stump-jump plough

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• Jump

  ·adv Exactly; pat. II. Jump ·vt To bore with a jumper. III. Jump ·vt To join by a butt weld. IV. ...

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• jump

  The jump, or dining-room jump; a species of robbery effected by ascending a ladder placed by a sham ...

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• jump

  a coat. Lane. ...

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• Stump

  ·noun The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. II. Stump ·vi To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. III. St...

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• to stump

  'To stub one's toe,' is to strike it against anything in walking or running; an expression often use...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• stump

  A derogatory but well-known name in navigating our eastern coasts for the beautiful tower of Boston ...

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• Plough

  ·noun Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. II. Plough ·noun ·same·as Charles's Wain. III. Plough ·noun A ...

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• Plough

  First referred to in Gen. 45:6, where the Authorized Version has "earing," but the Revised Version "...

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• The Plough

  A messuage so called in Fletelane in St. Sepulchre's parish, 36 H. VIII. (L. and P. H. VIII. XIX. (2...

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• plough

  a waggon. W. ...

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• plough

  An instrument formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, and possessed of large graduations. When ...

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• Plough

  The ploughs of ancient Egypt consisted of a share-often pointed with iron or bronze-two handles and ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Jump spark

  ·add. ·- A spark produced by the jumping of electricity across a permanent gap. ...

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• jump, to

  v. to take possession of a claim(mining) on land, on the ground that a former possessor hasabandone...

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• to jump at

  To embrace with eagerness; as, 'I made him an offer, and he jumped at it.' ...

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• jump-jointed

  When the plates of an iron vessel are flush, as in those that are carvel-built. ...

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• Stump-tailed

  ·adj Having a short, thick tail. ...

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• (St.) Paul's Stump

  At the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, marking one of the boundaries of the parish of St...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• stump orator

  A man who harangues the people from the stump of a tree, or other elevation. ...

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• stump oratory

  The sort of popular speaking used by stump orators. ...

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• stump speaker

  A popular political speaker. The lion. W. R. Thompson, of Indiana, one of the most popular stump sp...

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• stump speech

  A speech made from a stump or other elevation; i. e. an electioneering speech in favor of one's self...

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• Trench-plough

  ·vt To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual. ...

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• Plough Alley

  In Sherborne Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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• Plough Court

  1) South out of Lombard Street at No.36 (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward.First mention: Strype, ...

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• Plough Place

  North out of Plough Court, Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816-O.S. 1875). Site n...

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• Plough Yard

  1) On Little Tower Hill, at the Ditch side (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) Nort...

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• plough-sock

  a plough-share. N. ...

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• water-plough

  A machine formerly used for taking mud and silt out of docks and rivers. ...

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• stump-tailed lizard

  n. an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray. ...

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• stump topgallant-masts

  Those without a royal pole. ...

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• Plough Alley, Barbican

  See Plough Court. ...

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• Plough Yard, Bevis Marks

  South out of Bevis Marks. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755). "Plow Yard" (O. and M. 1677). N...

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• Plough Yard, Lombard Street

  See Plough Court. Plough Yard-West out of Seething Lane (L.C.C. Streets, 1912). "Plow Yard," a scho...

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