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Fever
·vt To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
II. Fever ·noun Excessive excitem...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fever
(Deut. 28:22; Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:30; John 4:52; Acts 28:8), a burning heat, as the word so rendered ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bay
·noun A tract covered with bay trees.
II. Bay ·vi Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
III. Bay ·noun A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay
Denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the souther...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bay
I.
The fore-part of a ship between decks, before the bitts (see sick-bay). Foremost messing-places...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Breakbone fever
·- ·see <<Dengue>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Buck fever
·add. ·- Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chagres fever
·add. ·- A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama.
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Lazaret fever
·add. ·- Typhus fever.
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Shoddy fever
·add. ·- A febrile disease characterized by dyspnoea and bronchitis caused by inhaling dust.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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barrel fever
He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hempen fever
A man who was hanged is said to have died of a hempen fever; and, in Dorsetshire, to have been stabb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lag fever
A term of ridicule applied to men who being under sentence of transportation, pretend illness, to av...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lombard fever
Sick of the lombard fever; i.e. of the idles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fever-bark
n.
another name for Bitter-bark (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gold-fever
n.
the desire to obtain gold bydigging. The word is more especially applied to the periodbetween 18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow fever
sc. the gold-fever.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 47:
«Evident symptoms of the retu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fever bush
(Laurus benzoin.) An aromatic shrub with a flavor resembling Benzoin.--Bigelow's Flora Bostoniensis....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bilge-fever
The illness occasioned by a foul hold.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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yellow fever
A cant term for drunkenness at Greenwich Hospital; the sailors when punished wearing a parti-coloure...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay leaf
·- ·see under 3d Bay.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay rum
·- A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
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Bay salt
·- Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the hea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay State
·add. ·- Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay;
— a nickname.
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Bay tree
·- A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay window
·- A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rec...
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Bay yarn
·- Woolen yarn.
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Bay-antler
·noun The second tine of a stag's horn. ·see under <<Antler>>.
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Botany Bay
·- A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there;
— so called fr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Case-bay
·noun The space between two principals or girders.
II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tail-bay
·noun The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
II. Tail-bay ·noun One of the joists which re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bay tree
Named only in Ps. 37:35, Authorized Version. The Hebrew word so rendered is ereh, which simply means...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bay Hall
At the end of Bassingshall streete (S. 286, in margin).
Used as a market house (Strype, ed. 1720, I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Botany Bay
n.
lying to the south of theentrance to Port Jackson, New South Wales, the destination ofthe first ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay
n.
the name formerly given to thedistrict of New South Wales which is now the colony ofQueensland. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bay state
The State of Massachusetts. The original name of the Colony was Massachusetts Bay. Hence, among the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bay-gulf
A branch of the sea, of which the entrance is the widest part, as contradistinguished from the strai...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fore-bay
A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sick-bay
A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay Tree
A species of laurel. Laurus nobilis . An evergreen, with leaves like our mountain laurel. (Psalms 37...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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botany-bay greens
n.
a vegetable common to allthe colonies, Atriplex cinereum, Poir, N.O.Salsolaceae.
1810. G. Barri...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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botany-bay wood
See botany-bay oak
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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botany-bay oak
or Botany-Bay Wood
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a trade name in England for the timber of Casuarina. See Beef-wood.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cloudy-bay cod
n.
a New Zealand name for the Ling (q.v.). See also cod.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay ash
n.
See ash.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay chestnut
n.
See bean-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay laurel
n.
See laurel.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay pine
n.
See pine.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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oyster-bay pine
n.
See pine.
1857. `Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of VanDiemen's Land,' vol. i. p. 1...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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botany-bay tea
See sweet-tea
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Hudson Bay Company's Hall
At the upper end of Culver Court (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 164).
Afterwards the Hall stood on the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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The Sailor's Word-Book