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Lady
·noun A wife;
— not now in approved usage.
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lady
A crooked or hump-backed woman.
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Pig
·noun A <<Piggin>>.
II. Pig ·noun One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
III. Pig ·noun Any wild spe...
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pig
1) A police officer. A China street pig; a Bow-street officer. Floor the pig and bolt; knock down th...
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pig
a hog of any size, as well as a young hog. York and Derb.
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Faced
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Face>>.
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faced
Turned up with facings on the cuffs and collars of uniforms and regimentals.
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Lady-killer
·noun A gallant who captivates the hearts of women.
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Lady-killing
·noun The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
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Elect lady
To whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed (2 John 1:1). Some think that the word rendered "lad...
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Morgan, Lady (Sydney Owenson)
(1780?-1859)
Novelist, dau. of Robert Owenson, an actor, was the author of several vivacious Irish ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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cool lady
A female follower of the camp, who sells brandy.
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old lady
n.
name given to a moth, ErebusPluto.
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Pig-eyed
·adj Having small, deep-set eyes.
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Pig-headed
·adj Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
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Pig-jawed
·adj Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the low...
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Pig-sticking
·noun Boar hunting;
— so called by Anglo-Indians.
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Sea pig
·- A porpoise or dolphin.
II. Sea pig ·- A <<Dugong>>.
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Water pig
·- The <<Gourami>>.
II. Water pig ·- The <<Capybara>>.
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Pig Street
See Little Broad Street.
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tantony pig
The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.--To follow like a tantony pig, i.e. St. Anthony's pig; ...
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cold pig
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...
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frig pig
A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow.
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goodyer's pig
Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.
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pig-headed
Obstinate.
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pig running
A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and ...
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
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pig-face
Pig-faces, and Pig's-face,or Pig's-faces.
Names given to an indigenous «iceplant,» Mesembryanthemum...
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pig-fish
n.
name given to the fish Agriopusleucopaecilus, Richards., in Dunedin; called also the Leather-jac...
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sea-pig
n.
a small whale, the Dugong.See under Dugong-oil.
1853. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,'...
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pig-nut
(Lat. juglans porcina.) A small species of walnut.--Michaux, Sylva.
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pig-yoke
Among seamen, the name for a quadrant, from its resemblance to a pig-yoke.
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anthony pig
the favourite, or smallest pig of the litter or farrow. Kent.
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pig-iron
(See sow.) An oblong mass of cast-iron used for ballast; there are also pigs of lead.
"A nodding b...
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pig-tail
The common twisted tobacco for chewing.
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pig-yoke
The name given to the old Davis quadrant.
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Apple-faced
·adj Having a round, broad face, like an <<Apple>>.
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Bald-faced
·adj Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.
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Bell-faced
·adj Having the striking surface convex;
— said of hammers.
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Black-faced
·adj Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Bold-faced
·adj Having a conspicuous or heavy face.
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Chub-faced
·adj Having a plump, short face.
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Copper-faced
·adj Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
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Cream-faced
·adj White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Double-faced
·adj Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous.
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Dough-faced
·adj Easily molded; pliable.
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False-faced
·adj <<Hypocritical>>.
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Fiber-faced
·adj ·Alt. of Fibre-faced.
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Fibre-faced
·adj Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of;
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Janus-faced
·adj Double-faced; deceitful.
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Lean-faced
·adj Having a thin face.
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Moon-faced
·adj Having a round, full face.
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Mulberry-faced
·adj Having a face of a mulberry color, or blotched as if with mulberry stains.
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Pitch-faced
·adj Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true...
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Platter-faced
·adj Having a broad, flat face.
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Pug-faced
·adj Having a face like a monkey or a pug; monkey-faced.
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Putty-faced
·adj White-faced;
— used contemptuously.
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Quarry-faced
·adj Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point;
— sa...
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Sheep-faced
·adj Over-bashful; sheepish.
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Smock-faced
·adj Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish.
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Tallow-faced
·adj Having a sickly complexion; pale.
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Weasel-faced
·adj Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
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Whey-faced
·adj Having a pale or white face, as from fright.
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Wizen-faced
·adj Having a shriveled, thin, withered face.
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bacon-faced
Full-faced.
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bracket-faced
Ugly, hard-featured.
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bran-faced
Freckled. He was christened by a baker, he carries the bran in his face.
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brandy-faced
Red-faced, as if from drinking brandy.
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brazen-faced
Bold-faced, shameless, impudent.
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chitty-faced
Baby-faced; said of one who has a childish look.
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corny-faced
A very red pimpled face.
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cribbage-faced
Marked with the small pox, the pits bearing a kind of resemblance to the holes in a cribbage-board.
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platter-faced
Broad-faced.
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ruby faced
Red-faced.
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smock-faced
Fair faced.
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stub-faced
Pitted with the smallpox: the devil ran over his face with horse stabs (horse nails) in his shoes.
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weasel-faced
Thin, meagre-faced. Weasel-gutted; thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a sharp ...
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mezzil-faced
red with pimples. Lane.
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liver-faced
Mean and cowardly, independent of complexion.
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Baillie, Lady Grizel
(1665-1746)
Poetess, dau. of Sir Patrick Home or Hume, afterwards Earl of Marchmont, was married to...
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Barnard, Lady Anne (Lindsay)
(1750-1825)
Poet, e. dau. of the 5th Earl of Balcarres, married Andrew Barnard, afterwards Colonial...
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Bury, Lady Charlotte
(1775-1861)
Novelist, dau. of the 5th Duke of Argyll, and m. first to Col. J. Campbell, and second ...
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Fullerton, Lady Georgiana (Leveson-Gower)
(1812-1885)
Novelist, dau. of the 1st Earl Granville, and sister of the eminent statesman. She wrot...
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Guest, Lady Charlotte(Bertie)
(1812-1895)
Dau. of the 9th Earl of Lindsey, m. in 1833 Sir Josiah J. Guest, a wealthy ironmaster, ...
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Lamb, Lady Caroline
(1785-1828)
Novelist, dau. of 3rd Earl of Bessborough, m. the Hon. William Lamb, afterwards Lord Me...
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Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Pierrepont)
(1690-1762)
Letter-writer, was the eldest dau. of the 1st Duke of Kingston. In her youth she combin...
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Scott, Lady John (Alicia Ann Spottiswoode)
(1801-1900)
M. Lord John Scott. She was the writer of a number of Scottish songs characterised by t...
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Lady Bitch's House
Opposite Banister's Court, now or later the dwelling of Dr. Salmon, a good large building, with a gr...
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Lady Holles' School
At the south-east corner of Redcross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1880).
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lady, puppy's mamma
Jocular ways of calling a woman a bitch.
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lady dacre's wine
Gin.
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Guinea-pig director
·add. ·- A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for ...
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pig-footed bandicoot
n.
name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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furze-man-pig
a hedge -hog. Glouc.
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lady of easy virtue
A woman of the town, an impure, a prostitute.
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knight and barrow pig
more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency.
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lady of the gun-room
A gunner's mate, who takes charge of the after-scuttle, where gunners' stores are kept.
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to get the wrong pig by the tail
is to make a mistake in selecting a person for any object. If a charge is made against a man, who on...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Provision made for the collection of weekly alms for the support of the Chapel of Our Lady near Guildhall founded "pur tote la compaignie du Pui" (ib.).
Henry le Waleis gave to the Confraternity of the Pui (de Podio) 5 marks annual quit rent on all his ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.