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Deep
·superl Muddy; boggy; sandy;
— said of roads.
II. Deep ·adv To a great depth; with depth; far down...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep
Used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (P...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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deep
A word figuratively applied to the ocean. On the coast of Germany, to the northward of Friesland, it...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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-one
·- A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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One
·adj Single; inmarried.
II. One ·noun A single person or thing.
III. One ·adj Single in kind; the ...
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Breast-deep
·adj Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.
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Deep-fet
·adj Deeply fetched or drawn.
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Deep-laid
·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
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Deep-mouthed
·adj Having a loud and sonorous voice.
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Deep-read
·adj Profoundly book- learned.
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Deep-sea
·adj Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (·i.e., a line to take sou...
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Deep-waisted
·adj Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the de...
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Knee-deep
·adj Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
II. Knee-deep ·adj Rising to the knees; knee-hi...
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Skin-deep
·adj Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
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Deep Ditch
The western boundary of Bethlehem Hospital as set out in Simon Fitz Mary's Charter of Foundation-to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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spit-deep
the depth of a spade only. Norf. and Suff. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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deep-waist
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...
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At one
·- <<Together>>.
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Conversazi-one
·noun A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.
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One-hand
·adj Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
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One-horse
·adj Second-rate; inferior; small.
II. One-horse ·adj Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse...
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One-sided
·adj Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
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Self-one
·adj <<Secret>>.
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Young one
·add. ·- A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
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long one
A hare; a term used by poachers.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old one
The Devil. Likewise an expression of quizzical familiarity, as "how d'ye do, OLD ONE?"
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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young one
A familiar expression of contempt for another's ignorance, as "ah! I see you're a young one." How d'...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nary-one
for neither. A common vulgarism.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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one o'clock
♦ Like one o'clock. With speed; rapidly.
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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deep-sea line
Usually a strong and water-laid line. It is used with a lead of 28 lbs., and adapted to find bottom ...
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Two-to-one
·add. ·adj Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a velocity ratio two to one.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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One Swan Yard
West out of Bishopsgate at No. 179. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-1890; and mentioned 17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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One Tun Yard
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one of us
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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three to one
He is playing three to one, though sure to lose; said of one engaged in the amorous congress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ripping one up
telling him all his faults, Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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one-and-all
A mutinous sea-cry used in the Dutch wars. Also, a rallying call to put the whole collective force o...
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one! two!! three!!!
The song with which the seamen bowse out the bowlines; the last haul being completed by belay O!
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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one of my cousins
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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two to one shop
A pawnbroker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being tw...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to give it to one
is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to look blue at one
is to look at one with a countenance expressive of displeasure or dissatisfaction.
The Bishop would...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose