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Heron
·noun Any wading bird of the genus Ardea and allied genera, of the family Ardeidae. The herons have ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Heron
(Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is 'anaphah, and indicate...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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heron
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common English bird-name. The species presentin Australia are – – Ashy Reef H. – – Demiegretta a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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heron
A large bird of the genus Ardea, which feeds on fish.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Heron
(Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) a common large, wading, unclean bird. Nearly all of the species known in En...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Nankeen
·noun Trousers made of nankeen.
II. Nankeen ·noun An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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nankeen
(A Chinese word.) A species of light yellow or fawn-colored cloth, made from cotton of the same colo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Night
·noun Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
II. Night ·noun The period after the close of life; death.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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nankeen bird
See nankeen crane
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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nankeen crane
or Nankeen Bird, or Nankeen Night Heron
n.
the Australian bird Nycticorax caledonicus, Gmel. Both ...
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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nankeen-hawk
n.
an Australian bird, Tinnunculus cenchroides, Vig. and Hors., whichis otherwise called Kestrel (q...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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nankeen hawk
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an Australian bird, Tinnunculus cenchroides, Vig. and Hors., whichis otherwise called Kestrel (q...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Fore-night
·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night letter
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Night lettergram.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night lettergram
·add. ·- ·see <<Letter>>, above.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night terrors
·add. ·- A sudden awkening associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, ·esp. those...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night-blooming
·adj Blooming in the night.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night-eyed
·adj Capable of seeing at night; sharp-eyed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night-faring
·adj Going or traveling in the night.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Twelfth-night
·noun The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Night-hawk
(Heb. tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). This was supposed ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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night magistrate
A constable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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after night
After nightfall; in the evening; as, "A meeting will be held in the court-house after night." This e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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night-walker
A fish of a reddish colour, about the size of a haddock, so named by Cook's people from the greatest...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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night ward
The night-watch.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Very's night signals
·add. ·- A system of signaling in which balls of red and green fire are fired from a pistol, the arr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fly-by-night
You old fly-by-night; an ancient term of reproach to an old woman, signifying that she was a witch, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fly-by-night
A sort of square-sail, like a studding-sail, used in sloops when running before the wind; often a te...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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night order-book
A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Watches Of Night
The Jews, like the Greeks and Romans, divided the night into military watches instead of hours, each...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary