scrub-vine

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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

• Vine

  ·noun Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes. II. Vine ·noun Hence, a climbing or trailing pla...

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• Vine

  One of the most important products of Palestine. The first mention of it is in the history of Noah (...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• vine

  n. In Australia, the word is looselyapplied to many trailing or creeping plants, which help toform ...

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

• Vine

  the well-known valuable plant (vitis vinifera) very frequently referred to in the Old and New Testam...

  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...

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• mulga-scrub

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

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

• 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-hen

  i.q. scrub-fowl. ...

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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-wren

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

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• Arbor vine

  ·- A species of bindweed. ...

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• Madeira vine

  ·add. ·- A herbaceous climbing vine (Boussingaultia baselloides) very popular in cultivation, having...

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• Squaw vine

  ·add. ·- The partridge berry (Mitchella repens). ...

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• Vine-clad

  ·adj Covered with vines. ...

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• Water vine

  ·- Any plant of the genus Phytocrene, climbing shrubs of Asia and Africa, the stems of which are sin...

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• Vine Court

  1) East out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-O.S. 1880). Former name: "Bell ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Vine Inn, Vine Yard

  West out of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S.1848-51). Called " P...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Vine Street

  1) South out of India Street, Minories, at No. 8, to the Circus (P.O. Directory). Earliest mention:...

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• Vine Yard

  1) East out of Aldersgate Street at No.101 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without. First ment...

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• fruitful vine

  A woman's private parts, i.e. that has FLOWERS every month, and bears fruit in nine months. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• balloon vine

  n. Australian name for the commontropical weed, Cardiospermum halicacabum, Linn., N.O. Sapindaceae:...

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• balloon-vine

  n. Australian name for the commontropical weed, Cardiospermum halicacabum, Linn., N.O. Sapindaceae:...

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

• caustic-vine

  See caustic-plant ...

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• lawyer-vine

  See lawyer ...

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

• vine, balloon

  See balloon vine. ...

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• vine, burdekin

  Called also Round Yam, Vitis opaca, F. v. M., N.O. Ampelideae. ...

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• vine, caustic

  i.q. caustic-plant (q.v.). ...

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• vine, lawyer

  See lawyer. ...

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• vine-fretter

  (Lat. aphis puceron.) An insect very destructive to vines, rose bushes, cabbages, &c. in the Souther...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• scrub-poison-tree

  n. See poison-tree. ...

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

• Aber-de-vine

  ·noun The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfin...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Vine of Sodom

  Referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is th...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Vine Court Warehouse

  North out of Thames Street, between Beer Lane and Water Lane (Strype, 1720). It seems to be shown i...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Vine Street, Bishopsgate

  See New Street9. ...

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• macquarie harbour vine

  See grape, macquarie harbour ...

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• vine, macquarie harbour

  or Macquarie Harbour Grape (q.v.). Same as Native Ivy. See Ivy. 1891. `Chambers' Encyclopaedia,' s...

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

• vine, native pepper

  See Climbing Pepper,under pepper. ...

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• vine, wonga wonga

  See wonga-wonga vine. ...

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• wonga-wonga vine

  n. a name for the hardy,evergreen climber, Tecoma australis, R. Br., N.O. Bignoniaceae. There are s...

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

• Vine Of Sodom

  occurs only in (32:32) It is generally supposed that this passage alludes to the celebrated apples o...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Vine Court, Gravel Lane

  North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, 1720-Lond. Guide, 1758). Removed before ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.