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Jack
·noun The wall-eyed pike.
II. Jack ·noun A sawhorse or sawbuck.
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jack
A farthing, a small bowl serving as the mark for bowlers. An instrument for pulling off boots.
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jack
1) Haifa pint. Yorks.
2) a quarter of a pint.
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jack
In the British navy the jack is a small union flag, formed by the intersection of St. George's and S...
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Bird
·noun Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
II. Bird ·vi To catch or shoot birds.
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Bird
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Apple-jack
·noun Apple brandy.
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Black-jack
·noun The ensign of a pirate.
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California jack
·add. ·- A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours.
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Cheap-jack
·noun ·Alt. of Cheap-john.
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Jack Ketch
·- A public executioner, or hangman.
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Minute-jack
·noun A timeserver; an inconstant person.
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Supple-jack
·noun A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliab...
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London, Jack
(b. 1876)
American novelist. The Son of the Wolf (1900), The God of his Fathers, Children of the Fr...
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black jack
1) A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves.
2) A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leath...
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glim jack
A link-boy. CANT.
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jack adams
A fool. Jack Adams's parish; Clerkenwell.
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jack ketch
The hangman; vide DERRICK and KETCH.
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jack pudding
The merry andrew, zany, or jester to a mountebank.
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jack robinson
Before one could say Jack Robinson; a saying to express a very short time, originating from a very v...
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jack sprat
A dwarf, or diminutive fellow.
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jack weight
A fat man.
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jack whore
A large masculine overgrown wench.
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jack shay
or Jackshea, n.
a tin quart-pot.
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 209:
«H...
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long-jack
name given to the tree Flindersiaoxleyana, F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called alsoLight Yellow-Wood.
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station-jack
n.
a form of bush cookery.
1853. `The Emigrant's Guide to Australia.' (Article onBush-Cookery, fro...
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supple-jack
n.
The word is English in thesense of a strong cane, and is the name of various climbingshrubs from...
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apple jack
A liquor distilled from cider; also called cider brandy.
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flap-jack
A fried cake; a pan-cake; a fritter. A word used alike in England and the United States, where it is...
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supple jack
(Lat. rhamnus volubilis.) The popular name of a vine common to some of the Southern States. Twisted ...
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flop-jack
a small pasty, or turn-over. Glouc.
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black-jack
The ensign of a pirate. Also, a capacious tin can for beer, which was formerly made of waxed leather...
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double-jack
See jack-screw.
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jack adams
A stubborn fool.
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jack afloat
A sailor. Euripides used almost the same term in floater, for a seaman.
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jack-barrel
A minnow.
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jack-block
A block occasionally attached to the topgallant-tie, and through which the top-gallant top-rope is r...
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jack-boots
Large coverings for the feet and legs, outside all, worn by fishermen.
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jack-hern
A name on our southern coasts for the heron.
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jack-knife
A horn-handled clasp-knife with a laniard, worn by seamen.
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jack-pins
A name applied to the fife-rail pins, also called Tack-pins.
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jack robinson
♦ Before you could say Jack Robinson, is a very old expression for a short time,
"A warke it ys as...
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jack-screw
A small machine used to cant or lift weighty substances, and in stowing cotton or other elastic good...
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jack-shark
A common sobriquet of the Squalus tribe.
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jack-sharp
A small fresh-water fish, otherwise known as prickly-back.
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jack-staff
A short staff raised at the bowsprit-cap, upon which the union-jack is hoisted.
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jack-stays
Ropes, battens, or iron bars placed on a yard or spar and set taut, either for bending the head of a...
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lifting-jack
A portable machine for lifting heavy objects, acting by the power either of the lever, the tooth and...
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skip-jack
A dandified trifling officer; an upstart. Also, the merry-thought of a fowl. Also, a small fish of t...
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union-jack
The union flag used separately; in the merchant service it must have a broad white border.
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whip-jack
An old term, equivalent to fresh-water sailor, or a sham-shipwrecked tar. (See turnpike-sailors.)
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Ant bird
·- ·see Ant bird, under Ant, ·noun.
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Baltimore bird
·- ·Alt. of Baltimore oriole.
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Bird cage
·noun ·Alt. of <<Birdcage>>.
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Bird cherry
·- A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
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Bird fancier
·- One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
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Bird pepper
·- A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the mos...
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Bird-eyed
·adj Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
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Bird-witted
·adj Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.
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Bower bird
·- An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which cons...
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Canary bird
·- A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It w...
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Chipping bird
·- The <<Chippy>>.
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Devil bird
·noun A small water bird. ·see <<Dabchick>>.
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Egg-bird
·noun A species of tern, ·esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama ...
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Galley-bird
·noun The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.
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Huia bird
·- A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the for...
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Ling-bird
·noun The European meadow pipit;
— called also titling.
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Lyre bird
·- Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable f...
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Mallee bird
·- The leipoa. ·see <<Leipoa>>.
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Mino bird
·- An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the ...
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Peabody bird
·- An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imita...
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Qua-bird
·noun The American night heron. ·see under <<Night>>.
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Sea bird
·- Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
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Water bird
·- Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
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Weet-bird
·noun The wryneck;
— so called from its cry.
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Wheatsel bird
·- The male of the chaffinch.
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Whidah bird
·- Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Af...
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Whydah bird
·- ·Alt. of Whydah finch.
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Widow bird
·- ·see Whidan bird.
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bird-witted
Inconsiderate, thoughtless, easily imposed on.
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canary bird
A jail bird, a person used to be kept in a cage; also, in the canting sense, guineas.
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gallows bird
A grief, or pickpocket; also one that associates with them.
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newgate bird
A thief or sharper, frequently caged in Newgate.
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choir bird
A complete rogue, one that has sung in different choirs or cages, i.e. gaols. CANT.
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whore's bird
A debauched fellow, the largest of all birds. He sings more like a whore's bird than a canary bird; ...
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alarm-bird
n.
a bird-name no longer used inAustralia. There is an African Alarm-bird.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds ...
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bell-bird
n.
name given to several birds,fromtheir note, like the tinkling of a bell. In Australia,a Honey-ea...
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blight-bird
n.
a bird-name in New Zealand forthe Zosterops (q.v.). Called also Silver-eye (q.v.), Wax-eye, and ...
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blood-bird
n.
name given to the Sanguineous Honey-eater. See honey-eater.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...
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bower-bird
n.
Australian bird. See quotation,1891. See Ptilonorhynchinae. The following are thevarieties – – –...
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bristle-bird
n.
a name given to certainAustralian Reed-warblers. They are – – Sphenurabrachyptera, Latham; Long-...
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butcher-bird
n.
The name is in use elsewhere,but in Australia it is applied to the genus Cracticus.The varieties...
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cat-bird
n.
In America the name is given to Mimus carolinensis, a mocking thrush, which like theAustralian b...
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clock-bird
n.
another name for the LaughingJachass. See Jackass.
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dead-bird
n.
In Australia, a recent slangterm, meaning «a certainty.» The metaphor is frompigeon-shooting, wh...
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dell-bird
n.
another name for the Bell-bird (q.v.).
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diamond bird
n.
a bird-name. In the time ofGould this name was only applied to Pardalotuspunctatus, Temm. Since ...
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dingle-bird
n.
a poetical name for theAustralian Bell-bird (q.v.).
1870. F. S. Wilson, `Australian Songs,' p. ...
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dollar-bird
n.
name given to the Roller (q.v.). See quotations.
1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of L...
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fern-bird
n.
a New Zealand bird ofthe genus Sphenoecus. Also called Grass-bird,and New Zealand Pipit. There a...
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fig-bird
n.
a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...
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flute-bird
n.
another name for the bird Gymnorrhina tibicen, Lath. Called also Magpie (q.v.).
1862. H. C. Ken...
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friar-bird
n. an Australian bird, of the genuscalled Philemon, but originally named Tropidorhynchus (q.v.). It ...
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gill-bird
n.
an occasional name for the Wattle-bird (q.v.).
1896. `Menu' for October 15:
«Gill-bird on Toas...
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glucking-bird
n.
a bird so named byLeichhardt, but not identified. Probably the Boobook (q.v.), and see its quota...
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grass-bird
n.
In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, thesame as Fern-...
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ground-bird
n.
name given in Australia to anybird of the genus Cinclosoma. The species are – – Chestnut-backed ...
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honey-bird
n.
See honey-eater.
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lotus-bird
n.
Parra gallinacea, Temm.;called also the Jacana (q.v.), and the Parra (q.v.).
1890. C. Lumholtz,...
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lyre-bird
n.
an Australian bird, originallycalled the Bird of Paradise of New South Wales; thencalled a Nativ...
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mallee-bird
n.
an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould. Aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.);see Turkey.
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mocking-bird
n.
The name is given inAustralia to the Lyre-bird (q.v.), and in New Zealandto the Tui (q.v.).
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mound-bird
n.
the jungle-hen of Australia.The birds scratch up heaps of soil and vegetable matter, inwhich the...
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mulberry-bird
n.
name given to the Australianbird Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; called also Fig-bird (q.v.).
1...
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mutton-bird
n.
The word is ordinarily appliedto the Antarctic Petrel, AEstrelata lessoni. InAustralasia it is a...
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nankeen bird
See nankeen crane
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organ-bird
or Organ-Magpie
n.
other names for one of the Magpies (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...
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parson-bird
n. the New Zealand bird Prosthemadera novae-zelandiae, Gmel.; Maori name, Tui (q.v.). See also Poe.
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pilot-bird
n.
This name is given toa sea-bird of the Caribbean Islands. In Australia itis applied to Pycnoptil...
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porcupine-bird
n.
a bird inhabiting the Porcupine-Grass (q.v.) of Central Australia; the Striated Grass Wren, Amyt...
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rain-bird
n.
The name is popularly given inmany parts of the world to various birds. The Rain-birdof Queensla...
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regent-bird
n.
1) An Australian Bower-bird, Sericulus melinus, Lath., named out of compliment to thePrince Rege...
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rifle-bird
n.
sometimes called also Rifleman (q.v.); a bird of paradise. The male is of ageneral velvety black...
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satin-bird
n. another name for the SatinBower-bird. See Bower-bird.
1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions ...
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scrub-bird
n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...
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soldier-bird
I.
or Poor Soldier,or Old-Soldier bird
n.
anothername for the Friar-bird (q.v.).
1859. D. Bunce,...
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stitch-bird
n.
a bird of New Zealand.See quotation.
1885. Hugh Martin, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,...
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sultana-bird
n.
a name for the Swamp-Hen (q.v.), Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm.
1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 223...
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summer-bird
n.
the Old Colonists' name for the Wood-swallows. See Swallow. In Tasmania it isapplied to a specie...
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sun-bird
n.
a common name of various birds.Applied in Australia to Cinnyris frenata, Mull.
1869. J. Gould, ...
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thunder-bird
n.
an early name for oneof the Thickheads (q.v.), or Pachycephalae (q.v.). See also quotation, 1896...
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tropic-bird
n.
The English name is appliedbecause the bird is usually seen in the tropics. The speciesobserved ...
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wattle-bird
n.
an Australian bird, so calledfrom the wattles or fleshy appendages hanging to his ear. Inthe Yel...
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weaver-bird
n.
The English name Weaver-bird, in its present broad sense as appliedto a wide variety of birds, i...
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whip-bird
n.
See coach-whip bird.
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jail bird
A prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.--Webster.
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grey-bird
a thrush. S.
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bird-bolt
A species of arrow, short and thick, used to kill birds without piercing their skins.
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boatswain-bird
♦ Phaethon æthereus, a tropical bird, so called from its sort of whistle. It is distinguished by two...
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frigate-bird
♦ Tachypetes aquila, a sea-bird generally seen in the tropics. It seems to live on the wing, is part...
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snow-bird
See ivory gull
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jail-bird
One who has been confined in prison, from the old term of cage for a prison; a felon absurdly (and i...
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tropic-bird
♦ Phaethon æthereus, a well-known sea-bird, distinguished by two very long feathers in its tail; als...
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whale-bird
A beautiful little bird seen hovering in flocks over the Southern Ocean, in search of the small crus...
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Jack-a-dandy
·noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
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Jack-a-lent
·noun A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
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Jack-o'-lantern
·noun ·see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
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jack nasty face
A sea term, signifying a common sailor.
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jack of legs
A tall long-legged man; also a giant, said to be buried in Weston church, near Baldock, in Hertfords...
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Jack the Painter
n.
very strong bush-tea, socalled from the mark it leaves round the drinker's mouth.
1855. G. C. M...
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jack-sharp-nails
a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb.
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jack-o-legs
a clasp knife. N.
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bread-room jack
The purser's steward's help.
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fresh-water jack
The same as fresh-water sailor.
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jack cross-trees
Single iron cross-trees at the head of long topgallant-masts, to support royal and skysail masts.
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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jack nasty-face
A cook's assistant.
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jack of dover
An old sea-dish, the composition of which is now lost. Chaucer's host in rallying the cook exclaims,...
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jack o' lantern
The corpo santo, or St. Elmo's light, is sometimes so called.
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Bird, Robert Montgomery
(1803-1854)
Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...
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bird and baby
The sign of the eagle and child.
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saint luke's bird
An ox; that Evangelist being always represented with an ox.
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bird-catching plant
n.
a New Zealand shrub ortree, Pisonia brunoniana, Endl., N.O. Nyctagineae; Maori name, Parapara.
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coach-whip bird
n.
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mutton-bird tree
n.
a tree, Seneciorotundifolius, Hook.: so called because the mutton-birds,especially in Foveaux St...
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paradise, bird of
n.
English bird-name,originally applied in Australia to the Lyre-bird (q.v.),now given to Manucoda ...
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old-soldier bird
See soldier-birdI.
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black-bird catching
The slave-trade.
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Jack Alley, Bow Lane
See Crown Court16, Trinity Lane.
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jack at a pinch
A poor hackney parson.
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jack in a box
A sharper, or cheat. A child in the mother's womb.
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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Jack in a Box
i.q. Hair-trigger (q.v.).
1854. `The Home Companion,' p. 554:
«When previously mentioning the eleg...
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room
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jib and staysail jack
A designation of inexperienced officers, who are troublesome to the watch by constantly calling it u...
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bird of the eye
the pupil or sight of the eye. Suff.
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man-of-war bird
, or frigate bird.
♦ Fregata aquila, a sea-bird of the family Pelecanidæ, found in the tropics, re...
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jack in the bread-room
, or jack in the dust.
The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room.
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Bird and Hand Alley, Court
In Cheapside (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
"Bird in Hand Alley" in Boyle.
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Bird in Hand Alley, Court
South out of Cheapside at No.76 (P.O. Directory). West of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward.
First mentio...
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