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Glutton
·noun Fig.: One who gluts himself. II. Glutton ·adj Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. III. Glutton...

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Glutton
(Deut. 21:20), Heb. zolel, from a word meaning "to shake out," "to squander;" and hence one who is p...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
glutton
A term used by bruisers to signify a man who will bear a great deal of beating. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Dumb
·vt To put to silence. II. Dumb ·adj Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. III. Dumb ·adj D...

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Dumb
From natural infirmity (Ex. 4:11); not knowing what to say (Prov. 31:8); unwillingness to speak (Ps....

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Dumb-bell
·noun A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used ...

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Dumb-waiter
·noun A framework on which dishes, food, ·etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to anot...

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dumb arm
A lame arm. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dumb-founded
Silenced, also soundly beaten. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dumb watch
A venereal bubo in the groin. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dumb-founded
Stupefied; struck dumb with fear and confusion. This word is in the English provincial glossaries an...

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dumb-founded
perplexed, confounded. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
dumb-chalder
A metal cleat bolted to the back of the stern-post for one of the pintles to rest upon, to lessen bo...

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dumb-cleat
Synonymous with dumb-chalder and thumb-cleat. ...

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dumb-craft
Lighters, lumps, or punts, not having sails. Also, a name for the screws used for lifting a ship on ...

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dumb-pintle
A peculiar rudder-strap. (See pintles.) ...

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dumb-scraping
Scraping wet decks with blunt scrapers. ...

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