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Whip
·vt The long pennant. ·see Pennant (a).
II. Whip ·vt To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
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whip
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A single rope rove through a single block to hoist in light articles. Where greater and steadie...
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Stick
·vt A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
II. Stick ·vi To cause difficulties, scruples, or h...
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to stick
To take in; to impose upon; to cheat in trade. 'I'm stuck with a counterfeit note;' 'He went to a ho...
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whip upon whip
A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...
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Sea whip
·- A gorgonian having a simple stem.
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Whip-shaped
·adj Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or s...
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whip jacks
The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit...
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to whip off
To run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch. He whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, wher...
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stock-whip
n.
whip for driving cattle.See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
«The s...
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whip-bird
n.
See coach-whip bird.
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whip-snake
n.
or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake.
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whip-tail
n.
1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation.
2) A Tasmanian fish; see unde...
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penny-whip
very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart.
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coach-whip
The pendant.
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double-whip
A whip is simply a rope rove through a single block; a double whip is when it passes through a lower...
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whip-staff
See whipII
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whip-jack
An old term, equivalent to fresh-water sailor, or a sham-shipwrecked tar. (See turnpike-sailors.)
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whip-ray
A ray with a long tail ending in a very fine point. It is armed with a dangerous serrated spine, jag...
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whip-saw
The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit.
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Mahl-stick
·noun ·see Maul-stick.
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Maul-stick
·noun A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working.
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Message stick
·add. ·- A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, ·esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey inform...
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Poking-stick
·noun A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.
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Stick-lac
·noun ·see the Note under <<Lac>>.
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Stick-seed
·noun A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutl...
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Stick-tight
·noun Beggar's ticks.
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Throwing stick
·add. ·- An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear;
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stick flams
A pair of gloves.
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sugar stick
The virile member.
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drafting-stick
n.
a stick used in draftingcattle.
1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. x. p. 72:
«We ...
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fire-stick
n.
name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
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message-stick
n.
The aboriginals sometimescarve little blocks of wood with various marks to conveymessages. These...
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paddymelon-stick
n.
a stick used by theaborigines for knocking paddymelons (q.v.) on the head.
1851. J. Henderson, ...
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stick-caterpillar
n.
See phasmid.
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stick-up
v. tr.
1) The regular word for theaction of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway androbbi...
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throwing-stick
n.
native Australian weapon,by means of which the spear is thrown. See Woomera.
1802. G. Barringto...
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walking-stick
n.
See phasmid.
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yam-stick
n.
See quotation 1882, Tolmer.
1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings,' p. 27.
«One leg's thin as Lie...
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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sharp stick
'He's after him with a sharp stick;' i. e. he's determined to have satisfaction, or revenge. Western...
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stick-chimney
In newly settled parts of the country, where log-houses form the first habitations of the settlers, ...
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gob-stick
A horn or wooden spoon.
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head-stick
A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...
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scouring-stick
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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker;
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Whip-tom-kelly
·noun A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida;
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to whip the cock
A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...
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whip-belly vengeance
or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share. Weak or sour beer.
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coach-whip bird
n.
Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...
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little whip-snake
See snake
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palm, walking-stick
n.
a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...
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walking-stick palm
n.
See under palm, walking-stick.
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to cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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knight of the whip
A coachman.
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to shake a stick at
A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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death's head upon a mop-stick
A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy.
See otomy.-- He looked as pleasant as the p...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose