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• Virtue

  ·noun One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. II. Virtue ·noun Excellence; value; merit; meri...

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• Easy

  ·vt Moderate; sparing; frugal. II. Easy ·vt At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint. III. ...

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• easy

  Make the cull easy or quiet; gag or kill him. As easy as pissing the bed. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• easy

  A word in common use among merchants and bankers. 'Our bank is easy,' meaning that its loans are not...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• easy

  Lower gently. A ship not labouring in a sea. ♦ Taking it easy. Neglecting the duty. "Not so violen...

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• lady of easy virtue

  A woman of the town, an impure, a prostitute. ...

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• Easy-chair

  ·noun An armchair for ease or repose. ...

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• Easy-going

  ·adj Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive. ...

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• easy draught

  The same as light draught of water (which see). ...

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• easy roll

  A vessel is said to "roll deep but easy" when she moves slowly, and not with quick jerks. ...

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• free and easy johns

  A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry. ...

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