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Th
·- In ·OE, the article the, when the following word began with a vowel, was often written with elisi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hick
A country hick; an ignorant clown. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dub
·noun A pool or puddle.
II. Dub ·noun A <<Blow>>.
III. Dub ·vi To make a noise by brisk drumbeats....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dub
A picklock, or master-key. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dub
A northern term for a pool of deep and smooth water in a rapid river.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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O
O, o, the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, corresponding to the Gr. ο and ω. The Latin langu...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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o
ō (long also before an initial vowel: I o ego, Ov. M. 8, 51; Hor. A. P. 301; but also short: ŏ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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o
ō (rarely, before a vowel o, V.), interj.of feeling or surprise, O! oh!: O vir fortis es, T.:...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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O
·noun A cipher; zero.
II. O ·adj <<One>>.
III. O ·noun The letter O, or its sound.
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O'
·prep A shortened form of of or on.
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o
The fourth class of rating on Lloyd's books for the comparative excellence of merchant ships. But in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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o!
or ho!
An interjection commanding attention or possibly the cessation of any action.
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Ruba-dub
·noun The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
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dub lay
Robbing houses by picking the locks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kind o'
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dub the jigger
Open the door. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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I O U
·- A paper having on it these letters, with a sum named, and duly signed;
— in use in England as an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jack-o'-lantern
·noun ·see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
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Light-o'-love
·noun Hence: A light or wanton woman.
II. Light-o'-love ·noun An old tune of a dance, the name of w...
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Tam-o'-shanter
·add. ·noun A kind of Scotch cap of wool, worsted, or the like, having a round, flattish top much wi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tom o' Bedlam
·add. ·- Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospitel, ·Eng.; hen...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Vitre-o-electic
·adj Containing or exhibiting positive, or vitreous, electricity.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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o be joyful
I'll make you sing O be joyful on the other side of your mouth; a threat, implying the party threate...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jack-o-legs
a clasp knife. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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back-o'-beyond
Said of an unknown distance.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack o' lantern
The corpo santo, or St. Elmo's light, is sometimes so called.
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going upon the dub
Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Cat o' nine tails
·- ·see under <<Cat>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hop-o'-my-thumb
·noun ·Alt. of Hop-thumb.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Will-o'-the-wisp
·noun ·see Ignis fatuus.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hop-o-my-thumb
A diminutive person, man or woman. She was such a-hop-o-my thumb, that a pigeon, sitting on her shou...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-a-taunt-o
See a'taunto
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat o' nine tails
An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...
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john-o'-groat's buckie
A northern name for the Cypræa pediculus, a small shell found on our sea-coasts.
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scum-o'-the-sky
Thin atmospheric vapours.
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