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moreton-bay
n.
the name formerly given to thedistrict of New South Wales which is now the colony ofQueensland. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay ash
n.
See ash.
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moreton-bay chestnut
n.
See bean-tree.
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moreton-bay laurel
n.
See laurel.
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moreton-bay pine
n.
See pine.
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·fig.
(abbreviation) figuratively
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig
·noun Figure; dress; array.
II. Fig ·noun A small piece of tobacco.
III. Fig ·noun To put into the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig
First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fig
, or full fig.
In best clothes. Full dress.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay
·noun A tract covered with bay trees.
II. Bay ·vi Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
III. Bay ·noun A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay
Denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the souther...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bay
I.
The fore-part of a ship between decks, before the bitts (see sick-bay). Foremost messing-places...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fig, Fig Tree
The fig tree (Ficus carica) is very common in Palestine. (8:8) Mount Olivet was famous for its fig t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cochineal fig
·- A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sak...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig-shell
·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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weeping fig
See benjamin-tree
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fig-bird
n.
a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...
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fig-eater
n.
a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.).
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fig-tree
n.
The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...
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purple fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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ribbed fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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rough fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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rusty fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Bay leaf
·- ·see under 3d Bay.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay rum
·- A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
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Bay salt
·- Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the hea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay State
·add. ·- Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay;
— a nickname.
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Bay tree
·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
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Bay window
·- A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay yarn
·- Woolen yarn.
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Bay-antler
·noun The second tine of a stag's horn. ·see under <<Antler>>.
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Botany Bay
·- A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there;
— so called fr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Case-bay
·noun The space between two principals or girders.
II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tail-bay
·noun The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
II. Tail-bay ·noun One of the joists which re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay tree
Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bay Hall
At the end of Bassingshall streete (S. 286, in margin).
Used as a market house (Strype, ed. 1720, I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bay fever
A term of ridicule applied to convicts, who sham illness, to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Botany Bay
n.
lying to the south of theentrance to Port Jackson, New South Wales, the destination ofthe first ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bay state
The State of Massachusetts. The original name of the Colony was Massachusetts Bay. Hence, among the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bay-gulf
A branch of the sea, of which the entrance is the widest part, as contradistinguished from the strai...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fore-bay
A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay.
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sick-bay
A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay Tree
A species of laurel. Laurus nobilis . An evergreen, with leaves like our mountain laurel. (Psalms 37...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fig Tree Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
"Fig-tree Alley...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leichhardt's clustered-fig
,n.
i.q. Clustered Fig. See fig-tree.
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Port-Jackson Fig
n. See fig-tree.
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rough-leaved fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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botany-bay greens
n.
a vegetable common to allthe colonies, Atriplex cinereum, Poir, N.O.Salsolaceae.
1810. G. Barri...
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botany-bay wood
See botany-bay oak
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botany-bay oak
or Botany-Bay Wood
,n.
a trade name in England for the timber of Casuarina. See Beef-wood.
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cloudy-bay cod
n.
a New Zealand name for the Ling (q.v.). See also cod.
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oyster-bay pine
n.
See pine.
1857. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of VanDiemen's Land,' vol. i. p. 1...
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botany-bay tea
See sweet-tea
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Fig Tree Alley, Barbican
See Fig Tree Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hudson Bay Company's Hall
At the upper end of Culver Court (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 164).
Afterwards the Hall stood on the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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