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mutton-bird
n.
The word is ordinarily appliedto the Antarctic Petrel, AEstrelata lessoni. InAustralasia it is a...
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Mutton
·noun The flesh of a sheep.
II. Mutton ·noun A loose woman; a prostitute.
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mutton
In her mutton, i.e. having carnal knowledge of a woman.
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Bird
·noun Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
II. Bird ·vi To catch or shoot birds.
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Bird
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Tree
·noun Wood; timber.
II. Tree ·noun A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
III. Tree ·vt To drive to a...
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to tree
To take refuge in a tree, said of a wild animal; to force to take refuge in a tree, drive to a tree,...
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Mutton Court
South out of Maiden Lane (Gresham Street). In Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816)....
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laced mutton
A prostitute.
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mutton-headed
Stupid.
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mutton monger
A man addicted to wenching.
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mutton-fish
n.
a marine univalve mollusc, Haliotis naevosa, Martyn: so called from its flavourwhen cooked. The ...
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hog-mutton
a sheep one year old. Lane.
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mutton-snapper
A large fish of the Mesoprion genus, frequenting tropical seas, and prized in the Jamaica markets. (...
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Ant bird
·- ·see Ant bird, under Ant, ·noun.
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Baltimore bird
·- ·Alt. of Baltimore oriole.
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Bird cage
·noun ·Alt. of <<Birdcage>>.
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Bird cherry
·- A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
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Bird fancier
·- One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
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Bird pepper
·- A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the mos...
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Bird-eyed
·adj Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.
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Bird-witted
·adj Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.
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Bower bird
·- An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which cons...
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Canary bird
·- A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It w...
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Chipping bird
·- The <<Chippy>>.
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Devil bird
·noun A small water bird. ·see <<Dabchick>>.
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Egg-bird
·noun A species of tern, ·esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama ...
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Galley-bird
·noun The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.
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Huia bird
·- A New Zealand starling (Heteralocha acutirostris), remarkable for the great difference in the for...
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Ling-bird
·noun The European meadow pipit;
— called also titling.
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Lyre bird
·- Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable f...
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Mallee bird
·- The leipoa. ·see <<Leipoa>>.
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Mino bird
·- An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the ...
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Peabody bird
·- An American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a conspicuous white throat. The name is imita...
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Qua-bird
·noun The American night heron. ·see under <<Night>>.
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Sea bird
·- Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.
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Water bird
·- Any aquatic bird; a water fowl.
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Weet-bird
·noun The wryneck;
— so called from its cry.
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Wheatsel bird
·- The male of the chaffinch.
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Whidah bird
·- Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Af...
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Whydah bird
·- ·Alt. of Whydah finch.
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Widow bird
·- ·see Whidan bird.
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bird-witted
Inconsiderate, thoughtless, easily imposed on.
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canary bird
A jail bird, a person used to be kept in a cage; also, in the canting sense, guineas.
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gallows bird
A grief, or pickpocket; also one that associates with them.
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newgate bird
A thief or sharper, frequently caged in Newgate.
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choir bird
A complete rogue, one that has sung in different choirs or cages, i.e. gaols. CANT.
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whore's bird
A debauched fellow, the largest of all birds. He sings more like a whore's bird than a canary bird; ...
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alarm-bird
n.
a bird-name no longer used inAustralia. There is an African Alarm-bird.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds ...
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bell-bird
n.
name given to several birds,fromtheir note, like the tinkling of a bell. In Australia,a Honey-ea...
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blight-bird
n.
a bird-name in New Zealand forthe Zosterops (q.v.). Called also Silver-eye (q.v.), Wax-eye, and ...
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blood-bird
n.
name given to the Sanguineous Honey-eater. See honey-eater.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...
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bower-bird
n.
Australian bird. See quotation,1891. See Ptilonorhynchinae. The following are thevarieties – – –...
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bristle-bird
n.
a name given to certainAustralian Reed-warblers. They are – – Sphenurabrachyptera, Latham; Long-...
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butcher-bird
n.
The name is in use elsewhere,but in Australia it is applied to the genus Cracticus.The varieties...
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cat-bird
n.
In America the name is given to Mimus carolinensis, a mocking thrush, which like theAustralian b...
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clock-bird
n.
another name for the LaughingJachass. See Jackass.
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dead-bird
n.
In Australia, a recent slangterm, meaning «a certainty.» The metaphor is frompigeon-shooting, wh...
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dell-bird
n.
another name for the Bell-bird (q.v.).
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diamond bird
n.
a bird-name. In the time ofGould this name was only applied to Pardalotuspunctatus, Temm. Since ...
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dingle-bird
n.
a poetical name for theAustralian Bell-bird (q.v.).
1870. F. S. Wilson, `Australian Songs,' p. ...
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dollar-bird
n.
name given to the Roller (q.v.). See quotations.
1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions of L...
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fern-bird
n.
a New Zealand bird ofthe genus Sphenoecus. Also called Grass-bird,and New Zealand Pipit. There a...
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fig-bird
n.
a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...
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flute-bird
n.
another name for the bird Gymnorrhina tibicen, Lath. Called also Magpie (q.v.).
1862. H. C. Ken...
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friar-bird
n. an Australian bird, of the genuscalled Philemon, but originally named Tropidorhynchus (q.v.). It ...
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gill-bird
n.
an occasional name for the Wattle-bird (q.v.).
1896. `Menu' for October 15:
«Gill-bird on Toas...
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glucking-bird
n.
a bird so named byLeichhardt, but not identified. Probably the Boobook (q.v.), and see its quota...
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grass-bird
n.
In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, thesame as Fern-...
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ground-bird
n.
name given in Australia to anybird of the genus Cinclosoma. The species are – – Chestnut-backed ...
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honey-bird
n.
See honey-eater.
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jack-bird
n.
a bird of the South Island of NewZealand, Creadion cinereus, Buller. See also Saddle-back and Cr...
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lotus-bird
n.
Parra gallinacea, Temm.;called also the Jacana (q.v.), and the Parra (q.v.).
1890. C. Lumholtz,...
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lyre-bird
n.
an Australian bird, originallycalled the Bird of Paradise of New South Wales; thencalled a Nativ...
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mallee-bird
n.
an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould. Aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.);see Turkey.
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mocking-bird
n.
The name is given inAustralia to the Lyre-bird (q.v.), and in New Zealandto the Tui (q.v.).
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mound-bird
n.
the jungle-hen of Australia.The birds scratch up heaps of soil and vegetable matter, inwhich the...
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mulberry-bird
n.
name given to the Australianbird Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; called also Fig-bird (q.v.).
1...
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nankeen bird
See nankeen crane
...
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organ-bird
or Organ-Magpie
n.
other names for one of the Magpies (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia...
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parson-bird
n. the New Zealand bird Prosthemadera novae-zelandiae, Gmel.; Maori name, Tui (q.v.). See also Poe.
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pilot-bird
n.
This name is given toa sea-bird of the Caribbean Islands. In Australia itis applied to Pycnoptil...
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porcupine-bird
n.
a bird inhabiting the Porcupine-Grass (q.v.) of Central Australia; the Striated Grass Wren, Amyt...
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rain-bird
n.
The name is popularly given inmany parts of the world to various birds. The Rain-birdof Queensla...
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regent-bird
n.
1) An Australian Bower-bird, Sericulus melinus, Lath., named out of compliment to thePrince Rege...
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rifle-bird
n.
sometimes called also Rifleman (q.v.); a bird of paradise. The male is of ageneral velvety black...
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satin-bird
n. another name for the SatinBower-bird. See Bower-bird.
1827. Vigors and Horsfield, `Transactions ...
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scrub-bird
n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...
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soldier-bird
I.
or Poor Soldier,or Old-Soldier bird
n.
anothername for the Friar-bird (q.v.).
1859. D. Bunce,...
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stitch-bird
n.
a bird of New Zealand.See quotation.
1885. Hugh Martin, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,...
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sultana-bird
n.
a name for the Swamp-Hen (q.v.), Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm.
1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 223...
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summer-bird
n.
the Old Colonists' name for the Wood-swallows. See Swallow. In Tasmania it isapplied to a specie...
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sun-bird
n.
a common name of various birds.Applied in Australia to Cinnyris frenata, Mull.
1869. J. Gould, ...
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thunder-bird
n.
an early name for oneof the Thickheads (q.v.), or Pachycephalae (q.v.). See also quotation, 1896...
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tropic-bird
n.
The English name is appliedbecause the bird is usually seen in the tropics. The speciesobserved ...
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wattle-bird
n.
an Australian bird, so calledfrom the wattles or fleshy appendages hanging to his ear. Inthe Yel...
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weaver-bird
n.
The English name Weaver-bird, in its present broad sense as appliedto a wide variety of birds, i...
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whip-bird
n.
See coach-whip bird.
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jail bird
A prisoner; one who has been confined in prison.--Webster.
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grey-bird
a thrush. S.
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bird-bolt
A species of arrow, short and thick, used to kill birds without piercing their skins.
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boatswain-bird
♦ Phaethon æthereus, a tropical bird, so called from its sort of whistle. It is distinguished by two...
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frigate-bird
♦ Tachypetes aquila, a sea-bird generally seen in the tropics. It seems to live on the wing, is part...
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snow-bird
See ivory gull
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jail-bird
One who has been confined in prison, from the old term of cage for a prison; a felon absurdly (and i...
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tropic-bird
♦ Phaethon æthereus, a well-known sea-bird, distinguished by two very long feathers in its tail; als...
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whale-bird
A beautiful little bird seen hovering in flocks over the Southern Ocean, in search of the small crus...
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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bow-wow mutton
Dog's flesh.
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rack of mutton
the neck or crag. Lane.
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Amber tree
·- A species of Anthospermum, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant od...
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Bay tree
·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
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Beam tree
·- A tree (Pyrus aria) related to the apple.
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Beech tree
·- The <<Beech>>.
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Bito tree
·add. ·- A small scrubby tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca) growing in dry regions of tropical Africa and A...
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Bo tree
·- The peepul tree; ·esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a s...
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Bully tree
·- The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of S...
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Candleberry tree
·- A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of...
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Caper tree
·- ·see <<Capper>>, a plant, 2.
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Cow tree
·- A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incis...
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Crab tree
·- ·see under <<Crab>>.
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Fir tree
·- ·see <<Fir>>.
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Fringe tree
·add. ·- A small oleaceous tree (Chionanthus virginica), of the southern United States, having clust...
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Galapee tree
·- The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
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Gatten tree
·- A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea),...
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Genip tree
·add. ·- Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.
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Gourd tree
·- A tree (the Crescentia Cujete, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America.
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Grass tree
·- A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).
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Hep tree
·- The wild dog-rose.
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Hip tree
·- The dog-rose.
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Ironbark tree
·- The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders;
— called als...
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Locust tree
·- A large North American tree of the genus Robinia (R. Pseudacacia), producing large slender raceme...
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Mahwa tree
·- An East Indian sapotaceous tree (Bassia latifolia, and also B. butyracea), whose timber is used f...
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Neem tree
·- An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. ·see <<Margosa>>.
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Nickar tree
·- ·same·as Nicker nut, Nicker tree.
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Nicker tree
·- The plant producing nicker nuts.
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Ople tree
·- The witch-hazel.
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Peepul tree
·- A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of fig tree which attains great size and...
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Pipal tree
·- ·same·as Peepul tree.
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Pippul tree
·- ·same·as Peepul tree.
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Plane tree
·- ·same·as 1st Plane.
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Planer tree
·- A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, ...
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Quicken tree
·- The European rowan tree;
— called also quickbeam, and quickenbeam. ·see Rowan tree.
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Rowan tree
·- A european tree (Pyrus aucuparia) related to the apple, but with pinnate leaves and flat corymbs ...
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Shea tree
·- An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum, Parkii), from the seeds of which a substanc...
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Shittah tree
·noun A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, ·etc., of th...
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Soapberry tree
·- Any tree of the genus Sapindus, ·esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used ...
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Til tree
·- ·see <<Teil>>.
II. Til tree ·add. ·- Var. of Teil tree.
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Tree burial
·add. ·- Disposal of the dead by placing the corpse among the branches of a tree or in a hollow trun...
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Tree calf
·add. ·- A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike des...
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Water tree
·- A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery s...
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Weeping tree
·add. ·- Any tree having pendulous branches.
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Whitten tree
·- Either of two shrubs (Viburnum Lantana, and V. Opulus), so called on account of their whitish bra...
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Wicken tree
·- ·same·as Quicken tree.
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Witch-tree
·noun The witch-hazel.
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Bay tree
Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...
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Box-tree
(Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing...
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Chestnut tree
(Heb. 'armon; i.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle (Ge...
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Oil-tree
(Isa. 41:19; R.V. marg., "oleaster"), Heb. etz shemen, rendered "olive tree" in 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32...
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Olive-tree
Is frequently mentioned in Scripture. The dove from the ark brought an olive-branch to Noah (Gen. 8:...
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Palm tree
(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...
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Pine tree
Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isa. 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; o...
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Plane tree
Heb. armon (Gen. 30:37; Ezek. 31:8), rendered "chesnut" in the Authorized Version, but correctly "pl...
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Shittah-tree
(Isa. 41:19; R.V., "acacia tree"). Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the tabe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sycamine tree
Mentioned only in Luke 17:6. It is rendered by Luther "mulberry tree" (q.v.), which is most probably...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Teil tree
(an old name for the lime-tree, the tilia), Isa. 6:13, the terebinth, or turpentine-tree, the Pistac...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Oak Tree
A messuage so called in Watling Street, given to the parish of All Hallows, Bread Street (Strype, Ed...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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gregorian tree
The gallows: so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law; to whom Sir William Segar,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bean-tree
n.
called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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benjamin-tree
n.
also called Weeping Fig in Queensland, Ficus benjaminea, Linn., N.O. Urticaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blood-tree
See blood-wood
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bottle-tree
n. an Australian tree, variousspecies of Sterculia, i.q. Kurrajong (q.v.). Sonamed from its appearan...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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breadfruit-tree
name given by the explorer Leichhardtto the Queensland tree, Gardenia edulis, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiace...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cabbage-tree
n
1) Name given to various palmtrees of which the heart of the young leaves is eaten like thehead o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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caper-tree
n.
The Australian tree of this nameis Capparis nobilis, F. v. M., N.O. Capparideae.The Karum of the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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christmas-tree
n.
In Australia, it is the sameas Christmas-bush (q.v.). In New Zealand, it is Metrosideros tomento...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cider-tree
or Cider-Gum, n.
name givenin Tasmania to Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum.
1830....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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clover-tree
n.
a Tasmanian tree, called also Native Laburnun. See under Laburnum.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cordage-tree
n.
name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulchella hasbeen superseded by Plag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cork-tree
n.
See bats-wing-coral.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cotton-tree
n.
an Australian tree, Hibiscusteliaceus, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nativ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cow-tree
n.
a native tree of New Zealand.Maori name, Karaka (q.v.).
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Natu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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crab-tree
n. i.q. bitter-bark (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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daisy-tree
n.
two Tasmanian trees, Asturstellulatus, Lab., and A. glandulosus, Lab., N.O. Compositae. The latt...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fern-tree
n.
Name applied to variousspecies of ferns which grow to a large size, the stem in thefully grown p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ivy-tree
n.
New Zealand tree, genus Panax, N.O. Araliacae; Maori name, Horoeka. It is also called Lancewood ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leopard-tree
n.
an Australian tree, Flindersia maculosa (or Strezleckiana), F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called als...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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locust-tree
of New Zealand. See kowhai.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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spotted-tree
Same as leopard-tree (q.v.).
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 216:
«Spotted or Leopa...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stinging-tree
n.
a Queensland namefor the Giant Nettle, or Nettle-tree (q.v.)
1890. A. J. Vogan, `The Black Poli...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sycamore tree
See laurel. In New SouthWales, the name is given to Brachyciton luridus,C. Moore, N.O. Sterculiaceae...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tamarind-tree
name given to Diploglottiscunninghamii, Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae; called also Native Tamarind. «A tal...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tea-tree
n.
(Very frequently, buterroneously, spelt Ti-tree, and occasionally,more ridiculously still, Ti-tr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ti-tree
n.
erroneous spelling of Tea-tree (q.v.). See also Manuka.
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tree-creeper
n.
popular name applied tomembers of an old Linnaean genus of birds. The Australianspecies are enum...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bladder-tree
(genus straphylea). A handsome shrub, from six to ten feet high, remarkable for its large inflated c...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.