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• Cod

  ·noun A pillow or cushion. II. Cod ·noun A small bag or pouch. III. Cod ·noun A husk; a pod; as, a...

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• cod

  A cod of money: a good sum of money. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cod

  n. This common English name of the Gadus morrhua is applied to many fishes in Australia ofvarious f...

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

• cod

  a pillow or cushion ; princod, a pin-cushion; a horse-cod, a horse-collar. N. Princod is also figura...

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

• cod

  The centre of a deep bay. The bay of a trawl or seine. Also, the Gadus morrhua, one of the most impo...

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• Piece

  ·noun A castle; a fortified building. II. Piece ·noun One of the superior men, distinguished from a...

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• piece

  A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous co...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• piece

  A little while. 'Stay a piece.' Provincial in the north of England.--Johnson. The common expression ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• piece

  applied to time : Stay a piece ; i. e. a little while. York. ...

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

• Cod liver

  ·noun The liver of the common cod and allied species. ...

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• Cultus cod

  ·- ·see <<Cod>>, and Buffalo cod, under <<Buffalo>>. ...

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• rum cod

  A good purse of gold. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• black-cod

  n. a New Zealand fish, Nototheniaangustata. ...

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

• blue-cod

  n. name given to a New Zealand fish, Percis colias, family Trachinidae. Called alsoin New Zealand R...

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

• murray-cod

  n. an important fresh-waterfood-fish, Oligorus macquariensis, Cuv. and Val., called Kookoobal by th...

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

• rock-cod

  n. called also Red-Cod in NewZealand, Pseudophycis barbatus, Gunth., family Gadidae. In New Zealand...

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

• cod-glove

  a thick glove, without fingers, to handle turf. Exm. ...

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

• pin-cod

  a pincushion. ...

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

• prin-cod

  a pin-cushion. Figuratively, a short fat man or woman. ...

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

• bean-cod

  A small fishing-vessel, or pilot-boat, common on the sea-coasts and in the rivers of Spain and Portu...

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• blown cod

  A split cod, half dried by exposure to the wind. Blown is also frequently applied to bloated herring...

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• cod-bait

  The large sea-worm or lug, dug from the wet sands. The squid or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, ...

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• cod-line

  An eighteen-thread line. ...

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• cod-sounds

  The swim-bladders of the cod-fish, cured and packed for the market; the palates also of the fish are...

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• rock-cod

  A species of cod found on a rocky bottom. ...

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• tommy cod

  A very small variety of the Gadus morrhua, which mostly appears in the winter months; whence it is a...

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• cod-whangers

  See whangers ...

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• Chimney-piece

  ·noun A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace. ...

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• stomach-piece

  apron ...

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• cart-piece

  An early battering cannon mounted on a peculiar cart. ...

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• chamber-piece

  See chamber ...

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• cross-piece

  The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...

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• dagger-piece

  , or dagger-wood. A timber or plank that faces on to the poppets of the bilge-ways, and crosses th...

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• dragon piece

  A strut or abutment. ...

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• face-piece

  A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the ...

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• fish-piece

  See fish ...

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• gunner's piece

  In destroying and bursting guns, means a fragment of the breech, which generally flies upward. ...

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• hailshot-piece

  A sort of gun supplied of old to our ships, with dice of iron as the missile. ...

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• head-piece

  A term for the helmet. ...

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• lengthening-piece

  The same as short top-timber (which see). ...

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• main-piece

  The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...

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• pad-piece

  See pad ...

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• port-piece

  An ancient piece of ordnance used in our early fleets. ...

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• jaw-piece

  See rolling-chock ...

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• shoe-piece

  A board placed under the heel of a spar, or other weighty mass, to save the deck. In some cases inte...

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• sweep-piece

  A block at the bottom of the port-sill for receiving the chock of the gun-carriage, and to aid in tr...

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• time-piece

  , chronometer An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...

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• vent-piece

  The movable fitment which closes the breech and contains the vent in Armstrong breech-loading guns. ...

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• wall-piece

  A very heavy powerful musket, for use in fortified places. ...

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• black rock-cod

  n. an Australian fish, chieflyof New South Wales, Serranus daemeli, Gunth.; adifferent fish from th...

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

• cloudy-bay cod

  n. a New Zealand name for the Ling (q.v.). See also cod. ...

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

• red rock-cod

  n. name given in New South Walesto the fish Scorpaena cardinalis, Richards., family Scorpaenidae, m...

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

• cod-fisher's crew

  The crew of a banker, or fishing-vessel, which anchors in 60 or 70 fathoms on the Great Bank of Newf...

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• hand mast-piece

  The smaller hand mast-spars. ...

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• piece of eight

  The early name for the coin of the value of 8 reals, the well-known Spanish dollar. ...

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• port-piece chamber

  A paterero for loading a port-piece at the breech. ...

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• yard-arm piece

  An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...

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• Piece Of Gold

  The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Piece Of Silver

  I. In the Old Testament the word "pieces" is used in the Authorized Version for a word understood in...

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• main-piece of the rudder

  The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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• chamber of a piece of ordnance

  The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...

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• muzzle of a piece of ordnance

  The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...

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