tobacco, colonial

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• Colonial

  ·adj Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Tobacco

  ·noun The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, ·etc., by being dried, cured, and manuf...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• tobacco

  A plant, once in great estimation as a medicine: Tobacco hic Will make you well if you be sick. Tob...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tobacco, native

  n. In Australia generally,a true Tobacco, Nicotiana suaveolens, Lehm., N.O. Solanaceae; readily eat...

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

• tobacco

  (Span. tabaco.) An American plant; the dried leaves of the plant used for smoking, chewing, and for ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• tobacco

  Has been supplied for the use of the ships' companies in the royal navy from the 1st January, 1799. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Colonial Avenue

  East out of the Minories at Nos. 12 and 20. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory). Seems to occupy the...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Colonial House

  No. 155 Fenchurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward, nearly opposite Rood Lane. Occupies ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• colonial experience

  n. and used asadj. same as cadet (q.v.) in New Zealand;a young man learning squatting business, gai...

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

• colonial goose

  n. a boned leg of muttonstuffed with sage and onions. In the early days the sheep wasalmost the sol...

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

• saddle, colonial

  n. 1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 53: «The colonial saddle is a shapeless, cumbers...

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

• native tobacco

  n. See tobacco. ...

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

• tobacco-charts

  The worthless charts formerly sold by ship-chandlers. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Tobacco Roll Court

  West out of Gracechurch Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• fid of tobacco

  A quid, from the small pieces of tow with which the vent or touch hole of a cannon is stopped. SEA T...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fid of tobacco

  A chew, or quid of tobacco. A word only used by those who make use of the weed. It is also used in E...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.