scrub-hen

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• Scrub

  ·noun A worn-out brush. II. Scrub ·noun Something small and mean. III. Scrub ·adj Mean; dirty; con...

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• scrub

  A low mean fellow, employed in all sorts of dirty work. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scrub

  I. n. country overgrown with thick bushes.Henry Kingsley's explanation (1859), that the word means...

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

• Hen

  ·noun The female of the domestic fowl; also, the female of grouse, pheasants, or any kind of birds; ...

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• Hen

  grace; quiet; rest ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Hen

  Common in later times among the Jews in Palestine (Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34). It is noticeable that t...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• hen

  A woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Hen

  The hen is nowhere noticed in the Bible except in (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34) That a bird so common ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• mallee-scrub

  n. the «scrub,» or thicket,formed by the Mallee (q.v.). 1893. A. R. Wallace, `Australasia,' vol. i...

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

• mulga-scrub

  n. thickets of Mulga-trees. 1864. J. McDouall Stuart, `Explorations in Australia,'p. 190: «For th...

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• scrub-bird

  n. name given to two Australianbirds, of the genus Atrichia. (Grk. 'atrichos= without hair.) They ar...

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• scrub-cattle

  n. escaped cattle that run wild in the scrub, used as a collective plural of Scrubber (q.v.). 1860...

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• scrub-crab

  n. a Queensland fruit. The largedark purple fruit, two inches in diameter, of Sideroxylonaustrale, ...

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• scrub-dangler

  n. a wild bullock. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvi. p. 193: «He is one of thos...

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

• scrub-fowl

  n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

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• scrub-gum

  n. See gum. ...

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• scrub-ironwood

  n. See ironwood. ...

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• scrub-myrtle

  n. See myrtle. ...

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• scrub-oak

  n. See oak. ...

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• scrub-pine

  n. See pine. ...

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• scrub-rider

  n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...

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• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

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• scrub-sandalwood

  n. See sandalwood. ...

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• scrub-tit

  n. See tit. ...

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• scrub-tree

  n. any tree that grows in the scrub. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 219: «Almost ...

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• scrub-turkey

  n. an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey. ...

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• scrub-vine

  n. called also Native Rose. See bauera (q.v.). ...

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• scrub-wren

  n. any little bird of theAustralian genus Sericornis. The species are – – Brown Scrub-Wren – – Seri...

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• Daker hen

  ·- The corncrake or land rail. ...

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• Dandy-hen

  ·noun ·f A bantam fowl. ...

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• Hen-hearted

  ·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. ...

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• Sea hen

  ·- the common guillemot; — applied also to various other sea birds. ...

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• Tappit hen

  ·- A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. II. Tappit hen ·- A measuring pot holding one quart...

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• Water hen

  ·- Any gallinule. II. Water hen ·- The common American coot. ...

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• hen-hearted

  Cowardly. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hen house

  A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, or...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fat-hen

  n. a kind of wild spinach.In England the name is applied to various plants of thickfoliage. 1847. ...

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

• jungle-hen

  n. name given to a mound-buildingbird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould. See also Megapode. The Indian Jun...

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

• mallee-hen

  n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). 1890. `Victorian Statutes-Game Act, Third Schedule': [Close Season...

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

• maori-hen

  n. Same as Weka (q.v.). ...

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• moor-hen

  n. common English bird-name( Gallinula). The Australian species are – – the Black, Gallinula tenebr...

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• native-hen

  n. name applied to various speciesof the genus Tribonyx (q.v.). The Australian speciesare – – Tribo...

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• swamp-hen

  n. an Australasian bird, Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm. (often incorrectlyshortened to Melanotus). Ca...

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• hen-hawk

  (Falco lineatus.) The popular name of the red-shouldered hawk of naturalists. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• mud-hen

  The common name of the Virginia Rail ornithologists. It inhabits small streams and marshes. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• prairie-hen

  The pinnated grouse of ornithologists. It is also called Heath-hen and Grouse in some parts of the c...

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• clocking hen

  a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N. ...

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

• clucking hen

  a hen desirous of sitting to hatch her eggs. N. ...

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

• hen-bawks

  a hen-roost, from the bawks of which it consists. See BAWKS. N. ...

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

• cape-hen

  See molly-mawk. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hen-frigate

  A ship wherein the captain's wife interfered in the duty or regulations. ...

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• sea-hen

  A name of the fish Trigla lyra, or crooner (which see). ...

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• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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

• Blue Hen State

  ·add. ·- The State of Delaware; — a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to...

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• moon-eyed hen

  A squinting wench. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• brood-hen star

  The cluster of the Pleiades. ...

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• Hen and Chickens Court

  North out of Fleet Street at No. 183, east of St. Dunstan's church, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.O....

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• as fat as a hen in the forehead

  A saying of a meagre person. ...

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