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·vi Danger of death. II. Death ·vi Cause of loss of life. III. Death ·vi Loss of spiritual life. ...

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May be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Sc...

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To be death for, or go one's death for a thing, is to be in favor of it or pursue it to the last ext...

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or money boats. So termed from the risk in such frail craft. They were very long, very narrow, an...

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Black death
·- A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century. ...

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death-wound
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Head-hunter
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Widow-hunter
·noun One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. ...

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carrion hunter
An undertaker; called also a cold cook, and death hunter. See cold cook and death hunter. ...

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pot hunter
One who hunts more tor the sake of the prey than the sport. Pot valiant; courageous from drink. Potw...

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tuft hunter
A it anniversary parasite, one who courts the acquaintance of nobility, whose caps are adorned with ...

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gold-hunter
n. searcher after gold. 1852. G. S. Rutter [Title]: «Hints to Gold-hunters.» 1890. Rolf Boldrewoo...

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