dumb-founded | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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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
Founded
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Found>>. II. Founded ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Found>>. ...

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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....

Easton's Bible Dictionary
gold-founded
part. adj. founded as the resultof the discovery of gold. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' ...

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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 glutton
A woman's privities. ...

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-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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Provision made for the collection of weekly alms for the support of the Chapel of Our Lady near Guildhall founded "pur tote la compaignie du Pui" (ib.).
Henry le Waleis gave to the Confraternity of the Pui (de Podio) 5 marks annual quit rent on all his ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.