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Ray
·vi To shine, as with rays.
II. Ray ·vt To <<Array>>.
III. Ray ·noun Array; order; arrangement; dr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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ray
A line of sight. Also, a flat rhomboidal fish with a rough skin; genus, Raia.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Horn
·noun The Ionic volute.
II. Horn ·noun The cornucopia, or horn of plenty.
III. Horn ·noun A curved...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Horn
Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes (Josh. 6:4, 5).
Flask...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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horn
A horn; a glass of liquor.
The chaplain gave us a pretty stiff horn of liquor a-piece--and first-ra...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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horn
The arm of a cleat or kevel.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Horn
The word "horn" is often used metaphorically to signify strength and honor, because horns are the ch...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ray grass
·- A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne);
— called also rye grass, and red darnel. ·see <<Dar...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rontgen ray
·add. ·- Any of the rays produced when cathode rays strike upon surface of a solid (as the wall of t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sting ray
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Stingray>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ray, John
(1627-1705)
Naturalist, s. of a blacksmith at Black Notley, Essex, was at Camb., where he became a ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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eagle-ray
n.
name belonging to any large Ray of the family Myliobatidae; the New Zealandspecies is Myliobatis...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sting-ray
A fish, Trygon pastinaca, which wounds with a serrate bone, lying in a sheath on the upper side of i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip-ray
A ray with a long tail ending in a very fine point. It is armed with a dangerous serrated spine, jag...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bass horn
·- A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Basset horn
·add. ·- The corno di bassetto.
II. Basset horn ·adj An instrument blown with a reed, and resemblin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Buck's-horn
·noun A plant with leaves branched somewhat like a buck's horn (Plantago Coronopus); also, Lobelia c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bugle horn
·- A <<Bugle>>.
II. Bugle horn ·- A drinking vessel made of horn.
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Gems-horn
·noun An organ stop with conical tin pipes.
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Horn-mad
·adj Quite mad;
— raving crazy.
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Morsing horn
·- A horn or flask for holding powder, as for priming.
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Shoeing-horn
·noun Anything which draws on or allures; an <<Inducement>>.
II. Shoeing-horn ·noun Anything by whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Slug-horn
·adj An erroneous form of the Scotch word slughorne, or sloggorne, meaning slogan.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Hartes Horn
See Harts Horn Court, Basing Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Alley
1) South out of Holborn Hill, near Holborn Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Court
East out of Beer Lane. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Other name : "Horn Alley" (Stryp...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Tavern
1) On the north side of Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Given in 1405 to t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Yard
South out of Cloth Fair, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"Horne Yard" in Roc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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horn colic
A temporary priapism.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horn fair
An annual fair held at Charlton, in Kent, on St. Luke's day, the 18th of October. It consists of a r...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horn mad
A person extremely jealous of his wife, is said to be horn mad. Also a cuckold, who does not cut or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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horn work
Cuckold-making.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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green-horn
A lubberly, uninitiated fellow. A novice of marked gullibility.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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horn-card
Transparent graduated horn-plates to use on charts, either as protractors or for meteorological purp...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horn-fisc
Anglo-Saxon for the sword-fish.
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horn-fisted
Having hands inured to hauling ropes.
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horn-keck
An old term for the green-back fish.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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horn-work
In fortification, a form of outwork having for its head a bastioned front, and for its sides two lon...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rudder-horn
A kind of iron crutch bolted to the back of the rudder, for attaching the rudder chains to in case o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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X-ray tube
·add. ·- A vacuum tube suitable for producing Rontgen rays.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stag-horn coral
·- ·Alt. of Stag-horn fern.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stag-horn fern
·- ·see under <<Stag>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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French Horn Yard
South out of Crutched Friars, between Nos. 25 and 26 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Harts Horn Court
South out of Basing Lane in Bread Street and Cordwainer Wards (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Other n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Harts Horn Inn
On the east side of Pye Corner, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(John) Horn, Ward of
See Bridge Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Alley, Basing Lane
See Harts Horn Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Alley, Beer Lane
See Horn Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Court, Basing Lane
See Harts Horn Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horn Yard, Goodman's Yard
See Enoch Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of John Horn
Identified with Bridge Ward Within (q.v.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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break one's horn-book
to incur displeasure. South.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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little end of the horn
'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.