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

Government
·noun Management of the limbs or body. II. Government ·noun The right or power of governing; author...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
government
Generally means the constitution of our country as exercised under the legislature of king or queen,...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Self-government
·noun The act of governing one's self, or the state of being governed by one's self; self-control; s...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
government men
n. an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.). 1846. G. H. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
government stroke
n. a lazy style of doingwork, explained in quotations. The phrase is not dead. 1856. W. W. Dobie, ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Government of God
See Providence. ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
National Debt and Government Life Annuity Office
On the east side of Old Jewry at No.19 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward. First mention: O.S...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.