grey parson

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• grey-parson

  a layman who owns or rents the tythes of a parish. Norf. Called elsewhere Knights of the Grey-coat, ...

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

• Parson

  ·noun Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• parson

  A guide post, hand or finger post by the road side for directing travellers: compared to a parson, b...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Grey

  ·adj ·see Gray (the correct orthography). ...

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• parson palmer

  A jocular name, or term of reproach, to one who stops the circulation of the glass by preaching over...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wet parson

  One who moistens his clay freely, in order to make it stick together. ...

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• parson-bird

  n. the New Zealand bird Prosthemadera novae-zelandiae, Gmel.; Maori name, Tui (q.v.). See also Poe. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Grey Friars

  A house of Franciscan Friars, or Friars Minors, on the north side of Newgate Street, on the site aft...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• grey beard

  Earthen jugs formerly used in public house for drawing ale: they had the figure of a man with a larg...

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• grey mare

  The grey mare is the better horse; said of a woman who governs her husband. ...

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• grey-jumper

  n. name given to an Australiangenus of sparrow-like birds, of which the only species is Struthidea ...

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• grey nurse

  n. a New South Wales name for aspecies of Shark, Odontaspis americanus, Mitchell,family Lamnidae, w...

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• plum, grey

  n. 1) A timber-tree.One of the names for Cargillia pentamera, F. v. M., N.O. Ebenaceae. Wood used f...

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• grey-bird

  a thrush. S. ...

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

• grey-friars

  A name given to the oxen of Tuscany, with which the Mediterranean fleet was supplied. ...

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• grey-head

  A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway. ...

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• remember parson melham

  Drink about: a Norfolk phrase. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• west-country parson

  A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...

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• Grey Friars, Street

  North out of Newgate Street, at No. 108, leading to Christ's Hospital (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• dandy grey russet

  A dirty brown. His coat's dandy grey russet, the colour of the Devil's nutting bag. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• isle of wight parson

  A cormorant. ...

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• grey of the morning

  twilight, from day-break to clear light. S. ...

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

• Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).

  No later mention. Named after an owner or builder. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.