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salt-bush
n. and adj.
the wild alkalineherb or shrub, growing on the interior plains of Australia,on which ho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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old man
n.
a full-grown male Kangaroo.The aboriginal corruption is Wool-man.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Yea...
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old-man
(Artemisia abrotanum.) A popular name for the Southern-wood plant.
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Salt
·noun Marshes flooded by the tide.
II. Salt ·noun Fig.: Bitter; sharp; pungent.
III. Salt ·noun Fi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Salt
Used to season food (Job 6:6), and mixed with the fodder of cattle (Isa. 30:24, "clean;" in marg. of...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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salt
Lecherous. A salt bitch: a bitch at heat, or proud bitch. Salt eel; a rope's end, used to correct bo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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salt
, or old salt.
A weather-beaten sailor. One of the old seamen who not only have known but have fel...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Salt
Indispensable as salt is to ourselves, it was even more so to the Hebrews, being to them not only an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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old-man fern
a Bush-name in Tasmania for the Tree-fern (q.v.).
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Bush
·noun The tail, or brush, of a fox.
II. Bush ·vi To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
III. B...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bush
In which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say wh...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bush
I.
n.
Not originally an Australianapplication. «Recent, and probably a direct adoption of theDutch...
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bush
I.
, or bouche
A circular shouldered piece of metal, usually of brass, let into the lignum vitæ ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bush
The Hebrew word seneh occurs only in those passages which refer to Jehovah's appearance to Moses "in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Man
·vt To tame, as a hawk.
II. Man ·noun The human race; mankind.
III. Man ·vt To furnish with a serv...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Man
1) Heb. Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning "to ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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man
(Cambridge.)
Any undergraduate from fifteen to thirty. As a man of Emanuel--a young member of Emanu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man
A ship is frequently spoken of as man; as man-of-war, merchantman, Guineaman, East or West Indiaman,...
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Man
Four Hebrew terms are rendered "man" in the Authorized Version:
• Adam, the name of the man created...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Old
·noun Open country.
II. Old ·superl More than enough; abundant.
III. Old ·superl Used colloquially...
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old
1) Crafty; cunning. Used in vulgar language. When a person attempts to get the advantage of another,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old
great ; here has been old doings, here has been great doings. C.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Bay salt
·- Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the hea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Epsom salt
·- Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities;
— originally prepared by boiling down the miner...
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Glauber's salt
·- ·Alt. of Glauber's salts.
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Hair-salt
·noun A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.
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Monsel's salt
·- A basic sulphate of iron;
— so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.
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Salt rheum
·- A popular name, ·esp. in the United States, for various cutaneous eruptions, particularly for tho...
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Salt-green
·adj Sea-green in color.
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Sea salt
·- Common salt, obtained from sea water by evaporation.
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Salt Sea
(Josh. 3:16). See DEAD [545]SEA.
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salt-lick
A saline spring, where animals resort for drink. See lick.
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salt lick
(LICK)
1) In America, a place where the beasts of the forest lick for salt at salt springs. Webster...
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salt-box
A case for keeping a temporary supply of cartridges for the immediate use of the great guns; it is u...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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salt-eel
A rope's-end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens.
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salt-junk
Navy salt beef. (See junk.)
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salt-pits
Reservoirs to contain sea-water for the purpose of making salt.
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Salt Sea
Or Dead Sea
[Sea, The Salt, THE SALT]
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Bramble bush
·- The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
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Caper bush
·- ·Alt. of Caper tree.
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Creosote bush
·add. ·- A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southwa...
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Poison bush
·add. ·- The plant Myoporum deserti, often distinguished as Ellangowan poison bush or dogwood poison...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bush Lane
South out of Cannon Street, at No. 86, to 157 Upper Thames St. (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook and Dow...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Mourning Bush
See Fountain Tavern1, Aldersgate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ivy bush
Like an owl in an ivy bush; a simile for a meagre or weasel-faced man, with a large wig, or very bus...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blue-bush
n.
an Australian forage plant,a kind of Salt-bush, Kochia pyrainidata, Benth, N.O. Chenopodiaceae.
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bush-faller
n.
one who cuts down timber in thebush.
1882. `Pall Mall Gazette,' June 29, p. 2, col. 1:
«A brok...
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bush-fire
n.
forests and grass on fire in hotsummers.
1868. C. Dilke, `Greater Britain,' vol. ii. part iii. ...
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bush-lawyer
n.
1) A Bramble.See Lawyer.
2) Name often used for a layman who fancies he knows all aboutthe law ...
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bush-magpie
n.
an Australian bird, morecommonly called a Magpie (q.v.).
1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australas...
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bush-ranging
n.
the practice of the Bushranger (q.v.).
1827. `Captain Robinson's Report,' Dec. 23
«It was a su...
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bush-scrubber
n.
a bushman's word for a boor,bumpkin, or slatternly person. See Scrubber.
1896. Modern. Up-count...
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bush-telegraph
n.
Confederates of bushrangerswho supply them with secret information of the movements of thepolice...
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bush-wren
n.
See wren.
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 108:
[A full description.]
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cattle-bush
n.
a tree, Atalayahemiglauca, F. v. M., N.O. Sapindacea.It is found in South Australia, New South W...
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christmas-bush
n.
an Australian tree, Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Smith, N.O. Saxifrageae. Called also Christmas-tre...
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cockatoo bush
n.
i.q. native currant (q.v).
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coffee-bush
n. a settlers' name for the NewZealand tree the Karamu (q.v.). Sometimes called also Coffee-plant.
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cotton-bush
n.
name applied to two treescalled Salt-bush (q.v.). (1) Bassia bicornis,Lindl. (2) Kochia aphylla,...
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emu-bush
n.
an Australian shrub, Eremophilalongifolia, F. v. M., N.O. Myoporineae.
1875. T. Laslett, `Timbe...
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flax-bush
n.
the bush of the New ZealandFlax.
1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' Intro. p. v:
«I had ....
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hemp-bush
n.
the plant Plagianthuspulchellus, A. Gray, N.O. Halvaceae, native of Australiaand New Zealand. Th...
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hop-bush
n.
«the name for all species of Dodonaea» (Maiden, p. 417), N.O. Sapindaceae.
1883. F. M. Bailey, ...
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milk-bush
n.
a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
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needle-bush
n.
name applied to two Australiantrees, Hakea leucoptera, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae;called also Pin-b...
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pin-bush
n.
i.q. Needle-bush (q.v.)
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poison-bush
n.
name given to a genus of poisonous Australian shrubs, Gastrolobium (q.v.).
Out of the thirty-th...
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rose-bush
a timber-tree, Eupomatia laurina,R. Br., N.O. Anonaceae.
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saloop-bush
n.
name given to an erectsoft-stemmed bush, Rhagodia hastata, R. Br., N.O. Salsolaceae, one of the ...
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sandfly-bush
n. Australian namefor the indigenous tree Zieria smithii, Andr., N.O. Rutaceae. Called also Turmeric...
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twine bush
n.
i.q. Hakea flexilis.See Hakea.
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umbrella-bush
Acacia osswaldi, F. v. M., N.O. Leguminosae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 363:
«...
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wallaby-bush
n.
a tall shrub or tree, Beyeria viscosa, Miq., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.Same as the Pinkwood of Tasmania...
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button bush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis.) A shrub which grows along the water side, its insulated thickets furnis...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fever bush
(Laurus benzoin.) An aromatic shrub with a flavor resembling Benzoin.--Bigelow's Flora Bostoniensis....
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shag-bush
An old term for a harquebus, or hand-gun.
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man-of-war's man
A seaman belonging to the royal navy.
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Abraham-man
·noun ·Alt. of Abram-man.
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Abram-man
·noun One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of...
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Apron man
·- A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
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Decoy-man
·noun A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
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Man-eater
·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...
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Quarry-man
·noun A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
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Remainder-man
·noun One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. ·see <<Remainder>>, ·noun, 3.
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Squaw man
·add. ·- A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by...
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Trencher-man
·noun A <<Cook>>.
II. Trencher-man ·noun A table companion; a trencher mate.
III. Trencher-man ·no...
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barrow man
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bristol man
The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cunning man
1) A cheat, who pretends by his skill in astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods: and...
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durham man
Knocker kneed, he grinds mustard with his knees: Durham is famous for its mustard.
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family man
A thief or receiver of stolen goods.
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fancy man
A man kept by a lady for secret services.
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flash man
A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully.
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good man
A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich ma...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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honest man
A term frequently used by superiors to inferiors. As honest a man as any in the cards when all the k...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man trap
A woman's commodity.
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pannier man
A servant belonging to the Temple and Gray's Inn, whose office is to announce the dinner. This in th...
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public man
A bankrupt.
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strong man
To play the part of the strong man, i.e. to push the cart and horses too; to be whipt at the cart's ...
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sunday man
One who goes abroad on that day only, for fear of arrests.
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topping man
A rich man.
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trencher man
A stout trencher man; one who has a good appetite, or, as the term is, plays a good knife and fork.
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turnpike man
A parson; because the clergy collect their tolls at our entrance into and exit from the world.
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ostentatious man
One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks.
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ungrateful man
A parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil.
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upright man
An upright man signifies the chief or principal of a crew. The vilest, stoutest rogue in the pack is...
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remittance-man
n.
one who derives the meansof an inglorious and frequently dissolute existence from theperiodical ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-man
n.
used in Australia for a manemployed to look after stock.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government ...
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stocks-man
n.
an unusual form for Stock-man (q.v.).
1862. F. J. Jobson, `Australia,' c. vi. p. 145:
«We saw ...
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wool-man
n.
aboriginal mispronunciation of old man (q.v.).
1830. Robert Dawson, `The Present State of Austr...
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tithing-man
In New England, a parish officer appointed to preserve order at public worship, and enforce the prop...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dattle-man
a day-labourer. York.
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daves-man
an arbitrator, or umpire. N.
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knightle-man
an active or skilful man. N.
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sary-man
an expression of pity. N.
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wasset-man
a scarce-crow. Wilts.
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beach-man
A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducti...
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bond-man
A harsh method in some ships, in keeping one man bound for the good behaviour of another on leave.
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full man
A rating in coasters for one receiving whole pay, as being competent to all his duties; able seaman....
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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hebber-man
An old name for a fisherman on the Thames below London Bridge, who took whitings, smelts, &c., commo...
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man, to
To provide a competent number of hands for working and fighting a ship; to place people for duty, as...
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man-bound
Detained in port in consequence of being short of complement.
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man-broker
Synonymous with crimp (which see).
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man-hole
The aperture, secured by a door, in the upper part of a steam-boiler, which allows a person to enter...
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man-hunting
The impress service.
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man overboard!
A cry which excites greater activity in a ship than any other, from the anxious desire to render ass...
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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...
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peter-man
, or peterer.
A fisherman. Also, the Dutch fishing vessels that frequented our eastern coast.
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quarter-man
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen.
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signal-man
The yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy.
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stere's-man
A pilot or steerer, from the Anglo-Saxon stéora.
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Old Dominion
·add. ·- Virginia;
— a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as "t...
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Old-fashioned
·adj Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, a...
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Old-gentlemanly
·adj Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.
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Old-maidish
·adj Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
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Old-maidism
·noun The condition or characteristics of an old maid.
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Old-womanish
·adj Like an old woman; anile.
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Old gate
One of the gates in the north wall of Jerusalem, so called because built by the Jebusites (Neh. 3:6;...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Old Bailey
South from Newgate Street, at No.2, to 46 Ludgate Hill (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bethlem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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Old Change
South out of Cheapside, at No.10, to Knightrider Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within,...
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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Old Exchange
See Old Change.
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Old Jewry
North out of Poultry, at No.43, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward and Coleman Street...
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Old Lane
See Viterilane.
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Old Ludgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate, west of the London Workhouse, on the south side of Half Moon Street...
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Old Piscaria
See Old Fish Street.
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Old Place
Messuage or great Place commonly called the "Old Place" situate at the east head of the parish churc...
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The Old Swan
In Thames Street in 1645 near St. Martin's lane (L. and P. Chas. I. xx. p. 59').
The lady of Glouce...
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Old Temple
See The Temple.
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Old Wardrobe
See Prince's Wardrobe.
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Old Yard
South out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Seems to be identical with Old...
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old hat
a woman's privities: because frequently felt.
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old hand
Knowing or expert in any business.
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old harry
A composition used by vintners to adulterate their wines; also the nick-name for the devil.
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old ding
See old hat.
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old nick
The Devil: from NEKEN, the evil spirit of the north.
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old one
The Devil. Likewise an expression of quizzical familiarity, as "how d'ye do, OLD ONE?"
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old pegg
Poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk.
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old stager
One accustomed to business, one who knows mankind.
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old toast
A brisk old fellow. CANT.
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the old start
Newgate: he is gone to the start, or the old start. CANT.
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hand, old
n.
one who has been a convict.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 141:
«The men who hav...
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hat, old
See old-hat.
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identity, old
n.
phrase denoting a person wellknown in a place. a term invented in Dunedin, New Zealand, in1862, ...
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old chum
n.
Not in common use: the oppositeto a new chum.
1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,...
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old-hat
a Victorian political catch-word.
1895. `The Argus,' May 11, p. 8, col. 3:
«Mr. Frank Stephen was ...
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old hat
a Victorian political catch-word.
1895. `The Argus,' May 11, p. 8, col. 3:
«Mr. Frank Stephen was ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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old lady
n.
name given to a moth, ErebusPluto.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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old-wife
n.
a New South Wales fish, Enoplosus armatus, White, family Percidae.The local name Old-Wife in Eng...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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"old hunkers"
We have been requested to give a definition of this term. Party nicknames are not often logically ju...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old-wife
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old-squaw
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old countryman
A native of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales. The term is never applied to persons from the Cont...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old dominion
The State of Virginia.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old hunker
See barnburners.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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old land
ground that has lain long untilled, and just ploughed up. The same in Essex is called new lands.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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old lad
and OLD YOUTH
applied to a healthy man in years : he's a fine old youth. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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old hand
A knowing and expert person.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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old horse
Tough salt-beef.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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old-stager
One well initiated in anything.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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old-stagerism
An adherence to established customs; sea conservatism.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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old wife
A fish about 2 feet long, and 9 inches high in the back, having a small mouth, a large eye, a broad ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Age, Old
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Old Testament
I. TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.-
• History of the text. -A history of the text of the Old Testament s...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Testament, Old
[OLD TESTAMENT; BIBLE] OLD TESTAMENT - 3249
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Salt, Valley of
A place where it is said David smote the Syrians (2 Sam. 8:13). This valley (the' Arabah) is between...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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salt-water vegetables
In New York, a cant term for oysters and clams.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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boll of salt
two bushels. Northum.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Salt, City Of
the fifth of the six cities of Judah which lay in the "wilderness." (Joshua 15:62) Mr. Robinson expr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Salt, Valley Of
a valley in which occurred two memorable victories of the Israelite arms:
• That of David over the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary