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• Russet

  ·adj Coarse; homespun; rustic. II. Russet ·noun Cloth or clothing of a russet color. III. Russet ·...

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• Dandy

  ·noun A dandy roller. ·see <<Below>>. II. Dandy ·noun A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lu...

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• dandy

  That's the dandy; i.e. the ton, the clever thing; an expression of similar import to "That's the bar...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dandy

  A sloop or cutter with a jigger-mast abaft, on which a mizen-lug-sail is set. ...

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• Grey

  ·adj ·see Gray (the correct orthography). ...

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• Dandy-cock

  ·noun ·f ·Alt. of Dandy-hen. ...

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• Dandy-hen

  ·noun ·f A bantam fowl. ...

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• Handyy-dandy

  ·noun A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, win...

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• dandy prat

  An insignificant or trifling fellow. ...

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• Grey Friars

  A house of Franciscan Friars, or Friars Minors, on the north side of Newgate Street, on the site aft...

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• grey beard

  Earthen jugs formerly used in public house for drawing ale: they had the figure of a man with a larg...

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• grey mare

  The grey mare is the better horse; said of a woman who governs her husband. ...

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• grey parson

  A farmer who rents the tithes of the rector or vicar. ...

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• grey-jumper

  n. name given to an Australiangenus of sparrow-like birds, of which the only species is Struthidea ...

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• grey nurse

  n. a New South Wales name for aspecies of Shark, Odontaspis americanus, Mitchell,family Lamnidae, w...

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• plum, grey

  n. 1) A timber-tree.One of the names for Cargillia pentamera, F. v. M., N.O. Ebenaceae. Wood used f...

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• grey-bird

  a thrush. S. ...

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• grey-parson

  a layman who owns or rents the tythes of a parish. Norf. Called elsewhere Knights of the Grey-coat, ...

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• grey-friars

  A name given to the oxen of Tuscany, with which the Mediterranean fleet was supplied. ...

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• grey-head

  A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway. ...

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• Jack-a-dandy

  ·noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow. ...

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• Grey Friars, Street

  North out of Newgate Street, at No. 108, leading to Christ's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). ...

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• grey of the morning

  twilight, from day-break to clear light. S. ...

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