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Plant
·noun The sole of the foot.
II. Plant ·noun A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
III. Plant ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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plant
The place in the house of the fence where stolen goods are secreted. Any place where stolen goods ar...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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plant
v. tr. and n.
common in Australiafor to hide, and for the thing hidden away. As remarkedin the quot...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant
A stock of tools, &c. Also, the fixtures, machinery, &c., required to carry on a business.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Milk
·vi To draw or to yield milk.
II. Milk ·add. ·vi To draw or to yield milk.
III. Milk ·noun The rip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk
1) Hebrew halabh, "new milk", milk in its fresh state (Judg. 4:19). It is frequently mentioned in co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Milk
As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Air plant
·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dove plant
·- A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with nu...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flax-plant
·noun A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Host plant
·add. ·- A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-cane
·noun A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-eating
·adj Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
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Telegraph plant
·add. ·- An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water plant
·- A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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butterfly-plant
n.
a small flowering plant, Utricularia dichotoma, Lab., N.O. Leutibularina.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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caustic-plant
or Caustic-Vine
,n.
Sarcostemma australis, R. Br., N.O.Asclepiadea. Cattle and sheep are poisoned ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coffee plant
or Coffee Berry
n.
namegiven in Tasmania to the Tasmanian Native Holly (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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guitar plant
a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatiatinctoria, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-plant
n.
name given in Tasmania to Richea scoparia Hook., N.O. Epacris.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ink-plant
n.
another name for the «toot,» a New Zealand shrub, Coriaria thymifolia, N.O.Coriarieae. Called In...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jelly-plant
a sea-weed, Eucheuma speciosum,J. Agardh, N.O. Algae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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officer plant
n.
another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pea-plant
n.
The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant-caterpillar
n.
name given in Australasiato species of caterpillars which are attacked by spores ofcertain fungi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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trigger-plant
n.
i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Milk sickness
·add. ·- A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affectin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk vetch
·- A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk-livered
·adj White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
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Wolf's-milk
·noun Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia);
— so called from its acrid milky juice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk Street
North out of Cheapside, at No. 115, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Yard
West out of Poppinge's Court, Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bristol milk
A Spanish wine called sherry, much drunk at that place, particularly in the morning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fresh milk
Cambridge new comers to the university.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pigeon's milk
Boys and novices are frequently sent on the first of April to buy pigeons milk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk-bush
n.
a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-fish
n.
The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-tree
n.
a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul.
1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':
«...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-sickness
A fatal spasmodic disease, peculiar to the Western States. It first attacks the cattle, and then tho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blow-milk
skimmed milk, perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lopperd-milk
sour curdled milk ; a lopperd slut. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sil'd milk
skimmed milk. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Street Buildings
In Milk Street at No. 1, adjoining Honey Lane Market (P.O Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to milk the pigeon
To endeavour at impossibilities.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Fryar Alley, Milk Street
See Clement's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).
The par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Montford's Court, Milk Street
See Mumford Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinhood Alley, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinson's Court, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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court of sour milk session
to be in disgrace with a person is, to get into the Court of Sour Milk Session. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose