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• Get

  ·noun Jet, the mineral. II. Get ·noun Artifice; contrivance. III. Get ·noun Fashion; manner; custo...

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• Get-penny

  ·noun Something which gets or gains money; a successful affair. ...

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• Get-up

  ·noun General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; ...

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• over-get

  to overtake ; he is but a little before, you will soon over-get him. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• get afloat

  Pulling out a grounded boat. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• get-a-pull

  The order to haul in more of a rope or tackle. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to get the wrong pig by the tail

  is to make a mistake in selecting a person for any object. If a charge is made against a man, who on...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.