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vine, macquarie harbour
or Macquarie Harbour Grape
(q.v.). Same as Native Ivy. See Ivy.
1891. `Chambers' Encyclopaedia,' s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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
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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
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harbour
A general name given to any safe sea-port. The qualities requisite in a good harbour are, that it sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Vine
·noun Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
II. Vine ·noun Hence, a climbing or trailing pla...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vine
One of the most important products of Palestine. The first mention of it is in the history of Noah (...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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vine
n.
In Australia, the word is looselyapplied to many trailing or creeping plants, which help toform ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Vine
the well-known valuable plant (vitis vinifera) very frequently referred to in the Old and New Testam...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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macquarie pine
n.
See pine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Harbour Lane
South out of Upper Thames Street to the Thames, west of Grantham's lane in the parish of St. Martin ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bank-harbour
That which is protected from the violence of the sea by banks of mud, gravel, sand, shingle, or silt...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-harbour
One, the entrance of which is so shut in as not readily to be perceived.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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close harbour
That is one gained by labour from the element, formed by encircling a portion of water with walls an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-dues
See port-charges.
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harbour-gaskets
Broad, but short and well-blacked gaskets, placed at equal distances on the yard, for showing off a ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-guards
Men detached from the ordinary, as a working party.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-log
That part of the log-book which consists solely of remarks, and relates only to transactions while t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-master
An officer appointed to inspect the moorings, and to see that the ships are properly berthed, and th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-reach
The reach or stretch of a winding river which leads direct to the harbour.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-watch
A division or subdivision of the watch kept on night-duty, when the ship rides at single anchor, to ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hidden harbour
That of which the outer points so overlap as to cause the coast to appear to be continuous.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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island harbour
That which is protected from the violence of the sea by one or more islands or islets screening its ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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river-harbour
That which is situated in the channel of a river, especially such as are at the embouchure with a ba...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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shoaled-harbour
That which is secured from the violence of the sea, by banks, bars, or shoals to sea-ward.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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tidal harbour
A port which can only be entered at a certain time of flood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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tide or tidal harbour
A port which can only be entered at a certain time of flood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Arbor vine
·- A species of bindweed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Madeira vine
·add. ·- A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Squaw vine
·add. ·- The partridge berry (Mitchella repens).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vine-clad
·adj Covered with vines.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water vine
·- Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are sin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vine Court
1) East out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-O.S. 1880).
Former name: "Bell ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vine Inn, Vine Yard
West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1848-51).
Called " P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vine Street
1) South out of India Street, Minories, at No. 8, to the Circus (P.O. Directory).
Earliest mention:...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vine Yard
1) East out of Aldersgate Street at No.101 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fruitful vine
A woman's private parts, i.e. that has FLOWERS every month, and bears fruit in nine months.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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balloon vine
n.
Australian name for the commontropical weed, Cardiospermum halicacabum, Linn., N.O. Sapindaceae:...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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balloon-vine
n.
Australian name for the commontropical weed, Cardiospermum halicacabum, Linn., N.O. Sapindaceae:...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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caustic-vine
See caustic-plant
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lawyer-vine
See lawyer
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-vine
n.
called also Native Rose. See bauera (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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vine, balloon
See balloon vine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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vine, burdekin
Called also Round Yam, Vitis opaca, F. v. M., N.O. Ampelideae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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vine, caustic
i.q. caustic-plant (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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vine, lawyer
See lawyer.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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vine-fretter
(Lat. aphis puceron.) An insect very destructive to vines, rose bushes, cabbages, &c. in the Souther...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Port-Macquarie Pine
See pine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Cole-Harbour Lane
1) A lane leading south out of Upper Thames Street at No. 92 to the Thames at Cole Harbour Stairs, i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cole Harbour Stairs
At the south end of Coleharbour in Dowgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831).
The wharf seems to hav...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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harbour-duty men
Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Aber-de-vine
·noun The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vine of Sodom
Referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Vine Court Warehouse
North out of Thames Street, between Beer Lane and Water Lane (Strype, 1720).
It seems to be shown i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Vine Street, Bishopsgate
See New Street9.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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vine, native pepper
See Climbing Pepper,under pepper.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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vine, wonga wonga
See wonga-wonga vine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wonga-wonga vine
n.
a name for the hardy,evergreen climber, Tecoma australis, R. Br., N.O. Bignoniaceae. There are s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Vine Of Sodom
occurs only in (32:32) It is generally supposed that this passage alludes to the celebrated apples o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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bar of a harbour
See bar of a port
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Vine Court, Gravel Lane
North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward
(Strype, 1720-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Removed before ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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luff into a harbour, to
To sail into it, shooting head to wind, gradually. A ship is accordingly said to spring her luff whe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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thwart-marks, to a harbour
Two objects on the land, which, brought into line with each other, mark the safe course between shoa...
The Sailor's Word-Book