-
Stump-tailed
·adj Having a short, thick tail.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Stump
·noun The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
II. Stump ·vi To walk clumsily, as if on stumps.
III. St...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
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 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Lizard
·noun A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.
II. Lizard ·noun ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Lizard
Only in Lev. 11:30, as rendering of Hebrew letaah, so called from its "hiding." Supposed to be the L...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
lizard
A piece of rope, sometimes with two legs, and one or more iron thimbles spliced into it. It is used ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Lizard
(that which clings to the ground) (Heb. letaah . (Leviticus 11:30) Lizards of various kinds abound i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Tailed
·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails;
— chiefly used in composition; as, bob...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
(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.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
stump oratory
The sort of popular speaking used by stump orators.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
stump speaker
A popular political speaker.
The lion. W. R. Thompson, of Indiana, one of the most popular stump sp...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
stump speech
A speech made from a stump or other elevation; i. e. an electioneering speech in favor of one's self...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
Water lizard
·- Any aquatic lizard of the genus Varanus, as the monitor of the Nile. ·see <<Monitor>>, ·noun, 3.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
bearded lizard
n.
See jew-lizard.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
frilled-lizard
n.
See quotation.
1875, G. Bennett, `Proceedings of Royal Society of Tasmania,'p. 56:
«Notes on t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
green lizard
n.
sometimes called the Spotted Green Lizard, a New Zealand reptile, Naultinus elegans, Gray.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
jew-lizard
n.
a large Australian lizard, Amiphibolurus barbatus, Cuv.; called also BeardedLizard.
1847. L. Le...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
lace-lizard
n.
Hydrosaurus (Varanus)varius. See Goanna.
1881. F. McCoy, `Prodomus of the Natural History of Vi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
sleepy lizard
i.q. blue-tongued lizard (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
spiny-lizard
n.
i.q. Mountain Devil (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
Crop-tailed
·adj Having the tail cropped.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Dag-tailed
·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Daggle-tailed
·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Draggle-tailed
·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fan-tailed
·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
— said of many bir...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Racket-tailed
·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Rat-tailed
·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Ruby-tailed
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Scissors-tailed
·adj Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Spine-tailed
·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Stiff-tailed
·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Swallow-tailed
·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
II. Swallow-tailed ·adj Having a tail like that of a swallo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Wedge-tailed
·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Wire-tailed
·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
culver-tailed
Fastened by dove-tailing a way of letting one timber into another, so that they cannot slip asunder....
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
stump-jump plough
n.
a farm implement,invented in Australia, for ploughing the wheat-lands, which areoften left with ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
stump topgallant-masts
Those without a royal pole.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
blue-tongued lizard
n.
name given to Tiliqua nigroluteus, Gray, a common Australian andTasmanian lizard belonging to th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
brown tree-lizard
n.
of New Zealand, Naultinus pacificus.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
orange-spotted lizard
(of New Zealand), Naultinuselegans, Gray.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
nail-tailed wallaby
n.
See onychogale.
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris