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Summer
·v One who sums; one who casts up an <<Account>>. II. Summer ·vi To pass the summer; to spend the w...

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Country
·adv The rock through which a vein runs. II. Country ·adv Rural regions, as opposed to a city or to...

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country
A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered. ...

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Summer-fallow
·vt To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fal...

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summer-bird
n. the Old Colonists' name for the Wood-swallows. See Swallow. In Tasmania it isapplied to a specie...

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indian summer
A period of warm weather late in autumn, when it is said, the Indians go hunting to supply themselve...

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summer-goos
the Gossamer. North. ...

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summer-blink
A transient gleam of sunshine in bad weather. ...

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summer couts
A northern name for the aurora borealis. ...

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summer solstice
See cancer. ...

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Country bank
·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city. ...

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Country club
·add. ·- A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to o...

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Country cousin
·add. ·- A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights. ...

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Country seat
·- A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city. ...

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Country-base
·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

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Country-dance
·noun ·see <<Contradance>>. ...

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North country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...

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country harry
A waggoner. CANT. ...

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country put
An ignorant country fellow. ...

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winter country
in New Zealand (South Island),land so far unaffected by snow that stock is wintered on it. ...

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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...

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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic. ...

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maritime country
A country which has its shores washed by the sea. ...

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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...

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Never, Never Country
or Never, Never Land See quotations. Mr. Cooper's explanation (1857 quotation) isnot generally acce...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
east-country ships
The same as easterlings. ...

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west-country parson
A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...

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Samaria, Country Of
Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west...

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