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• orchis

  orchis, is, f., = ὄρχις I A plant , a kind of olive , Col. 5, 8, 4; id. Arb. 17, 3; Pall. Febr...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Orchis

  ·noun Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an <<Orchid>>. II. Orchis ·noun A genus of endo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Spider

  ·noun A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire. II. Spider ·noun Any one of various other arach...

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• Spider

  The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wi...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• spider

  n. See katipo. ...

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

• spider

  A cast iron frying-pan with three legs. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• spider

  An iron out-rigger to keep a block clear of the ship's side. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Spider

  The Hebrew word 'accabish in (Job 8:24; Isaiah 59:5) is correctly rendered "spider." Put semamith is...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• ant-orchis

  n. an Australian and Tasmanianorchid, Chiloglottis gunnii, Lind. ...

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

• cockatoo orchis

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Orchid, Caleya major, R. Br. ...

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

• fly-orchis

  n. name applied in Tasmania to theorchid, Prasophyllum patens, R. Br. ...

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

• helmet-orchis

  n. This English name is appliedin Australia to the orchid Pterostylis cucullata, R. Br. 1852. Mrs....

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

• spotted-orchis

  n. Tasmanian name for theOrchid Dipodium punctatum, R. Br. ...

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

• Ballooning spider

  ·- A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( ·esp. species of Lycosa) do thi...

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• Sea spider

  ·- Any pycnogonid. II. Sea spider ·- Any maioid crab; a spider crab. ·see <<Maioid>>, and Spider cr...

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• Spider stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch in lace making used to fill in open spaces with threads resembling a cobweb. ...

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• Spider web

  ·- ·Alt. of Spider's web. ...

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• Water spider

  ·- A water mite. II. Water spider ·- Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especi...

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• spider-shanked

  Thin-legged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• spider-hoop

  The hoop round a mast to secure the shackles to which the futtock-shrouds are attached. Also, an iro...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• spider-lines

  A most ingenious substitution of a spider's long threads for wires in micrometer scales, intended fo...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• red-streaked spider

  or Black-and-red Spider ,an Australasian spider ( Latrodectus scelio, Thorel.),called in New Zealan...

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

• black-and-red spider

  See red-streaked spider ...

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