smooth hound

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• Smooth

  ·adv <<Smoothly>>. II. Smooth ·adj To free from obstruction; to make easy. III. Smooth ·adj To giv...

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• smooth

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• smooth

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• Basset hound

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• kangaroo-hound

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• hound-fish

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• Smooth-chinned

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• Smooth-spoken

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• holly, smooth

  n. name given to the tree Hedycarya angustifolia, A. Cunn., N.O. Monimiaceae; called also Native Mu...

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• smooth holly

  n. See holly. ...

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• smack smooth

  At the West, a term applied to land which is thoroughly cleared; i. e. smoothly cleared; level. It i...

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• smack-smooth

  Level with the surface; said of a mast which has gone by the board. ...

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• watching a smooth

  Looking for a temporary subsidence of the waves of a head-sea, previous to easing down the helm, in ...

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