grape-eater

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• Grape

  ·noun <<Grapeshot>>. II. Grape ·noun A mangy tumor on the leg of a horse. III. Grape ·noun The pla...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Grape

  The fruit of the vine, which was extensively cultivated in Palestine. Grapes are spoken of as "tende...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• grape

  n. called also Native Grape. An Australian fruit tree, Vitis hypoglauca, F. v. M., N.O. Viniferae; ...

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

• Grape

  [Vine] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Eater

  ·noun One who, or that which, eats. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Grape fruit

  ·- The <<Shaddock>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Isabella grape

  ·- A favorite sweet American grape of a purple color. ·see Fox grape, under <<Fox>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Oregon grape

  ·- An evergreen species of barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), of Oregon and California; also, its round...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea grape

  ·- The gulf weed. ·see under <<Gulf>>. II. Sea grape ·- The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Grape Street

  By Little Moorfields (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. Qy. = Grub Street (q.v.). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• native grape

  n. See grape, gippsland. ...

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

• 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

• 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

• Lotos-eater

  ·noun One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolenc...

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• Lotus-eater

  ·noun ·Alt. of Lotos-eater. ...

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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

• 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

• 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

• ant-eater

  n. 1) i.q. Ant-eating-Porcupine. See echidna. 2) The Banded Ant-eater (q.v.). ...

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

• 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

• fig-eater

  n. a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.). ...

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

• 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

• 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

• fire-eater

  One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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

• grape, macquarie harbour

  or Macquarie Harbour Vine (q.v.), n. name given to the climbing shrub Muehlenbeckia adpressra, Meis...

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

• macquarie harbour grape

  or Macquarie Harbour Vine, n. the Tasmanian name for Muhlenbeckiaadpressa, Meissn. N.O. Polygonacea...

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

• round and grape

  A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ant-eater, banded

  See banded ant-eater. ...

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

• 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

• wattled bee-eater

  See bee-eater. ...

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