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books
Cards to play with. To plant the books; to place the cards in the pack in an unfair manner.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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books
(See ship's books.) Official documents.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blue devils
Low spirits.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil's daughter
It is said of one who has a termagant for his wife, that he has married the Devil's daughter, and li...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil's dung
Assafoetida.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil's guts
A surveyor's chain: so called by farmers, who do not like their land should be measured by their lan...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil's guts
n.
The name is given in Australiato the Dodder-Laurel (see Laurel), Cassythafiliformis, Linn., N.O....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue devils
To have the blue devils is to be dispirited.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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devil's claw
A very strong kind of split hook made to grasp a link of a chain cable, and used as a stopper.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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devil's smiles
Gleams of sunshine among dark clouds, either in the heavens or captain's face!
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Book's Rents
In Garter Court, Barbican, at No. 3, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
"Carte...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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expense books
Accounts of the expenditure of the warrant officer's stores, attested by the signing officers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rough books
Those in which the warrant officers make their immediate entries of expenditure.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ship's books
The roll of the crew, containing every particular in relation to entry, former ships, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Devil's darning-needle
·- A dragon fly. ·see Darning needle, under Darn, ·vt.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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devil's daughter's portion
Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage; And, by a codicil to his wil...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil's darning needle
A common name for the Dragon-fly.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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devil's table-cloth
See table-cloth.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Chronicles, Books of
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Samuel, Books of
The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, wh...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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splitting the books
The making of a new complete-book after payment, in which the dead, run, or discharged men are omitt...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Maccabees, Books Of
Four books which bear the common title of "Maccabees" are found in some MSS. of the LXX. Two of thes...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Samuel, Books Of
are not separated from each other in the Hebrew MSS., and, from a critical point of view, must be re...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, The Books of
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Maccabees, Books of the
There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of indepe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary