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Club
·vt To beat with a club.
II. Club ·vi To drift in a current with an anchor out.
III. Club ·vt To t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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club
A meeting or association, where each man is to spend an equal and stated sum, called his club.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Catch
·vi To attain possession.
II. Catch ·noun Act of seizing; a grasp.
III. Catch ·noun A slight remem...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time.
It is said that the cat...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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catch
A term used among fishermen to denote a quantity of fish taken at one time.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Club-rush
·noun A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. ·see <<Bulr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Club-shaped
·adj Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glee club
·add. ·- A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, ·etc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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club law
Argumentum bacculinum, in which an oaken stick is a better plea than an act of parliament.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pizzy club
A society held, A. D, 1744, at the sign of the Tower, on Tower Hill: president, Don Pizzaro.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spouting club
A meeting of apprentices and mechanics to rehearse different characters in plays: thus forming recru...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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club-tail
(Genus alosa.) The common shad, the fatter portion of which have the tail swollen, and on the coast ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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club-law
The rule of violence and strength.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Catch crop
·add. ·- Any crop grown between the rows of another crop or intermediate between two crops in ordina...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch title
·add. ·- A short expressive title used for abbreviated book lists, ·etc.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch-basin
·noun A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Catch-meadow
·noun A meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cony-catch
·vt To <<Deceive>>; to <<Cheat>>; to <<Trick>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fair catch
·add. ·- A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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catch fart
A footboy; so called from such servants commonly following close behind their master or mistress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch penny
Any temporary contrivance to raise a contribution on the public.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch pole
A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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catch-land
land which is not certainly known to what parish it belongs, and the minister that first gets the ti...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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out-catch
to overtake. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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catch-fake
An unseemly doubling in a badly coiled rope.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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crooked-catch
An iron implement bent in the form of the letter S.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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City Carlton Club
On the east side of St. Swithin Lane, at Nos. 24-27 (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook Ward. The City Con...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New City Club
On the east side of George Yard, Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (O.S.).
Site now occupied by off...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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calves head club
A club instituted by the Independents and Presbyterians, to commemorate the decapitation of King Cha...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kill care club
The members of this club, styled also the Sons of Sound Sense and Satisfaction, met at their fortres...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kit-cat club
A society of gentlemen, eminent for wit and learning, who in the reign of queen Anne and George I. m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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club-haul, to
A method of tacking a ship by letting go the lee-anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, whi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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royal yacht club
A very useful and honourable association. (See yacht club, royal.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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yacht club, royal
An institution embodied by a number of noblemen and gentlemen about the year 1820, to which certain ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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catch a crab
In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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City of London Club
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward.
Erected 183...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to catch a weasel asleep
It is a common belief that this little animal is never caught napping, for the obvious reason that h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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