hare-wallaby

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• Wallaby

  ·noun Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• wallaby

  I. n. a name used for the smaller kindsof Kangaroos of the genus Macropus (q.v.), formerlyclassed a...

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

• Hare

  ·noun A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. II. Hare ·vt To <...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hare

  (Heb. arnebeth) was prohibited as food according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:6; Deut. 14:7), "because...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• hare

  He has swallowed a hare; he is drunk; more probably a HAIR, which requires washing down, ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hare

  1) to affright, or make wild. S. Hence harum scarum, or starum. 2) her ; used also for she. Exm. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Hare

  (Heb. arnebeth) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:6) and Deuteronomy 14:7 Amongst the animals disallowed ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• banded-wallaby

  n. sometimes called Banded-Kangaroo. See Lagostrophus and Wallaby. ...

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

• rock-wallaby

  n. the popular name for anyanimal of the genus Petrogale (q.v.). There are sixspecies – – Brush-tai...

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

• wallaby-bush

  n. a tall shrub or tree, Beyeria viscosa, Miq., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.Same as the Pinkwood of Tasmania...

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

• wallaby-grass

  n. an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usef...

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

• wallaby-skin

  the skin, with the hair on it,of the wallaby, prized as a warm and ornamental fur for rugs. 1890. `...

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

• Chief hare

  ·- A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; — also called c...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hare-hearted

  ·adj Timorous; timid; easily frightened. ...

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• Sea hare

  ·- Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. ·see <<Aplysia>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Water hare

  ·- A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the Uni...

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• Hare Court

  1) West out of Inner Temple Lane to Middle Temple Lane, west of the Temple Church, within the Temple...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Hare Place

  South out of Fleet Street, at No. 46, to Mitre Court (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• hare-kangaroo

  n. a small Kangaroo, resemblingthe British hare. Called also Hare-Wallaby. Thescientific name is La...

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

• hare-brain'd

  heedless. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• hare-supper

  the harvest-home. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• sea-hare

  ♦ Aplysia, a molluscous animal. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• nail-tailed wallaby

  n. See onychogale. ...

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

• Hare, Augustus William

  (1792-1834) Was the s. of Francis Hare-Naylor, who m. a cousin of the famous Duchess of Devonshire,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hare, Julius Charles

  (1795-1855) Essayist, etc., younger brother of the above, was b. at Vicenza. When two years old his...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hare Court Buildings

  Within the Temple precincts, on the west side of the Temple Gardens (Strype, ed. 1755-Elmes, 1831). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• wallaby track, on the

  or On the Wallaby,or Out on the Wallaby or simply Wallaby ,as adj. [slang]. Tramping the country ...

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

• Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert

  (1834-1903) Youngest s. of Francis H., and nephew of Aug. and Julius H. (q.v.), b. at Rome, practic...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Black Horse and Hare Inn

  South out of Hart Street, with a passage into Fell Street (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In O. and M. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• mad as a march hare

  A common simile, used alike in England and America. The whole's to be fourpence a quart-- 'Odswing...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.