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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. III. Mutton ·noun A <<Sh...

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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. III. Bird ·noun Specifically, ...

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• Bird

  Birds are divided in the Mosaic law into two classes, (1) the clean (Lev. 1:14-17; 5:7-10; 14:4-7), ...

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• bird

  see burd ...

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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. II. Bird fancier ·- One w...

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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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• minah-bird

  See minah ...

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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. II. Genip tree ·add. ·- The West Indian sapindaceou...

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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). II. Grass tree ·- An Australian plant of the genu...

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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. III. Til tree ·add. ·- An ill-smelling ...

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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. II. Weeping tree ·add. ·- A tree from which honeydew o...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

• gregorian tree

  The gallows: so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law; to whom Sir William Segar,...

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• bean-tree

  n. called also Moreton BayChestnut, Castanospermum australe, Cunn. and Fraser, N.O. Leguminosae; a ...

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• benjamin-tree

  n. also called Weeping Fig in Queensland, Ficus benjaminea, Linn., N.O. Urticaceae. ...

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• blood-tree

  See blood-wood ...

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• bottle-tree

  n. an Australian tree, variousspecies of Sterculia, i.q. Kurrajong (q.v.). Sonamed from its appearan...

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• box-tree

  See boxI ...

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• breadfruit-tree

  name given by the explorer Leichhardtto the Queensland tree, Gardenia edulis, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiace...

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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...

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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...

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• christmas-tree

  n. In Australia, it is the sameas Christmas-bush (q.v.). In New Zealand, it is Metrosideros tomento...

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• cider-tree

  or Cider-Gum, n. name givenin Tasmania to Eucalyptus gunnii, Hook., N.O. Myrtaceae. See Gum. 1830....

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• clover-tree

  n. a Tasmanian tree, called also Native Laburnun. See under Laburnum. ...

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• cordage-tree

  n. name given in Tasmania to a Kurrajong (q.v.). The name Sida pulchella hasbeen superseded by Plag...

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• cork-tree

  n. See bats-wing-coral. ...

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• cotton-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Hibiscusteliaceus, Linn., N.O. Malvaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nativ...

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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...

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• crab-tree

  n. i.q. bitter-bark (q.v.). ...

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• daisy-tree

  n. two Tasmanian trees, Asturstellulatus, Lab., and A. glandulosus, Lab., N.O. Compositae. The latt...

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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...

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• ivy-tree

  n. New Zealand tree, genus Panax, N.O. Araliacae; Maori name, Horoeka. It is also called Lancewood ...

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• leopard-tree

  n. an Australian tree, Flindersia maculosa (or Strezleckiana), F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called als...

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• locust-tree

  of New Zealand. See kowhai. ...

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• spotted-tree

  Same as leopard-tree (q.v.). 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 216: «Spotted or Leopa...

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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...

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• sycamore tree

  See laurel. In New SouthWales, the name is given to Brachyciton luridus,C. Moore, N.O. Sterculiaceae...

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• tamarind-tree

  name given to Diploglottiscunninghamii, Hook., N.O. Sapindaceae; called also Native Tamarind. «A tal...

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• tea-tree

  n. (Very frequently, buterroneously, spelt Ti-tree, and occasionally,more ridiculously still, Ti-tr...

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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...

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• bladder-tree

  (genus straphylea). A handsome shrub, from six to ten feet high, remarkable for its large inflated c...

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