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Eater
·noun One who, or that which, eats.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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·fig.
(abbreviation) figuratively
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig
·noun Figure; dress; array.
II. Fig ·noun A small piece of tobacco.
III. Fig ·noun To put into the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig
First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fig
, or full fig.
In best clothes. Full dress.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fig, Fig Tree
The fig tree (Ficus carica) is very common in Palestine. (8:8) Mount Olivet was famous for its fig t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ant-eater
·noun One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. ·see Ant-bear, <<Pango...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bee-eater
·noun An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.
II. Bee-eater ·noun A bird of the genus Merops, t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lotos-eater
·noun One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolenc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lotus-eater
·noun ·Alt. of Lotos-eater.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Man-eater
·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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beef eater
A yeoman of the guards, instituted by Henry VII. Their office was to stand near the bouffet, or cupb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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toad eater
A poor female relation, and humble companion, or reduced gentlewoman, in a great family, the standin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ant-eater
n.
1) i.q. Ant-eating-Porcupine. See echidna.
2) The Banded Ant-eater (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bee-eater
n.
a bird-name. The European Bee-eater is Merops apiaster; the Australian species is Merops ornatus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fly-eater
n.
the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.Th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grape-eater
n.
a bird, called formerly Fig-eater, now known as the Green-backedWhite-eye (q.v.), Zosterops goul...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-eater
n.
an Australian bird, with atongue specially adapted for being formed into a tube for theabsorptio...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-eater
One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fog-eater
A synonym of fog-dog and fog-bow. It may be explained as the clearing of the upper stratum, permitti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cochineal fig
·- A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sak...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig-shell
·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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weeping fig
See benjamin-tree
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fig-bird
n.
a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fig-tree
n.
The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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purple fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ribbed fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rough fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rusty fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ant-eater, banded
See banded ant-eater.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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banded ant-eater
n.
name given to a smallterrestrial and ant-eating marsupial, Myrmecobiusfasciatus, Waterh, found i...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattled bee-eater
See bee-eater.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Fig Tree Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
"Fig-tree Alley...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leichhardt's clustered-fig
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i.q. Clustered Fig. See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Port-Jackson Fig
n. See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rough-leaved fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Fig Tree Alley, Barbican
See Fig Tree Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.