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Sheep
·noun ·sg & ·pl A weak, bashful, silly fellow.
II. Sheep ·noun ·sg & ·pl Fig.: The people of God, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sheep
Are of different varieties. Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sheep
Sheep were an important part of the possessions of the ancient Hebrews and of eastern nations genera...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Run
·- of Run.
II. Run ·p.p. of Run.
III. Run ·adj To creep, as serpents.
IV. Run ·adj Smuggled; as, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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run
n.
1) Tract of land over which sheep orcattle may graze. It is curious that what in England is call...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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run
1) A small stream or rivulet; a word common in the Southern and Western States, though sometimes hea...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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run
The distance sailed by a ship. Also, used among sailors to imply the agreement to work a single pass...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sheep-faced
·adj Over-bashful; sheepish.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sheep-headed
·adj Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sheep-shearer
·noun One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sheep-shearing
·noun Act of shearing sheep.
II. Sheep-shearing ·noun A feast at the time of sheep-shearing.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sheep-fold
A strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep gathered within it (Num. 32:24; 1 Chr. 17:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sheep-gate
One of the gates of Jerusalem mentioned by Nehemiah (3:1, 32; 12:39). It was in the eastern wall of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Sheep-market
Occurs only in John 5:2 (marg., also R.V., "sheep-gate"). The word so rendered is an adjective, and ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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sheep-pest
n.
a common Australian weed, Acama ovina, Cunn., N.O. Rosaceae, found in allthe colonies; so called...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sheep-sick
n.
Used of pastures exhausted forcarrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick,nail-sick, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sheep-wash
(used as verb)
to wash sheep. The word isalso used as a noun, in its ordinary English senses of (1)...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dodded sheep
sheep without horns. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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neptune's sheep
Waves breaking into foam, called white horses.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Run-around
·add. ·noun A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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run goods
A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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run-about
n. and adj.
Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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run-hunting
exploring for a new run. See Run.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xix. p. 238:
«What...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed.
We knew the Tam...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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let run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run, clean
When the after part of a ship's form exhibits a long clean curvature approaching to a wedge.
♦ Ful...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick.
Any one who can...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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run of stones
A pair of mill-stones is called a run of stones when in operation or placed in a mill. The Rochester...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tormenter of sheep skin
A drummer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rings, to run round
: to beat out and out. Apicturesque bit of Australian slang. One runner runs straightto the goal, th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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risk a run, to
To take chance without convoy.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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let go by the run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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run down a coast, to
To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run down a vessel, to
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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run out a warp, to
To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and fasten it to some distant place to remove the shi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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run athwart a ship's course, to
To cross her path.
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The Sailor's Word-Book