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Fever
·vt To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
II. Fever ·noun Excessive excitem...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Gold
·vt Money; riches; wealth.
II. Gold ·noun ·Alt. of <<Goolde>>.
III. Gold ·vt Figuratively, somethi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gold
1) Heb. zahab, so called from its yellow colour (Ex. 25:11; 1 Chr. 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:5).
2) Heb. sego...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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gold
– . The following words and phrases compoundedwith «gold» are Australian in use, though probably som...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Gold
Gold was known from the very earliest times. (Genesis 2:11) It was at first used chiefly for ornamen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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fever-bark
n.
another name for Bitter-bark (q.v.).
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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yellow fever
A cant term for drunkenness at Greenwich Hospital; the sailors when punished wearing a parti-coloure...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gold-beaten
·adj <<Gilded>>.
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Gold-beating
·noun The art or process of reducing gold to extremely thin leaves, by beating with a hammer.
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Gold-bound
·adj Encompassed with gold.
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Gold-hammer
·noun The yellow-hammer.
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Mannheim gold
·- A kind of brass made in imitation of gold. It contains eighty per cent of copper and twenty of zi...
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Stream gold
·add. ·- Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold.
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Beaten gold
In Num. 8:4, means "turned" or rounded work in gold. The Greek Version, however, renders the word "s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Gold Square
See Gould Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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gold droppers
Sharpers who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the presence of some unexperienced person, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gold finder
One whose employment is to empty necessary houses; called also a tom-turd-man, and night-man: the la...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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grannum's gold
Hoarded money: supposed to have belonged to the grandmother of the possessor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gold-bearing
verbal adj.
auriferous.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 13:
«A new line of gold-bearing quartz...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-digging
verbal n.
mining or digging forgold.
1880. G. Sutherland, `Tales of Gold. fields,' p. 36:
«There ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-digger
n.
1852. J. Bonwick [Title]:
«Notes of a Gold-digger.»
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gold-field
n.
district where mining for goldis carried on.
1858. T. McCombie, `History of Victoria, c. xv. p....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-founded
part. adj.
founded as the resultof the discovery of gold.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-hunter
n. searcher after gold.
1852. G. S. Rutter [Title]:
«Hints to Gold-hunters.»
1890. Rolf Boldrewoo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-mining
verbal n.
1852. J. A.Phillips [Title]:
«Gold-mining; a Scientific Guide for Australian Emigrants.»...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-seeking
adj.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xv. p. 150:
«The great gold-seeking multitude had ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-gold
n.
poetic name for the blossomof the Wattle.
1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush Ballads, Dedn., p. 9:
«In ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-thread
(Coptis trifolia.) A plant well known in medicine, valued for its stomachic and tonic properties.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gold fish
The trivial name of the Cyprinus auratus, one of the most superb of the finny tribe. It was original...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gold mohur
A well known current coin in the East Indies, varying a little in value at each presidency, but aver...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gold Cross Court
See Golden Cross Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Piece Of Gold
The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Gold and Silver Wiredrawers
Incorporated 1623.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Lion, Lombard Street
House of F. Barnham called the "Gould Lion" in Lumbart Street, mentioned in his Will, 1624. Behind t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gold Street, Wood Street
See Goldsmith Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.