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walking-stick palm
n.
See under palm, walking-stick.
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walking-stick
n.
See phasmid.
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Walking
·- ·adj & ·noun from Walk, v.
II. Walking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Walk>>.
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Palm
·vt To <<Handle>>.
II. Palm ·noun The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
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palm
The triangular face of the fluke of an anchor. Also, a shield-thimble used in sewing canvas, rope, &...
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Stick
·vt A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
II. Stick ·vi To cause difficulties, scruples, or h...
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to stick
To take in; to impose upon; to cheat in trade. 'I'm stuck with a counterfeit note;' 'He went to a ho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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walking cornet
An ensign of foot.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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walking poulterer
One who steals fowls, and hawks them from door to door.
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walking stationer
A hawker of pamphlets, &c.
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walking-leaf
n.
See phasmid.
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walking ticket
Orders to leave; a dismissal. When a person is appointed to a public office, or receives a commissio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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walking papers
Orders to leave; a dismissal. When a person is appointed to a public office, or receives a commissio...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Coco palm
·- ·see <<Cocoa>>.
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Cocoa palm
·- A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, a...
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Cohune palm
·add. ·- A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard ...
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Doom palm
·- A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, whic...
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Doum palm
·- ·see Doom palm.
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Fan palm
·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...
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Grugru palm
·- A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. ·see Macaw tree, under <<Macaw>>.
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Ita palm
·- A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its ...
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Jaggery palm
·add. ·- An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the ...
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Jagua palm
·- A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and...
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Jupati palm
·- A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.
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Palm Sunday
·- The Sunday next before Easter;
— so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into...
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Raffia palm
·add. ·- The jupati palm.
II. Raffia palm ·add. ·- A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of ...
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Palm tree
(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Alexandra Palm
n.
a Queensland tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M. A beautifully markedwood much used for maki...
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cabbage-palm
n.
same as cabbage-tree1 (q.v.).
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corypha-palm
n.
an obsolete name for Livistona inermis, now called Cabbage-tree (q.v.).
1847. L. Leichhardt, `O...
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lawyer-palm
See lawyer
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nut-palm
n.
a tree, Cycas media,R. Br., N.O. Cycadeae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 21:
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palm, alexandra
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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palm, black
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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palm, cabbage
n.
i.q. Cabbage-tree (q.v.)
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palm nut
n.
See under nut.
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palm-wine
A sub-acid and pleasant fermented tropical drink. (See toddy.)
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Palm Tree
(Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Mahl-stick
·noun ·see Maul-stick.
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Maul-stick
·noun A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working.
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Message stick
·add. ·- A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, ·esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey inform...
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Poking-stick
·noun A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.
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Stick-lac
·noun ·see the Note under <<Lac>>.
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Stick-seed
·noun A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutl...
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Stick-tight
·noun Beggar's ticks.
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Throwing stick
·add. ·- An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear;
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stick flams
A pair of gloves.
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sugar stick
The virile member.
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drafting-stick
n.
a stick used in draftingcattle.
1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. x. p. 72:
«We ...
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fire-stick
n.
name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
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message-stick
n.
The aboriginals sometimescarve little blocks of wood with various marks to conveymessages. These...
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paddymelon-stick
n.
a stick used by theaborigines for knocking paddymelons (q.v.) on the head.
1851. J. Henderson, ...
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stick-caterpillar
n.
See phasmid.
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stick-up
v. tr.
1) The regular word for theaction of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway androbbi...
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throwing-stick
n.
native Australian weapon,by means of which the spear is thrown. See Woomera.
1802. G. Barringto...
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whip-stick
n.
variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub.
1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...
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yam-stick
n.
See quotation 1882, Tolmer.
1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings,' p. 27.
«One leg's thin as Lie...
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sharp stick
'He's after him with a sharp stick;' i. e. he's determined to have satisfaction, or revenge. Western...
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stick-chimney
In newly settled parts of the country, where log-houses form the first habitations of the settlers, ...
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gob-stick
A horn or wooden spoon.
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head-stick
A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...
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scouring-stick
See scourer
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walking the plank
A mode of destroying devoted persons or officers in a mutiny or ship-board, by blindfolding them, an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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walking a plank
An obsolete method of destroying people in mutiny and piracy, under a plea of avoiding the penalty o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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walking speaking-trumpet
A midshipman repeating quarter-deck orders.
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to cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to shake a stick at
A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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walking up against the wall
To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar.
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walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
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Palm trees, The city of
The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13.
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death's head upon a mop-stick
A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy.
See otomy.-- He looked as pleasant as the p...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose