gob string

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• gob-string

  a bridle ; keep a hand on the gob-string, keep a tight rein. ...

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

• String

  ·noun The line or cord of a bow. II. String ·noun The points made in a game. III. String ·noun A n...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• string

  or gab or gob A bridle. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• string

  A common name among teamsters for a whip. With some judicious touches of the string, the horses are...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• string

  [Anglo-Saxon stræng]. In ship-building, a strake within side, constituting the highest range of plan...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Gob

  ·noun The <<Mouth>>. II. Gob ·noun ·same·as <<Goaf>>. III. Gob ·noun A little mass or collection; ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Gob

  cistern; grasshopper ...

  Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

• Gob

  A pit, a place mentioned in 2 Sam. 21:18, 19; called also Gezer, in 1 Chr. 20:4. ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• gob

  The mouth; also a bit or morsel: whence gobbets. Gift of the gob; wide-mouthed, or one who speaks fl...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• gob

  the mouth. N. Gift of the gob, facility of speech. ...

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

• Gob

  (cistern), a place mentioned only in (2 Samuel 21:18,19) as the scene of two encounters between Davi...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Apron string

  ·- The string of an <<Apron>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Navel-string

  ·noun The umbilical cord. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• string-beans

  The common name for French beans; so called from the string-like substance stripped from the side of...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• gob-thrust

  see gobbin ...

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

• gob-doo

  A Manx term for a mussel. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• gob-line

  See gaub-line. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• gob-stick

  A horn or wooden spoon. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• apron string hold

  An estate held by a man during his wife's life. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sluice your gob

  Take a hearty drink. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose