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Cook
·vi To prepare food for the table.
II. Cook ·vt To <<Throw>>.
III. Cook ·vi To make the noise of t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cook
A person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cook
to throw ; cook me that ball, throw me that ball. Glou.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cook
A man of each mess who is caterer for the day, and answerable too, wherefore he is allowed the surpl...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cold
·vi To become cold.
II. Cold ·noun Not pungent or acrid.
III. Cold ·noun Not sensitive; not acute....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cold
You will catch cold at that; a vulgar threat or advice to desist from an attempt. He caught cold by ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Cook Court
See Cock Court4, Philip Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cook ruffian
who roasted the devil in his feathers. A bad cook.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Captain Cook
or Cooker
n.
NewZealand colonists' slang. First applied to the wild pigs ofNew Zealand, supposed t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cook-house
See cook-house
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cook-room
, or cook-house.
The galley or caboose containing the cooking apparatus, and where victuals are dr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cold wave
·add. ·- In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-blooded
·adj Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
II. Cold-blooded ·adj Not thoroughbred;
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-short
·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-shut
·noun An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.
II. Cold-shut ·adj Closed while too cold...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Key-cold
·adj Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stone-cold
·adj Cold as a stone.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold Abbeye
A tenement so called in Wendageynes Lane held under the Fraternity of St. Katherine in the Church of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cold pye
A punishment inflicted on any person sleeping in company: it consists in wrapping up cotton in a cas...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold burning
A punishment inflicted by private soldiers on their comrades for trifling offences, or breach of the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold iron
A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold meat
A dead wife is the beat cold meat in a man's house.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold pig
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold pudding
This is said to settle one's love.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bitter cold
Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America.
Those who say it...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cold-chisel
A stout chisel made of steel, used for cutting iron when it is cold.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cold-eel
The Gymnotus electricus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Watter Cook Alley
See Farthing Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.