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wooden pear
n.
a tree peculiar to New SouthWales and Queensland, Xylomelum pyriforme, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae; c...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Pear
·noun The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wooden
·adj Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
II. Wooden ·adj Made or consisting of wood; pert...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pear, native
name given to a timber-tree, Xylomelum pyriforme, Sm., N.O. Proteaceae(called also Wooden Pear), and...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Anchovy pear
·- A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora)...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Choke pear
·- A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.
II. Choke pear ·- A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pear-shaped
·adj Of the form of a pear.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea pear
·- A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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choak pear
Figuratively, an unanswerable objection: also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers; it was ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pear making
Taking bounties from several regiments and immediately deserting. The cove was fined in the steel fo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden habeas
A coffin. A man who dies in prison is said to go out with a wooden habeas. He went out with a wooden...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden spoon
(Cambridge.) The last junior optime.
See wranglers, optime.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden horse
To fide the wooden horse was a military punishment formerly in use. This horse consisted of two or m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden ruff
The pillory.
See norway neckcloth.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden surtout
A coilin.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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native pear
n.
See hakeaand pear.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wooden buoys
Buoyant constructions of wood of various shapes, with a ring-bolt at each end, to which vessels can ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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wooden walls
A term signifying the fleet, and though thought to be peculiarly English, was used by the Delphic or...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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wooden-wings
The lee-boards, for keeping barges to windward.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pear Tre Court
At the east end of Angel Alley, Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wooden World Court
North out of Bell Alley, east of Bridgewater Gardens on the northern boundary of Cripplegate Ward Wi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.