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Fresh
·noun A flood; a freshet.
II. Fresh ·superl New; original; additional.
III. Fresh ·noun A stream o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fresh
Forward; as, 'don't make yourself too fresh here;' that is to say, not quite so much at home.
Consi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fresh
1) a flood, or overflowing of a river. This heavy rain will bring down the freshes. N.
2) tipsy. No...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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fresh
When applied to the wind, signifies strong, but not violent; hence an increasing gale is said to fre...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Milk
·vi To draw or to yield milk.
II. Milk ·add. ·vi To draw or to yield milk.
III. Milk ·noun The rip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk
1) Hebrew halabh, "new milk", milk in its fresh state (Judg. 4:19). It is frequently mentioned in co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Milk
As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fresh-new
·adj <<Unpracticed>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fresh-water
·adj Unskilled; raw.
II. Fresh-water ·adj Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a se...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fresh Wharf
On the south side of Lower Thames Street, next to St. Magnus Church (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fresh breeze
A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh gale
A more powerful wind than a fresh breeze (which see).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh grub
The refreshments obtained in harbour.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh shot
A river swollen by rain or tributaries; it also signifies the falling down of any great river into t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh spell
Men coming to relieve a gang at work.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh water
Water fit to drink, in opposition to sea or salt water; now frequently obtained at sea by distillati...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh way
Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Milk sickness
·add. ·- A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affectin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk vetch
·- A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk-livered
·adj White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wolf's-milk
·noun Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia);
— so called from its acrid milky juice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk Street
North out of Cheapside, at No. 115, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Yard
West out of Poppinge's Court, Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bristol milk
A Spanish wine called sherry, much drunk at that place, particularly in the morning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pigeon's milk
Boys and novices are frequently sent on the first of April to buy pigeons milk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk-bush
n.
a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-fish
n.
The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-plant
n.
i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-tree
n.
a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul.
1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':
«...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-sickness
A fatal spasmodic disease, peculiar to the Western States. It first attacks the cattle, and then tho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blow-milk
skimmed milk, perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lopperd-milk
sour curdled milk ; a lopperd slut. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sil'd milk
skimmed milk. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Fresh Wharf Gateway
Leading to Fresh Wharf (P.C. 1732).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fresh-water herring
n.
In Sydney, the fish is Clupea richmondia, Macl. Elsewhere in Australia, and inTasmania, it is an...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fresh-water perch
n.
name given in Tasmania tothe fish Microperca tasmaniae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fresh-water jack
The same as fresh-water sailor.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh-water sailor
An epithet for a green hand, of whom an old saying has it, "whose shippe was drowned in the playne o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fresh-water seas
A name given to the extensive inland bodies of fresh water in the Canadas. Of these, Lake Superior i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Street Buildings
In Milk Street at No. 1, adjoining Honey Lane Market (P.O Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to milk the pigeon
To endeavour at impossibilities.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Fryar Alley, Milk Street
See Clement's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).
The par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Montford's Court, Milk Street
See Mumford Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinhood Alley, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinson's Court, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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court of sour milk session
to be in disgrace with a person is, to get into the Court of Sour Milk Session. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose