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Officer
·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over.
II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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officer
A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Officer
It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefin...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Plant
·noun The sole of the foot.
II. Plant ·noun A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
III. Plant ·n...
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plant
The place in the house of the fence where stolen goods are secreted. Any place where stolen goods ar...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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plant
v. tr. and n.
common in Australiafor to hide, and for the thing hidden away. As remarkedin the quot...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant
A stock of tools, &c. Also, the fixtures, machinery, &c., required to carry on a business.
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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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chief officer
See chief mate
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crack officer
One of the best class.
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flag-officer
A term synonymous with admiral.
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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...
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naval officer
One belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad...
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orderly officer
In the army. See officer of the day.
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petty officer
A divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal.
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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen.
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senior officer
The commanding officer for the time being.
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signal-officer
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant.
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staff-officer
On the general staff of the army, or of a combined force. See staff.
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warrant-officer
Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...
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Air plant
·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>.
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Dove plant
·- A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with nu...
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Flax-plant
·noun A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two in...
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Host plant
·add. ·- A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are u...
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
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Plant-cane
·noun A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second ...
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Plant-eating
·adj Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
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Telegraph plant
·add. ·- An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like...
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Water plant
·- A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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butterfly-plant
n.
a small flowering plant, Utricularia dichotoma, Lab., N.O. Leutibularina.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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caustic-plant
or Caustic-Vine
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Sarcostemma australis, R. Br., N.O.Asclepiadea. Cattle and sheep are poisoned ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coffee plant
or Coffee Berry
n.
namegiven in Tasmania to the Tasmanian Native Holly (q.v.).
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guitar plant
a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatiatinctoria, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae.
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honey-plant
n.
name given in Tasmania to Richea scoparia Hook., N.O. Epacris.
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ink-plant
n.
another name for the «toot,» a New Zealand shrub, Coriaria thymifolia, N.O.Coriarieae. Called In...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jelly-plant
a sea-weed, Eucheuma speciosum,J. Agardh, N.O. Algae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-plant
n.
i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pea-plant
n.
The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae.
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plant-caterpillar
n.
name given in Australasiato species of caterpillars which are attacked by spores ofcertain fungi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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trigger-plant
n.
i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box.
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bird-catching plant
n.
a New Zealand shrub ortree, Pisonia brunoniana, Endl., N.O. Nyctagineae; Maori name, Parapara.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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officer of the day
A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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officer of the watch
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch.
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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority.
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