sheep-wash

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• Sheep

  ·noun ·sg & ·pl A weak, bashful, silly fellow. II. Sheep ·noun ·sg & ·pl Fig.: The people of God, a...

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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

• Sheep

  Sheep were an important part of the possessions of the ancient Hebrews and of eastern nations genera...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Wash

  ·adj Washy; weak. II. Wash ·noun A liquid dentifrice. III. Wash ·noun Ten strikes, or bushels, of ...

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• wash

  Paint for the face, or cosmetic water. Hog-wash; thick and bad beer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wash

  An accumulation of silt in estuaries. Also, a surface covered by floods. Also, a shallow inlet or gu...

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• Sheep-faced

  ·adj Over-bashful; sheepish. ...

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• Sheep-headed

  ·adj Silly; simple-minded; stupid. ...

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• Sheep-shearer

  ·noun One who shears, or cuts off the wool from, sheep. ...

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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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• Sheep-fold

  A strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep gathered within it (Num. 32:24; 1 Chr. 17:...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

• sheep-run

  n. See run. ...

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• sheep-sick

  n. Used of pastures exhausted forcarrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick,nail-sick, ...

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• dodded sheep

  sheep without horns. N. ...

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• neptune's sheep

  Waves breaking into foam, called white horses. ...

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• Black wash

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>. ...

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• By-wash

  ·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water. ...

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• Wash drawing

  ·add. ·- In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from ...

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• Wash sale

  ·add. ·- A sale made in washing. ·see <<Washing>>, ·noun, 3, above. ...

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• Wash stand

  ·add. ·- In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may b...

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• Wash-off

  ·adj Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; — said of colors not fixed by steaming ...

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• Wish-wash

  ·noun Any weak, thin drink. ...

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• Wood-wash

  ·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen. ...

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• pan-wash

  See pan ...

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• a-wash

  Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up. ...

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• by-wash

  The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel. ...

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• wash-strake

  See wash-board ...

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• wash-board

  , or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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• wash-boards

  A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...

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• wash-water

  A ford. ...

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• tormenter of sheep skin

  A drummer. ...

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• wash of an oar

  See blade of an oar ...

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• heave and a-wash

  An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....

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