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Dung
·vi To void excrement.
II. Dung ·vt To manure with dung.
III. Dung ·- of <<Ding>>.
IV. Dung ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dung
1) Used as manure (Luke 13:8); collected outside the city walls (Neh. 2:13). Of sacrifices, burned o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dung
The uses of dung were two-fold-as manure and as fuel. The manure consisted either of straw steeped i...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Dove's dung
(2 Kings 6:25) has been generally understood literally. There are instances in history of the dung o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dung-gate
(Neh. 2:13), a gate of ancient Jerusalem, on the south-west quarter. "The gate outside of which lay ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dung-hill
To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Sam. 2:8; Ps. 113:7; Lam. 4:5).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dung Wharf
1) Made by the City Authorities about 1665 opposite Dowgate Wharf (L. and P. Chas. II. 1665-6, p. 17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dung Wharff
See Dunghill Lane, Thames Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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pox-dung
farm-yard dung. Berks.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Doves Dung
Various explanations have been given of the passage in (2 Kings 6:25) Bochart has labored to show th...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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blue devils
Low spirits.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 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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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