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• Message stick

  ·add. ·- A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, ·esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey inform...

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• Message

  ·vt To bear as a message. II. Message ·noun A <<Messenger>>. III. Message ·noun Any notice, word, ...

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• Stick

  ·vt A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. II. Stick ·vi To cause difficulties, scruples, or h...

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• to stick

  To take in; to impose upon; to cheat in trade. 'I'm stuck with a counterfeit note;' 'He went to a ho...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Mahl-stick

  ·noun ·see Maul-stick. ...

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• Maul-stick

  ·noun A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. ...

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• Poking-stick

  ·noun A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. ...

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• Stick-lac

  ·noun ·see the Note under <<Lac>>. ...

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• Stick-seed

  ·noun A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutl...

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• Stick-tight

  ·noun Beggar's ticks. ...

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• Throwing stick

  ·add. ·- An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; — called also throw stick...

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• chop-stick

  A fork. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• stick flams

  A pair of gloves. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sugar stick

  The virile member. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• drafting-stick

  n. a stick used in draftingcattle. 1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. x. p. 72: «We ...

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

• fire-stick

  n. name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...

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

• paddymelon-stick

  n. a stick used by theaborigines for knocking paddymelons (q.v.) on the head. 1851. J. Henderson, ...

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• stick-caterpillar

  n. See phasmid. ...

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• stick-up

  v. tr. 1) The regular word for theaction of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway androbbi...

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

• throwing-stick

  n. native Australian weapon,by means of which the spear is thrown. See Woomera. 1802. G. Barringto...

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

• walking-stick

  n. See phasmid. ...

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• whip-stick

  n. variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub. 1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...

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

• yam-stick

  n. See quotation 1882, Tolmer. 1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings,' p. 27. «One leg's thin as Lie...

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• to cut stick

  To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• sharp stick

  'He's after him with a sharp stick;' i. e. he's determined to have satisfaction, or revenge. Western...

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• stick-chimney

  In newly settled parts of the country, where log-houses form the first habitations of the settlers, ...

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• gob-stick

  A horn or wooden spoon. ...

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• head-stick

  A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...

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• scouring-stick

  See scourer ...

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• palm, walking-stick

  n. a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...

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

• walking-stick palm

  n. See under palm, walking-stick. ...

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• to cut one's stick

  To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to shake a stick at

  A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...

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• cut a stick, to

  To make off clandestinely. ♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away. ...

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• death's head upon a mop-stick

  A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See otomy.-- He looked as pleasant as the p...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose