shovel-nose

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• Shovel

  ·vt To gather up as with a shovel. II. Shovel ·vt To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• shovel

  To be put to bed with a shovel; to be buried. He or she was fed with a fire-shovel; a saying of a pe...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shovel

  A copper implement for removing a cartridge from a gun without injuring it. Formerly used, and as la...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Nose

  ·noun The power of smelling; hence, scent. II. Nose ·vi To pry officiously into what does not conce...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• nose

  1) As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is governed. T...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nose

  Often used to denote the stem of a ship. Also, a neck of land: naes, or ness. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Shovel-nosed

  ·adj Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Shovel Court

  West out of Wood Street at No.123, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831). First mention: Strype,...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• fire shovel

  He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ballast-shovel

  A peculiar square and spoon-pointed iron shovel. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bottle-nose

  ·noun The <<Puffin>>. II. Bottle-nose ·noun A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, a...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bull's-nose

  ·noun An external angle when obtuse or rounded. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cone-nose

  ·add. ·noun A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidae, often found in houses, ·esp. in the...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Copper-nose

  ·noun A red nose. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Pug nose

  ·- A short, thick nose; a snubnose. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Tut-nose

  ·noun A snub nose. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Nose-jewels

  Only mentioned in Isa. 3:21, although refered to in Gen. 24:47, Prov. 11:22, Hos. 2:13. They were am...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• malmsey nose

  A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nose bag

  A bag fastened to the horse's head, in which the soldiers of the cavalry put the oats given to their...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nose gent

  A nun. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pope's nose

  The rump of a turkey. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• snub nose

  A short nose turned up at the end. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• blue-nose

  The slang name for a native of Nova Scotia. "Pray, sir," said one of my fellow passengers, "can you...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• nose-gigg

  a toe-piece on a shoe. Exm. ...

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

• blue-nose

  A general term for a native of Nova Scotia. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bottle-nose

  , or bottle-nosed whale A name applied to several of the smaller cetaceans of the northern seas, m...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• galley-nose

  The figure-head. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Nose-Jewel

  (Genesis 24:22; Exodus 35:22) "earing;" (Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12) "jewel on the forehead," a ring...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• coguing the nose

  Making comfortable over hot negus or grog. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Shovel Alley, St. Katherlne's

  North out of Great Garden Street (P.C. 1732-Lockie, 1810). Removed for the formation of the St. Kat...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.