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• Cat

  ·noun A cat o' nine tails. ·see <<Below>>. II. Cat ·noun A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up ...

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• cat

  A common prostitute. An old cat; a cross old woman. to cat To vomit from drunkenness. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cat, native

  n. a small carnivorous marsupial,of the genus Dasyurus. The so-called native cat is nota cat at all...

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• cat

  A ship formed on the Norwegian model, and usually employed in the coal and timber trade. These vesse...

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• Native

  ·adj Arising by birth; having an origin; born. II. Native ·adj Naturally related; cognate; connecte...

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• native

  I. n. This word, originally applied, aselsewhere, to the aboriginal inhabitants of Australia, is n...

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• Cat-eyed

  ·adj Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark. ...

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• Cat-harpin

  ·noun ·see Cat-harping. ...

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• Cat-harping

  ·noun One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to gi...

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• Cat-hole

  ·noun One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. ...

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• Cat-rigged

  ·adj Rigged like a catboat. ...

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• Cat-salt

  ·noun A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine. ...

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• Cat-silver

  ·noun <<Mica>>. ...

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• Cat-tail

  ·noun A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having i...

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• Gib-cat

  ·noun A male cat, ·esp. an old one. ·see lst Gib. ·noun. ...

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• Hell-cat

  ·noun A witch; a hag. ...

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• Sea cat

  ·- The wolf fish. II. Sea cat ·- Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus feli...

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• Tib-cat

  ·noun A female cat. ...

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• Wild-cat

  ·adj Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive. II...

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• Cat Alley

  North out of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). "Catt Alley" (Stryp...

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• cat-heads

  A Woman's breasts. SEA PHRASE. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cat call

  A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It deriv...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cat lap

  Tea, called also scandal broth. See scandal broth. ...

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• cat match

  When a rook or cully is engaged amongst bad bowlers. ...

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• cat sticks

  Thin legs, compared to sticks with which boys play at cat. See trap sticks. ...

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• cat whipping

  A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength, by laying a wager with ...

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• cheshire cat

  He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of anyone who shews his teeth and gums in laughing. ...

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• gib cat

  A northern name for a he cat, there commonly called Gilbert. As melancholy as a gib cat; as melancho...

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• hell cat

  A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman. See termagant and vixen. ...

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• ram cat

  A he cat. ...

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• cat-bird

  n. In America the name is given to Mimus carolinensis, a mocking thrush, which like theAustralian b...

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

• cat-fish

  n. The name is applied in the OldWorld to various fishes of the family Siluridae, andalso to the Wo...

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• tiger-cat

  n. special name appliedto the Common and Spotted-tailed Native Cat.See under Cat. 1832. J. Bischof...

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• cat-tails

  Hares-tail rush (erophorum vaginatum). So called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. This name is ...

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• cat-ham'd

  fumbling, awkward, without dexterity. Exmoor. ...

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

• whern-cat

  a queen-cat, or female cat. QUEEN, in Saxon, was used to signify the female ; ex. g. QUEEN FUGOL, a ...

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• wild-cat

  the pole-cat. Lane. ...

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• cat-beam

  This, called also the beak-head beam, is the broadest beam in the ship, and is generally made of two...

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• cat-block

  A two or three fold block, with an iron strop and large hook to it, which is employed to cat or draw...

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• cat-fall

  The rope rove for the cat-purchase, by which the anchor is raised to the cat-head or catted. ...

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• cat-fish

  A name for the sea-wolf (Anarrhicas lupus). ...

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• cat-gut

  A term applied to the sea-laces or Fucus filum. (See sea-catgut.) ...

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• cat-harpings

  , or catharpin legs Ropes under the tops at the lower end of the futtock-shrouds, serving to brace...

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• cat-head

  The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...

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• cat-holes

  Places or spaces made in the quarter, for carrying out fasts or springs for steadying or heaving ast...

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• cat-hook

  A strong hook which is a continuation of the iron strop of the cat-block, used to hook the ring of t...

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• cat-lap

  A common phrase for tea or weak drink. ...

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• cat-rig

  A rig which in smooth water surpasses every other, but, being utterly unsuited for sea or heavy weat...

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• cat-rope

  A line for hauling the cat-hook about: also cat-back-rope, which hauls the block to the ring of the ...

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• cat-stopper

  , or cathead-stopper A piece of rope or chain rove through the ring of an anchor, to secure it for...

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• cat-tackle

  A strong tackle, used to draw the anchor perpendicularly up to the cat-head, which latter is sometim...

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• sea-cat

  A name of the wolf-fish, Anarrhicas lupus. ...

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• thieves' cat

  A cat o' nine tails having knots upon it, and only used for the punishment of theft. ...

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• Native steel

  ·add. ·- A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized a...

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• borage(, native)

  n. a plant, Pollichiazeylanica, F. v. M., N.O. Boragineae. The so-called Native Borage is not endem...

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• bramble, native

  n. See blackberry. ...

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• bread(, native)

  n. a kind of fungus. «Thesclerotium of Polyporus mylitta, C. et M. Until quiterecently the scleroti...

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• broom, native

  n. an Australian timber, Viminaria denudala, Smith, N.O. Leguminosae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful ...

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• cranberry(, native)

  n. called also Ground-berry ; name given to three Australian shrubs. 1) Styphelia (formerly Lissa...

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• ivy, native

  an Australian plant, Muehlenbeckiaadpressa, Meissn., N.O. Polygonaceae; called also Macquarie Harbou...

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• leek, native

  n. a poisonous Australian plant, Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O. Liliaceae. Calledalso Native Onion. It...

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• native arbutus

  n. See wax-cluster. ...

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• native banana

  n. another name for lilly-pilly (q.v.). ...

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• native banyan

  n. another name for Ficusrubiginosa. See fig-tree. ...

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• native bear

  n. See bear. ...

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• native beech

  n. See beech. ...

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• native blackberry

  n. See blackberry. ...

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• native borage

  n. See borage. ...

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• native box

  n. See box. ...

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• native bread

  n. See bread. ...

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• native broom

  n. See broom. ...

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• native burnet

  n. See burnet. ...

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• native cabbage

  n. The Nasturtiumpalustre, De C., N.O. Cruciferae, is so called,but in spite of its name it is not ...

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• native carrot

  n. See carrot. ...

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• native cascarilla

  n. See cascarilla. ...

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• native celery

  or australian celery ,n. See celery, australian. ...

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• native centaury

  n. See centaury. ...

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• native cherry

  n. See cherry. ...

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• native-companion

  n. an Australian bird-name, Grus australasianus, Gould. See also Crane. 1845. R. Howitt, `Australi...

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• native cranberry

  n. See cranberry. ...

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• native currant

  n. See under currant. ...

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• native daisy

  n. See daisy. ...

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• native damson

  n. See damson. ...

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• native dandelion

  n. See dandelion. ...

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• native daphne

  n. See daphne. ...

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• native date

  n. See date. ...

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• native deal

  n. See deal. ...

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• native dog

  n. Another name for the dingo (q.v.). ...

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• native elderberry

  n. See elderberry. ...

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• native flag

  n. See under flax, native,and flax, New Zealand. ...

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• native fuchsia

  n. See fuchsia. ...

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• native furze

  n. See hakea. ...

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• native ginger

  n. See ginger. ...

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• native grape

  n. See grape, gippsland. ...

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• native-hen

  n. name applied to various speciesof the genus Tribonyx (q.v.). The Australian speciesare – – Tribo...

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• native hickory

  n. See hickory. ...

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• native holly

  n. See holly. ...

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• native hops

  n. See hops. ...

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• native hyacinth

  n. See hyacinth. ...

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• native indigo

  . n. See indigo. ...

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• native ivy

  n. See ivy, and grape, macquarie harbour. ...

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• native jasmine

  n. See jasmine. ...

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• native juniper

  n. Same as Native Currant. See under currant. ...

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• native kumquat

  n. Same as desert lemon (q.v.). ...

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• native laburnum

  n. See laburnum. ...

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• native laurel

  n. See laurel. ...

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• native lavender

  n. See lavender. ...

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• native leek

  n. See leek. ...

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• native lilac

  n. a Tasmanian plant.See lilac. ...

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• native lime

  n. See lime. ...

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• native lucerne

  n. i.q. Queensland Hemp.See under hemp. ...

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• native mangrove

  n. Tasmanian name for the boobialla (q.v.). ...

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• native mignonette

  n. See mignonette. ...

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• native millet

  n. See millet. ...

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• native mint

  n. See mint. ...

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• native mistletoe

  n. See mistletoe. ...

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• native mulberry

  n. See mulberry-bird. ...

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• native myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• native nectarine

  n. another name for the Emu-Apple. See under apple. ...

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• native oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• native olive

  n. See under olive and marblewood. ...

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• native onion

  n. Same as Native Leek.See Leek. ...

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• native orange

  n. See under orange. ...

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• native peach

  n. i.q. quandong (q.v.). ...

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• native pear

  n. See hakeaand pear. ...

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• native pennyroyal

  n. See pennyroyal. ...

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• native pepper

  n. See pepper. ...

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• native plantain

  n. See plantain. ...

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• native plum

  n. See plum, wild. ...

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• native pomegranate

  n. See orange, native. ...

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• native potato

  n. See potato. ...

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• native quince

  n. Another name for Emu-Apple. See apple. ...

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• native raspberry

  n. See raspberry. ...

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• native rocket

  n. See rocket. ...

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• native sandalwood

  n. See sandalwoodand raspberry-jam tree. ...

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• native sarsaparilla

  n. See sarsaparilla. ...

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• native sassafras

  n. See sassafras. ...

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• native shamrock

  . n. See shamrock. ...

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• native sloth

  n. i.q. native bear.See bear. ...

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• native speedwell

  n. See speedwell. ...

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• native tamarind

  n. See tamarind-tree. ...

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• native tiger

  n. See tasmanian tiger. ...

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• native tobacco

  n. See tobacco. ...

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• native tulip

  n. See waratah. ...

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• native turkey

  n. Same as Wild Turkey.A vernacular name given to Eupodotis australis, Gray,which is not a turkey a...

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• native vetch

  n. See vetch. ...

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• native willow

  n. See boobialla and poison-berry tree. ...

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• native yam

  n. See yam. ...

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• orange, native

  n. name given to two Australian trees. 1) Capparis mitchelli, Lindl., N.O. Capparideae. 1889. J. ...

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• plum, native

  or Wild Plum n. another name for the Brush-Apple. See Apple.The Native Plum, peculiar to Tasmania,...

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• rock-native

  or Native n. a namegiven to the fish called a Schnapper when it hasceased to «school.» See Schnapp...

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• rose, native

  n. i.q. bauera (q.v.). ...

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• willow, native

  n. i.q. Boobialla (q.v.), and also another name for the Poison-berry Tree (q.v.). ...

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• yam, native

  n. a tuber, Ipomaea spp., N.O. Convolvulaceae. The tubers are sometimes eatenby the aboriginals. ...

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• native americans

  The name assumed by a political party which sprang up a few years ago, to advocate the rights and pr...

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• (The) Cat and Fiddle

  In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393). Earliest mention: "le Cat...

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• cat harping fashion

  Drinking cross-ways, and not, as usual, over the left thumb. SEA TERM. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cat in pan

  To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn CATE or CAK...

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• whipping the cat

  A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength, by laying a wager with ...

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• cherry-coloured cat

  A black cat, there being black cherries as well as red. ...

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• kit-cat club

  A society of gentlemen, eminent for wit and learning, who in the reign of queen Anne and George I. m...

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• to shoot the cat

  To vomit from excess of liquor; called also catting. To vomit from drunkenness. ...

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• cat-tail grass

  Herds grass, or timothy. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• wild cat bank

  One of the various terms applied at the West to some of the irresponsible banks of the country. A ba...

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• cat the anchor

  When the cat is hooked and "cable enough" veered and stoppered, the anchor hangs below the cat-head,...

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• combing the cat

  The boatswain, or other operator, running his fingers through the cat o' nine tails, to separate the...

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• fore cat-harpings

  See cat-harpings. ...

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• native passion-flower

  n. See passion-flower. ...

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• native scarlet-runner

  n. See kennedya. ...

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• pomegranate, small native

  n. another name forthe Native Orange. See orange. ...

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• vine, native pepper

  See Climbing Pepper,under pepper. ...

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• Cat o' nine tails

  ·- ·see under <<Cat>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• The Cat and Fiddle Cheap

  A shop called the "Catt and Fiddell" in the parish of St. Peter in Chepe, 4 Ed. VI. (Lond. I. p.m. I...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• cat and bagpipean society

  A society which met at their office in the great western road: in their summons, published in the da...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cat of nine tails

  A scourge composed of nine strings of whip-cord, each string having nine knots. ...

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• cat-with-two-tails

  an earwig. Northum. ...

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• salt-cat, or gate

  a cake of salt used to decoy pigeons. North. ...

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• cat o' nine tails

  An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...

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• Cat and Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate

  See Catherine Wheel Alley. ...

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• to see how the cat jumps

  A metaphorical expression meaning, to discover the secrets or designs of others. We also say, in th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.