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• Oats

  ·pl of <<Oat>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• oats

  He has sowed his wild oats; he is staid, or sober, having left off his wild tricks. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• oats

  To feel one's oats, is to feel one's importance. You know you feel your oats as well as any one. So...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Wild

  ·adv Wildly; as, to talk wild. II. Wild ·superl Hard to steer; — said of a vessel. III. Wild ·sup...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• wild

  A ship's motion when she steers badly, or is badly steered. A wild roadstead implies one that is exp...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Wild-cat

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wild Rents

  In Long Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• wild rogues

  Rogues trained up to stealing from their cradles. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wild squirt

  A looseness. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ivy, wild

  n. an Australian creeper, Platylobium triangulare, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae. ...

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

• lemon, wild

  n. a timber tree, Canthiumlatifolium, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiaceae; called also Wild Orange. ...

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

• orange, wild

  n. i.q. Wild Lemon.See under lemon, wild. ...

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

• parsley, wild

  n. Apium leptophyllum,F. v. M., N.O. Umbelliferae. Parsley grows wild inmany parts of the world, es...

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

• parsnip, wild

  n. a poisonous weed, Trachymene australis, Benth., N.O. Umbelliferae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful ...

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

• wild plum

  See plum, native ...

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

• plum, wild

  n. i.q. Native Plum (q.v.). ...

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

• quince, wild

  n. another name for the BlackAsh-tree. See ash. ...

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

• raspberry, wild

  or Native ,n. Rubus gunnianus, Hook., N.O. Rosaceae;peculiar to Tasmania, and so called there. In ...

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

• rosemary, wild

  a slender Australian timber-tree, Cassinia laevis, R. Br., N.O. Compositae. ...

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

• wild dog

  n. i.q. dingo (q.v.). ...

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

• wild geranium

  n. In Australia, the speciesis Pelargonium australe, Willd., N.O. Geraniaceae. ...

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

• wild irishman

  a spiny New Zealand shrub, Discariatoumatou, Raoul, N.O. Rhamneae. The Maori name is Tumata-Kuru (q....

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

• wild parsnip

  n. See parsnip, wild. ...

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

• wild rosemary

  n. See rosemary. ...

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

• wild turkey

  n. See turkey. ...

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

• wild yam

  n. a parasitic orchid, Gastrodiasesamoides, R. Br., N.O. Orchideae. ...

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

• wild-cat

  the pole-cat. Lane. ...

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

• wild-wind

  An old term for whirlwind. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Wild Goose Court

  See Wingoose Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• wild-goose chase

  A tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wild cat bank

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.