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Babe
·noun A doll for children.
II. Babe ·noun An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Babe
Used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20). It is used also of those who...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hell
·vt A gambling house.
II. Hell ·vt To <<Overwhelm>>.
III. Hell ·vt A place where outcast persons o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell
Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hell
A taylor's repository for his stolen goods, called cabbage: see CABBAGE. Little hell; a small dark c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hell
In the Old Testament this is the word generally and unfortunately used by our translators to render ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Born
·p.p. of <<Bear>>.
II. Born ·vt Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell-cat
·noun A witch; a hag.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell-diver
·noun The <<Dabchick>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell-haunted
·adj Haunted by devils; hellish.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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floating hell
The hulks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell cat
A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman.
See termagant and vixen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell hound
A wicked abandoned fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell-afloat
A vessel with a bad name for tyranny.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fool-born
·adj Begotten by a fool.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea-born
·adj Born at sea.
II. Sea-born ·adj Born of the sea; produced by the sea.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sigh-born
·adj Sorrowful; mournful.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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True-born
·adj Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Well-born
·adj Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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First-born
Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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born days
One's life-time ever since one was born; a vulgar expression used in various parts of the country. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hell fire dick
The Cambridge driver of the Telegraph. The favorite companion of the University fashionables, and th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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First-born, Redemption of
From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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First-born, Sanctification of the
A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the f...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth.
Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says
She was one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened.
I just puts my finger to my nose, and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose