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Cull
·noun A cully; a dupe; a gull. ·see <<Cully>>.
II. Cull ·vt To separate, select, or pick out; to ch...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cull
A man, honest or otherwise. A bob cull; a good- natured, quiet fellow. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cull
a small fish with a great head, found under stones in rivulets, called also a bull-head. Glouc. To c...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Fat
·superl Abounding with fat.
II. Fat ·vi To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
III. Fat ·noun A large tub...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fat
(Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in the account of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fat
The last landed, inned, or stowed, of any sort of merchandise: so called by the water-side porters, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fat
, or broad.
If the tressing in or tuck of a ship's quarter under water hangs deep, or is overfull,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fat
i.e. VAT, the word employed in the Authorized Version to translate the Hebrew term yekeb, in (Joel 2...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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rum cull
A rich fool, easily cheated, particularly by his mistress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Fat-brained
·adj Dull of apprehension.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fat-kidneyed
·adj Gross; lubberly.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fat-wited
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Otoba fat
·- A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba, a species of nutmeg tre...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fat-cake
n.
ridiculous name sometimesapplied to Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. M., according toMaiden (`Useful...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fat-hen
n.
a kind of wild spinach.In England the name is applied to various plants of thickfoliage.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mud-fat
adj.
fat as mud, very fat.
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 142:
«There's half th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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guile-fat
or gale
the vat in which the beer is wrought up. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to have one's fat in the fire
is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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as fat as a hen in the forehead
A saying of a meagre person.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose