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Roman
·adj Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
II. Roman ·noun Rom...
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Roman
strong; powerful
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Lamp
·noun A thin plate or lamina.
II. Lamp ·noun A device or mechanism for producing light by electrici...
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Lamp
1) That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light (Ex. 25:37; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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lamp
An eye. The cove has a queer lamp. The man has a blind or squinting eye.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Lamp
That part of the golden candlestick belonging to the tabernacle which bore the light; also of each o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Shell
·noun A <<Pod>>.
II. Shell ·vi To fall off, as a shell, crust, ·etc.
III. Shell ·add. ·noun A goug...
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shell
In artillery, a hollow iron shot containing explosive materials, whether spherical, elongated, eccen...
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Greco-Roman
·adj Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman; as, Greco-Roman architecture.
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Roman calendar
·add. ·- The calendar of the ancient Romans, from which our modern calendars are derived. It is said...
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cement, roman
For docks, piers, &c. See pozzolana.
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roman cement
A cement which hardens under water; used for piers, docks, &c., as pozzolana, Aberthaw limestone, &c...
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Roman Empire
The first historic mention of Rome in the Bible is in 1 Macc. 1:10, about the year 161 B.C. in the y...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Argand lamp
·- A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and...
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Blast lamp
·add. ·- A lamp provided with some arrangement for intensifying combustion by means of a blast.
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Carcel lamp
·- A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superabundance of oil is pumped to the wick...
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Davy lamp
·- ·see Safety lamp, under <<Lamp>>.
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Fresnel lamp
·- ·Alt. of Fres'nel' lan'tern.
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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...
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Pilot lamp
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Pilot light.
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Tungsten lamp
·add. ·- An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refra...
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slush-lamp
n. a lamp made by filling an oldtin with fat and putting a rag in for wick. The word, thoughnot excl...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fumigation-lamp
An invention for purifying the air in hospital-ships and close places.
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lamp-shells
A name applied to the Terebratulæ of zoologists.
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Acorn-shell
·noun One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. ·see <<Barnacle>>.
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Argus shell
·- A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peaco...
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Ark shell
·- A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
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Boat shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
II. Boat shell ·- A marine gastropod of the genus Cr...
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Bubble shell
·- A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.
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Ear-shell
·noun A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis;
— called also sea-ear. ·see <<Abalon...
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Fig-shell
·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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Goroon shell
·- A large, handsome, marine, univalve shell (Triton femorale).
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Hard-shell
·adj Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
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Ioqua shell
·- The shell of a large Dentalium (D. pretiosum), formerly used as shell money, and for ornaments, b...
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Maara shell
·- A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used...
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Mail-shell
·noun A <<Chiton>>.
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Mask shell
·- Any spiral marine shell of the genus Persona, having a curiously twisted aperture.
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Pouch-shell
·noun A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
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Rice-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
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Shell-lac
·noun ·Alt. of <<Shellac>>.
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Shell-less
·adj Having no shell.
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Slit-shell
·noun Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a d...
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Soft-shell
·adj ·Alt. of Soft-shelled.
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Spur-shell
·noun Any one of several species of handsome gastropod shells of the genus Trochus, or Imperator. Th...
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Tongue-shell
·noun Any species of Lingula.
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Top-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochi...
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Torpedo shell
·add. ·- A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the b...
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Trough-shell
·noun Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra. ·see <<Mactra>>.
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Tube-shell
·noun Any bivalve mollusk which secretes a shelly tube around its siphon, as the watering-shell.
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Tulip-shell
·noun A large, handsomely colored, marine univalve shell (Fasciolaria tulipa) native of the Southern...
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Turban-shell
·noun A sea urchin when deprived of its spines;
— popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to...
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Turnip-shell
·noun Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, som...
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Turtle-shell
·noun The turtle cowrie.
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Tusk-shell
·noun ·see 2d Tusk, ·noun, 2.
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Valve-shell
·noun Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.
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Wedge-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in w...
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Wing-shell
·noun Any pteropod shell.
II. Wing-shell ·noun Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. ·s...
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Worm-shell
·noun Any species of Vermetus.
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Wreath-shell
·noun A marine shell of the genus Turbo. ·see <<Turbo>>.
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oat-shell
n.
the shell of various species of Columbella, a small marine mollusc used for necklaces.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rice-shell
n.
The name is applied elsewhereto various shells; in Australia it denotes the shell of variousspec...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rosary-shell
n.
In Europe, the name isapplied to any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. In Australia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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shell-grinder
n.
another name for the Port-Jackson Shark (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tooth-shell
n. The name is applied, inEurope, to any species of Dentalium and allied generahaving a tooth-shaped...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to shell out
means to hand over money.
Witness the testimony of Major Noah and others in New York, who prove tha...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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clam-shell
The lips, or mouth. There is a common though vulgar expression in New England, of "Shut your clam-sh...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blind-shell
One which, from accident or bad fuze, has fallen without exploding, or one purposely filled with lea...
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bomb-shell
A large hollow ball of cast-iron, for throwing from mortars (distinguished by having ears or lugs, b...
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crow-shell
A fresh-water mussel.
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live-shell
One filled with its charge of powder or other combustible. It is also called a loaded shell.
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loaded-shell
A shell filled with lead, to be thrown from a mortar. The term is also used for live-shells.
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mail-shell
A name for the chiton.
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segment-shell
For use with rifled guns; an elongated iron shell having very thin sides, and built up internally wi...
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shell-fish
A general term applied to aquatic animals having a hard external covering or shell, as whelks, oyste...
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shell-room
An important compartment in ships of war, fitted up with strong shelves to receive the shells when c...
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shell, shrapnel
See shrapnel shell.
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shrapnel shell
Invented by General Shrapnel to produce, at a long range, the effect of common case; whence they hav...
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Roman Bath Street
North out of Newgate Street at No.76 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tortoise-shell fish
See hand-fish.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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