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Good
·vt To make good; to turn to good.
II. Good ·superl Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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Man
·vt To tame, as a hawk.
II. Man ·noun The human race; mankind.
III. Man ·vt To furnish with a serv...
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Man
1) Heb. Adam, used as the proper name of the first man. The name is derived from a word meaning "to ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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man
(Cambridge.)
Any undergraduate from fifteen to thirty. As a man of Emanuel--a young member of Emanu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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man
A ship is frequently spoken of as man; as man-of-war, merchantman, Guineaman, East or West Indiaman,...
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Man
Four Hebrew terms are rendered "man" in the Authorized Version:
• Adam, the name of the man created...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Good now
·- An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty.
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Good-bye
(·noun / ·interj) Farewell; a form of address used at parting. ·see the last Note under By, ·prep
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Good-den
·interj A form of salutation.
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Good-fellowship
·noun Agreeable companionship; companionableness.
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Good-humored
·adj Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. ·see Good-natured.
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Good-humoredly
·adv With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
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Good-looking
·adj <<Handsome>>.
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Good-natured
·adj Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
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Good-naturedly
·adv With maldness of temper.
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Good-tempered
·adj Having a good temper; not easily vexed. ·see Good-natured.
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Works, Good
The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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good woman
A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's, in the form of a common woman. but witho...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good luck
To tread in a surreverence, to be bewrayed: an allusion to the proverb, Sh-tt-n luck is good luck.
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good stroke
Used in the sense of considerable; as, 'a good stroke of business.'--Brockett's North County Words.
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beer-good
yest. Norf. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gods-good
yeast. Norf.
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good-day
a holiday. Staffordsh.
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good to
good for. He's nought good to : spoken of a good-for-nothing man.
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prime good
excellent. North.
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good reward
a ruddy countenance. N.
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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good shoaling
An approach to the shore by very gradual soundings.
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man-of-war's man
A seaman belonging to the royal navy.
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Abraham-man
·noun ·Alt. of Abram-man.
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Abram-man
·noun One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of...
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Apron man
·- A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic.
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Decoy-man
·noun A man employed in decoying wild fowl.
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Man-eater
·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...
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Quarry-man
·noun A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
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Remainder-man
·noun One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. ·see <<Remainder>>, ·noun, 3.
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Squaw man
·add. ·- A white man who has married an Indian squaw; sometimes, one who has gained tribal rights by...
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Trencher-man
·noun A <<Cook>>.
II. Trencher-man ·noun A table companion; a trencher mate.
III. Trencher-man ·no...
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barrow man
A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bristol man
The son of an Irish thief and a Welch whore.
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cunning man
1) A cheat, who pretends by his skill in astrology to assist persons in recovering stolen goods: and...
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durham man
Knocker kneed, he grinds mustard with his knees: Durham is famous for its mustard.
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family man
A thief or receiver of stolen goods.
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fancy man
A man kept by a lady for secret services.
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flash man
A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully.
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honest man
A term frequently used by superiors to inferiors. As honest a man as any in the cards when all the k...
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man trap
A woman's commodity.
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pannier man
A servant belonging to the Temple and Gray's Inn, whose office is to announce the dinner. This in th...
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public man
A bankrupt.
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strong man
To play the part of the strong man, i.e. to push the cart and horses too; to be whipt at the cart's ...
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sunday man
One who goes abroad on that day only, for fear of arrests.
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topping man
A rich man.
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trencher man
A stout trencher man; one who has a good appetite, or, as the term is, plays a good knife and fork.
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turnpike man
A parson; because the clergy collect their tolls at our entrance into and exit from the world.
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ostentatious man
One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks.
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ungrateful man
A parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil.
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upright man
An upright man signifies the chief or principal of a crew. The vilest, stoutest rogue in the pack is...
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old man
n.
a full-grown male Kangaroo.The aboriginal corruption is Wool-man.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Yea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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remittance-man
n.
one who derives the meansof an inglorious and frequently dissolute existence from theperiodical ...
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stock-man
n.
used in Australia for a manemployed to look after stock.
1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government ...
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stocks-man
n.
an unusual form for Stock-man (q.v.).
1862. F. J. Jobson, `Australia,' c. vi. p. 145:
«We saw ...
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wool-man
n.
aboriginal mispronunciation of old man (q.v.).
1830. Robert Dawson, `The Present State of Austr...
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old-man
(Artemisia abrotanum.) A popular name for the Southern-wood plant.
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tithing-man
In New England, a parish officer appointed to preserve order at public worship, and enforce the prop...
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dattle-man
a day-labourer. York.
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daves-man
an arbitrator, or umpire. N.
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knightle-man
an active or skilful man. N.
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sary-man
an expression of pity. N.
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wasset-man
a scarce-crow. Wilts.
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beach-man
A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducti...
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bond-man
A harsh method in some ships, in keeping one man bound for the good behaviour of another on leave.
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full man
A rating in coasters for one receiving whole pay, as being competent to all his duties; able seaman....
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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hebber-man
An old name for a fisherman on the Thames below London Bridge, who took whitings, smelts, &c., commo...
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man, to
To provide a competent number of hands for working and fighting a ship; to place people for duty, as...
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man-bound
Detained in port in consequence of being short of complement.
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man-broker
Synonymous with crimp (which see).
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man-hole
The aperture, secured by a door, in the upper part of a steam-boiler, which allows a person to enter...
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man-hunting
The impress service.
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man overboard!
A cry which excites greater activity in a ship than any other, from the anxious desire to render ass...
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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...
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peter-man
, or peterer.
A fisherman. Also, the Dutch fishing vessels that frequented our eastern coast.
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quarter-man
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen.
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signal-man
The yeoman of the signals; a first-class petty officer in the navy.
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stere's-man
A pilot or steerer, from the Anglo-Saxon stéora.
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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by good rights
By right, by strict justice; as, "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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good-conduct badge
Marked by a chevron on the lower part of the sleeve, granted by the admiralty, and carrying a slight...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Man of sin
A designation of Antichrist given in 2 Thess. 2:3-10, usually regarded as descriptive of the Papal p...
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Son of man
1) Denotes mankind generally, with special reference to their weakness and frailty (Job 25:6; Ps. 8:...
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Green Man Yard
West out of Coleman Street, a little south from London Wall (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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old-man fern
a Bush-name in Tasmania for the Tree-fern (q.v.).
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brain a man
i. e. knock his brains out. N.
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furze-man-pig
a hedge -hog. Glouc.
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog.
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fore-man afloat
The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock.
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fore-mast man
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship.
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man-handle, to
To move by force of men, without levers or tackles.
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man-of-war
Any vessel in the royal navy.
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thorough-good-natured wench
One who being asked to sit down, will lie down.
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...
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keeping a good offing
To keep well off shore while under sail, so as to be clear of danger should the wind suddenly shift ...
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make a good board
See board.
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man of the town
A rake, a debauchee.
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man of the turf
A horse racer, or jockey.
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man of the world
A knowing man.
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yea and nay man
A quaker, a simple fellow, one who can only answer yes, or no.
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old-man salt-bush
Atriplex nummularium,Lindl. See Salt-Bush.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 118:
«On...
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to knock a man over
to knock him down. North.
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capstan, to man the
To place the sailors at it in readiness to heave.
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man, isle of, battery
A name given to the three guns mounted on ships' turrets.
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man-of-war bird
, or frigate bird.
♦ Fregata aquila, a sea-bird of the family Pelecanidæ, found in the tropics, re...
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man-of-war fashion
A state of order, tidiness, and good discipline.
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portuguese man-of-war
A beautiful floating acalephan of the tropical seas; the Physalia pelagica.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
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happy man be his dole!
a good wish ; as, may happiness be his lot. North.
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every man to his station
See station.
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arch rogue, dimber damber upright man
The chief of a gang of thieves or gypsies.
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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done.
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Tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen. 2, 3). Adam and Eve were for...
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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