plum, grey

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• Grey

  ·adj ·see Gray (the correct orthography). ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Plum

  ·noun A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. II. Plum ·noun A handsome fortune or property; formerly, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• plum

  n. sometimes called Acacia Plum,a timber tree, Eucryphia moorei, F. v. M., N.O. Saxifrageae; called...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum

  very ; plum pleasant, very pleasant. Kent. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Grey Friars

  A house of Franciscan Friars, or Friars Minors, on the north side of Newgate Street, on the site aft...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• grey beard

  Earthen jugs formerly used in public house for drawing ale: they had the figure of a man with a larg...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grey mare

  The grey mare is the better horse; said of a woman who governs her husband. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grey parson

  A farmer who rents the tithes of the rector or vicar. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grey-jumper

  n. name given to an Australiangenus of sparrow-like birds, of which the only species is Struthidea ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• grey nurse

  n. a New South Wales name for aspecies of Shark, Odontaspis americanus, Mitchell,family Lamnidae, w...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• grey-bird

  a thrush. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• grey-parson

  a layman who owns or rents the tythes of a parish. Norf. Called elsewhere Knights of the Grey-coat, ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• grey-friars

  A name given to the oxen of Tuscany, with which the Mediterranean fleet was supplied. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• grey-head

  A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Natal plum

  ·- The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus Arduina (A. bispinosa and A. grandi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• native plum

  n. See plum, wild. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, black

  n. the fruit of the tree Cargillia australis, R. Br., N.O. Ebenaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sweet plum

  See plum, burdekin ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, burdekin

  or Sweet Plum n. a timber tree, Spondias pleiogyna, F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. Wood like Americ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• wild plum

  See plum, native ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, native

  or Wild Plum n. another name for the Brush-Apple. See Apple.The Native Plum, peculiar to Tasmania,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, Queensland

  n. i.q. sweet plum (q.v. infra). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, sour

  n. another name for Emu-Apple (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, sweet

  n. a wild fruit, Oweniavenosa, F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, white

  n. local name for Acacia (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum, wild

  n. i.q. Native Plum (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plum-tree

  n. the tree, Buchananiamangoides, F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Queensland plum

  n. See plum, sweet. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sour-plum

  n. the Emu-apple.See apple. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Grey Friars, Street

  North out of Newgate Street, at No. 108, leading to Christ's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• dandy grey russet

  A dirty brown. His coat's dandy grey russet, the colour of the Devil's nutting bag. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Port-Arthur Plum

  See plum, native. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• grey of the morning

  twilight, from day-break to clear light. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose