the periodbetween 18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow fever
sc. the gold-fever.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 47:
«Evident symptoms of the retu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fever bush
(Laurus benzoin.) An aromatic shrub with a flavor resembling Benzoin.--Bigelow's Flora Bostoniensis....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bilge-fever
The illness occasioned by a foul hold.
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yellow fever
A cant term for drunkenness at Greenwich Hospital; the sailors when punished wearing a parti-coloure...
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Angostura bark
·- An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cuspa...
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Angustura bark
·- ·see Angostura bark.
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Bark beetle
·- A small beetle of many species (family Scolytidae), which in the larval state bores under or in t...
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Bark louse
·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
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Calisaya bark
·- A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related s...
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Lace-bark
·noun A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia);
— so called from the lacelike layers of its i...
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Mancona bark
·- ·see Sassy bark.
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Nine-bark
·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...
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Quillaia bark
·- The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated,...
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Sassy bark
·- The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an o...
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Winter's bark
·- The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in S...
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bitter-bark
n.
an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lacey-bark
See lace-bark
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lace-bark
Lacey-bark, or Lacewood
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names for Ribbonwood (q.v.). The inner bark of thetree is like fine la...
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ring-bark
v. tr.
Same meaning as Ring(1).
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204:
«The selector in a timb...
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stringy-bark
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n.
1) any one of various Gums, with a tough fibrous bark used for tying,for cordage, for roofs ...
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wattle-bark
n. the bark of the wattle;much used in tanning, and forms a staple export.
1875. `Spectator' (Melbo...
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cramp-bark
(Viburnum oxycoccus.) The popular name of a medicinal plant; its properties anti-spasmodic. It bears...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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candle-bark
A cylindrical tin box for candles.
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water-bark
A small decked vessel or tank, used by the Dutch for carrying fresh water.
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paper-bark tree
or Paper-barked Tea-tree
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Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to bark off squirrels
A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle, in the Western States, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to bark one's shins
To knock the skin off the shins by stumbling or striking against something.
Mr. Hortshorne calls th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to bark up the wrong tree
A common expression at the West, denoting that a person has mistaken his object, or is pursuing the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.