winter country

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• Winter

  ·noun The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. II. Winter ·vi To keep, feed or manage, dur...

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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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• Winter-beaten

  ·adj Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. ...

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• Winter-ground

  ·vt To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the ro...

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• Winter-proud

  ·adj Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. ...

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• Winter-rig

  ·vt To fallow or till in winter. ...

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• Winter, William

  (b. 1836) American critic, etc. Shakespeare's England, Grey Days and Gold, Old Shrines and Ivy Brow...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• winter cricket

  A taylor. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jacky winter

  n. the vernacular name in NewSouth Wales of the Brown Flycatcher, Microeca fascinans,a common littl...

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

• winter cherry

  n. See balloon vine. ...

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

• winter-hedge

  a wooden frame (called also a CLOTHES-HORSE) for dry ing linen by the fire. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• winter-fish

  This term generally alludes to cured cod and ling. ...

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• winter-quarters

  The towns or posts occupied during the winter by troops who quit the campaign for the season. Also, ...

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• winter-solstice

  See capricornus. ...

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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...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• country harry

  A waggoner. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• country put

  An ignorant country fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• summer country

  n. In New Zealand (South Island), country which can be used in summer only; mountainland in Otago a...

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

• old country

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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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• "Winter, John Strange"

  see Stannard, Mrs. Arthur. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary