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• Fat

  ·superl Abounding with fat. II. Fat ·vi To grow fat, plump, and fleshy. III. Fat ·noun A large tub...

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• Fat

  (Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in the account of ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• fat

  The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fat

  , or broad. If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fat

  i.e. VAT, the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate the Hebrew term yekeb, in (Joel 2...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Mud

  ·vt To bury in mud. II. Mud ·vt To make muddy or turbid. III. Mud ·noun Earth and water mixed so a...

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• mud

  A fool, or thick-sculled fellow; also, among printers the same as dung among journeymen taylors. Se...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Fat-brained

  ·adj Dull of apprehension. ...

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• Fat-kidneyed

  ·adj Gross; lubberly. ...

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• Fat-wited

  ·adj Dull; stupid. ...

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• Otoba fat

  ·- A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tre...

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• fat cull

  A rich fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fat headed

  Stupid. ...

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• fat-cake

  n. ridiculous name sometimesapplied to Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. M., according toMaiden (`Useful...

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

• fat-hen

  n. a kind of wild spinach.In England the name is applied to various plants of thickfoliage. 1847. ...

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

• guile-fat

  or gale the vat in which the beer is wrought up. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Sea mud

  ·- A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure; — calle...

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• mud lark

  A fellow who goes about by the water side picking up coals, nails, or other articles in the mud. Als...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• mud-fish

  n. a fish of Westland, New Zealand, Neochanna apoda, Gunth. Guenther says Neochannais a «degraded f...

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

• mud-lark

  n. another name for the Magpie-lark, Grallina picata (q.v.). ...

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

• mud-hen

  The common name of the Virginia Rail ornithologists. It inhabits small streams and marshes. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mud-turtle

  The popular name of a reptile common in all parts of the United States. Marsh Tortoise and Mud Terra...

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• drift-mud

  Consisting chiefly of an argillaceous earth, brought down by the rivers, floated about, and successi...

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• mud-drags

  Implements and machines for clearing rivers and docks. ...

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• mud or ballast dredger

  A vessel of 300 tons or more, fitted with steam-engine beams and metal buckets. By this powerful mac...

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• mud-fish

  The Lepidosiren, a very remarkable fish of the Gambia and other African rivers. ...

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• mud-hole

  An orifice with steam-tight doors in a marine engine, through which the deposit is removed from the ...

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• mud-lands

  The extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths. ...

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• mud-larks

  People who grovel about bays and harbours at low water for anything they can find. ...

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• mud-lighter

  Large heavy punts which receive the mud or other matter from a dredging vessel. It is the Marie Salo...

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• mud-pattens

  Broad clogs used for crossing mud-lands in the south of England by those who take sea-fowl. ...

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• mud-shores

  Are not unfrequent on an open coast. The most remarkable instance, perhaps, is that of the Guiana; t...

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• to have one's fat in the fire

  is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• as fat as a hen in the forehead

  A saying of a meagre person. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose