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Cold
·vi To become cold.
II. Cold ·noun Not pungent or acrid.
III. Cold ·noun Not sensitive; not acute....
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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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Pig
·noun A <<Piggin>>.
II. Pig ·noun One who is hoggish; a greedy person.
III. Pig ·noun Any wild spe...
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pig
1) A police officer. A China street pig; a Bow-street officer. Floor the pig and bolt; knock down th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pig
a hog of any size, as well as a young hog. York and Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Cold wave
·add. ·- In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to ...
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Cold-blooded
·adj Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
II. Cold-blooded ·adj Not thoroughbred;
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
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Cold-short
·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...
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Cold-shut
·noun An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.
II. Cold-shut ·adj Closed while too cold...
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Key-cold
·adj Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
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Stone-cold
·adj Cold as a stone.
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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 cook
An undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter.
See carrion hunter.
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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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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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cold-eel
The Gymnotus electricus.
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Pig-eyed
·adj Having small, deep-set eyes.
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Pig-headed
·adj Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
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Pig-jawed
·adj Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the low...
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Pig-sticking
·noun Boar hunting;
— so called by Anglo-Indians.
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Sea pig
·- A porpoise or dolphin.
II. Sea pig ·- A <<Dugong>>.
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Water pig
·- The <<Gourami>>.
II. Water pig ·- The <<Capybara>>.
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Pig Street
See Little Broad Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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tantony pig
The favourite or smallest pig in the litter.--To follow like a tantony pig, i.e. St. Anthony's pig; ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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frig pig
A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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goodyer's pig
Like Goodyer's pig; never well but when in mischief.
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pig-headed
Obstinate.
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pig running
A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. ii.p. 6...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pig-face
Pig-faces, and Pig's-face,or Pig's-faces.
Names given to an indigenous «iceplant,» Mesembryanthemum...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pig-fish
n.
name given to the fish Agriopusleucopaecilus, Richards., in Dunedin; called also the Leather-jac...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sea-pig
n.
a small whale, the Dugong.See under Dugong-oil.
1853. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,'...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pig-nut
(Lat. juglans porcina.) A small species of walnut.--Michaux, Sylva.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pig-yoke
Among seamen, the name for a quadrant, from its resemblance to a pig-yoke.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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anthony pig
the favourite, or smallest pig of the litter or farrow. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pig-iron
(See sow.) An oblong mass of cast-iron used for ballast; there are also pigs of lead.
"A nodding b...
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pig-tail
The common twisted tobacco for chewing.
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pig-yoke
The name given to the old Davis quadrant.
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Guinea-pig director
·add. ·- A director (usually one holding a number of directorships) who serves merely or mainly for ...
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pig-faced lady
n.
an old name in Tasmania forthe Boar-fish (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pig-footed bandicoot
n.
name given to Choeropus castanotis, Gray, an animal about the sizeof a rabbit, belonging to the ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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furze-man-pig
a hedge -hog. Glouc.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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.
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knight and barrow pig
more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to get the wrong pig by the tail
is to make a mistake in selecting a person for any object. If a charge is made against a man, who on...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.