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Hatchet
·noun Specifically, a tomahawk.
II. Hatchet ·noun A small ax with a short handle, to be used with o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hatchet
'To bury the hatchet,' is to make peace. A phrase alluding to the Indian ceremony of burying the war...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Face
·vi To present a face or front.
II. Face ·noun The style or cut of a type or font of type.
III. Fa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Face
Means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R.V.,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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face
The edge of a sharp instrument. Also, the word of command to soldiers, marines, and small-arm men, t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hatchet Alley
1) Out of Little Britain (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) In East Smithfield (P....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hatchet Court
East out of Little Trinity Lane at No. 20, leading to Sugar-loaf Court and Garlick Hill (P.O. Direct...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hatchet-fashion
Cutting at the heads of antagonists, instead of thrusting.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Tallow-face
·noun One who has a sickly, pale complexion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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White-face
·noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose;
— called also white-b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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buck's face
A cuckold.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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carbuncle face
A red face, full of pimples.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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face-making
Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one wh...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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friday-face
A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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frosty face
One pitted with the small pox.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mossy face
The mother of all saints.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rich face
or NOSE
A red pimpled, face.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pig-face
Pig-faces, and Pig's-face,or Pig's-faces.
Names given to an indigenous «iceplant,» Mesembryanthemum...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-face
n.
a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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after-face
See back of the post.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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face-piece
A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack nasty face
A sea term, signifying a common sailor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick.
Any one who can...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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jack nasty-face
A cook's assistant.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hatchet Alley, Aldgate High Street
North out of Aldgate High Street. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Seems to have bee...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hatchet Alley, Little Tower Hill
North-west out of Little Tower Hill (P.C. 1732-London Guide, 1758).
Former name : "Hand and Hatchet...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill
See Hatchet Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.