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hoddy-doddy
A west-country name for a revolving light.
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Hoddy
·noun ·see Dun crow, under Dun, ·adj.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hoddy
well, pleasant, in good spirits ; I'm pretty hoddy. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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no! no!
The answer to the night-hail by which it is known that a midshipman or warrant officer is in the boa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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se
sē, pron. reflex. , v. sui.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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se
sē (1) acc.and abl.of sui.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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se-
sē- (1) in composition for sēmi, as in selibra.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Body
·noun Amount; quantity; extent.
II. Body ·noun A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; an...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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body
A person. A colloquial expression used both in England and America.
Good may come out of evil, and ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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body
The principal corps of an army, or the main strength of a fleet.
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No
No, an Egyptian city , perh. Alexandria; acc. to Bochart, Thebes , Hier. ad Ezech. 30, 14.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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no
no, nāvi, 1, v. n. [νέω], to swim, float. I Lit.: alter nare cupit: alter pugnare paratu'st, Enn. a...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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no
nō āvī, —, āre 1 NA-, to swim, float : nat lupus, O.: piger ad nandum, O.: ars nandi, O.— Prov.: n...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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No
·adj Not any; not one; none.
II. No ·noun A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.
III. No ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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No
stirring up; forbidding
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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No
Or No-A'mon, the home of Amon, the name of Thebes, the ancient capital of what is called the Middle ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cure a-se
A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one-and-all
A mutinous sea-cry used in the Dutch wars. Also, a rallying call to put the whole collective force o...
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-
al-l- in words compounded with ad, see adl-.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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All
·conj Although; albeit.
II. All ·adj Only; alone; nothing but.
III. All ·adj <<Any>>.
IV. All ·ad...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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all
The total quantity; quite; wholly.
♦ All aback, when all the sails are taken aback by the winds.
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kiss mine a-se
An offer, as Fielding observes, very frequently made, but never, as he could learn, literally accept...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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merry a-se christian
A whore.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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body, of a place
In fortification, the space inclosed by the enceinte, or line of bastions and curtains.
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furling in a body
A method of rolling up a top-sail only practised in harbour, by gathering all the loose part of the ...
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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no catchy no havy
If I am not caught, I cannot be hurt. Negro saying.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Se-or
·noun A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr. or Sir; also, a gentleman.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Se-ora
·noun A Spanish title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady.
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Se-orita
·noun A Spanish title of courtesy given to a young lady; Miss; also, a young lady.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Torpedo body
·add. ·- An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush.
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body snatchers
Bum bailiffs.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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poor body!
i. e. Poor Creature. Durham.
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after-body
That part of the ship's hull which is abaft the midships or dead-flat, as seen from astern. The term...
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body-hoops
Those which secure the aris pieces of a made mast.
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body-plan
The draught of a proposed ship, showing the breadth and timbers; it is a section supposed to cut the...
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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...
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cant-body
An imaginary figure of that part of a ship's body which forms the shape forward and aft, and whose p...
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dog's-body
Dried pease boiled in a cloth.
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fore-body
An imaginary figure of that part of the ship afore the midships or dead-flat, as seen from ahead.
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main-body
The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army.
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no odds
No difference; no consequence; no matter. A common expression in low language.
There is no great od...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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no-howish
Qualmy; feeling an approaching ailment without being able to describe the symptoms.
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No-Adiah
(whom Jehovah meets).
• A Levite, son of Binnui who with Meremoth, Eleazar and Jozabad weighed the ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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No-Amon
(temple of Amon) (Nahum 3:8) No, (Jeremiah 46:25; Ezekiel 30:14,16) a city of Egypt, better known un...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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agog, all-a-gog
Anxious, eager, impatient: from the Italian AGOGARE, to desire eagerly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all-a-taunt-o
See a'taunto
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
II. And ·conj It is sometimes, in old songs, a mere expletive...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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A
·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
III. A ·- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter.
I...
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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A-
·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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longitude of a celestial body
An arc of the ecliptic, contained between the first point of Aries and a circle of longitude passing...
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dirty dog and no sailor
or soldier.
A mean, spiritless, and utterly useless rascal.
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heave and a-wash
An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....
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heave and a-weigh
Signifies that the next effort will start the anchor from its bed, and make it a-trip. "Heave and a-...
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All fours
·- All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of a person.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All hail
·interj All health;
— a phrase of salutation or welcome.
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All Saints
·- ·Alt. of All Saints'.
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All Saints'
·- The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of al...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All-hail
·vt To <<Salute>>; to <<Greet>>.
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All-possessed
·adj Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
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Be-all
·noun The whole; all that is to be.
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Do-all
·noun General manager; factotum.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
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Know-all
·noun One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre;
— u...
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Save-all
·noun Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss.
II. Save-all ·noun A device in a c...
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Ty-all
·noun Something serving to tie or secure.
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Uptails all
·- An old game at cards.
II. Uptails all ·- Revelers; roysterers.
III. Uptails all ·- Revelry; con...
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All Hallows
(le Mechele, the More)
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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all holiday
It is all holiday at Peckham, or it is all holiday with him; a saying signifying that it is all over...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all hollow
He was beat all hollow, i.e. he had no chance of conquering: it was all hollow, or a hollow thing, i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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all nations
A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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save-all
A kind of candlestick used by our frugal forefathers, to burn snuffs and ends of candles. Figurative...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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grab-all
n.
a kind of net used for marinefishing near the shore. It is moored to a piece of floatingwood, an...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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all-fired
Very, in a great degree. A low American word.
The first thing I know'd, my trowsers were plastered ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-overish
Neither sick nor well. A low word, used both in England and America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-standing
Without preparation, suddenly.
This, like many other common expressions, seems to be borrowed from ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-winsome
Winsome is a word used in the north of England, (Ang. Sax. winsum, pleasant,) sweet, pleasant. I hav...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all over
Bearing a resemblance to some particular object. The word is common in familiar language.
The South...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-gates
See Bailey's Diet.
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hold-all
A portable case for holding small articles required by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men on servi...
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save-all
, or water-sail.
A small sail sometimes set under the foot of a lower studding-sail.
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stern-all
A term amongst whalers, meaning to pull the boat stern foremost, to back off after having entered an...
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through all
Carrying canvas in heavy squalls without starting a stitch. It demands not only courage, but seamanl...
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Felo-de-se
·noun One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Felos-de-se
·pl of Felo-de-se.
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No-man's land
·- Fig.: An unclaimed space or time.
II. No-man's land ·- A space amidships used to keep blocks, ro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Seek-no-further
·noun A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste;
— formerly called go-no-further.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cry'd no-child
a woman cried down by her husband. Lane. NO-CHILD is supposed to be a corruption of NICHIL, i. e. NI...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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come no near!
The order to the helmsman to steer the ship on the course indicated, and not closer to the wind, whi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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no-man's land
A space in midships between the after-part of the belfry and the fore-part of a boat when it is stow...
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cock and a bull story
A roundabout story, without head or tail, i.e. beginning or ending.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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many a time and often
frequently. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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banbury story of a cock and a bull
A roundabout, nonsensical story.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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devil to pay and no pitch hot
The seam which margins the water-ways was called the "devil," why only caulkers can tell, who perhap...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
...
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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All Fools' Day
·- The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
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All Souls' Day
·- The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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All Hallows Barking
On the north side of Great Tower Street at the south-east corner of Seething Lane. In Tower Ward.
E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Colemanchurch
Qy. = Katherine (St.) Colman and Colemanchurch (q.v.).
All the references to this church and parish...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lane
1) Tenements in All Hallows Lane in parish of All Hallows Barking given to the poor of that parish (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Passage
West out of Gracechurch Street at No. 18 on the north side of All Hallows Church, Lombard Street. In...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Pier
South of All Hallows Lane Stairs in the Thames (O.S. 1875 ; and Bacon, 1912).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Semannescyrce
A Charter of Gilbert, Bishop of London, confirmed the church, " Omnium Sanctorum in London quae dici...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Staining
On the west side of Mark Lane, where the Tower and churchyard still stand, entrance by a passage out...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Stairs
See All Hallows Lane Stairs.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Cornhill
A grant of land by Stephen the prior and the convent of Holy Trinity to John the goldsmith held of t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Fenchurch
First mention 1283-4 (Cal. L. Bk. A. p.80).
Forms of name: " All Hallows de Phanchurch," 1283-4 (ib...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little All Hallows
In Thames Street, 1537 (L. and P. H. VIII. XII. (1), p. 511).
See All Hallows the Less.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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shod all round
A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to beat all hollow
To surpass or overcome completely; thus, "Eclipse beat Sir Henry all hollow." Also, to take wholly b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all-to-smash
Smashed to pieces. This expression is often heard in low and familiar language. It is an English pro...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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all sorts of
A Southern expression, synonymous with expert, acute, excellent, capital. It answers to the English ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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of all loves
See love.
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back off all
The order when the harpooner has thrown his harpoon into the whale. Also, to back off a sudden dange...
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down all chests!
The order to get all the officers' and seamen's chests down below from off the gun-decks when cleari...
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down all hammocks!
The order for all the sailors to carry their hammocks down, and hang them up in their respective ber...
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haul of all!
An order to brace round all the yards at once a manœuvre sometimes used in tacking, or on a sudden c...
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heaving through all
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold.
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rode of all
Improperly so written for rowed of all (which see). The order to throw in and boat the oars.
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rowed of all!
The orders for the rowers to cease, and toss their oars into the boat simultaneously, in naval style...
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tipping all nines
, or tipped the nines.
Foundering from press of sail.
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to make no bones of
To do a thing without hesitation. A metaphor borrowed from eating with dispatch as if it contained n...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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Desire of all nations
(Hag. 2:7), usually interpreted as a title of the Messiah. The Revised Version, however, more correc...
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All Hallows ad Fenum
See All Hallows the Great.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Barking Churchyard
On the north and east sides of the Church of All Hallows Barking (O.S.). Churchyard mentioned in Wil...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Barking Vicarage
Adjoined the church (Maskell, p.26). Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt (ib.).
Removed 1862 to widen the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows de Stanningechirche
See All Hallows Staining.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Lane Stairs
At the south end of All Hallows Lane, Dowgate (Bacon, 1912). In Dowgate Ward.
Earliest mention: (St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows le Grant
See All Hallows the Great.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows Staining School
Founded 1669 by Wm. Winter's Will for the education and apprenticeship of 6 boys (Dodsley).
Boys no...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows super Cellarium
See All Hallows the Less.
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All Hallows the Great
On the east side of All Hallows Lane at the corner of Upper Thames Street. In Dowgate Ward (O.S. 188...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows the Less
On the south side of Thames Street, at the north-west corner of the street called Cole Harbour leadi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Bread Street
On the east side of Bread Street at the corner of Watling Street (O.S. 1875). In Bread Street Ward. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Honey Lane
In Honey Lane, at the north-west corner of Honey Lane Market (Leake, 1666). In Cripplegate Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Lombard Street
On the north side of Lombard Street at No.48, and west of Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, London Wall
On the north side of London Wall at No. 85 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Parish extends in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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All Hallows, Tower Street
See All Hallows Barking.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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woman of all work
Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Castor and Pollux
·- ·see Saint Elmo's fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lords and Ladies
·- The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), — those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tom and Jerry
·add. ·- A hot sweetened drink of rum and water spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ·etc., and beaten up w...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tops-and-bottoms
·noun ·pl Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, — used as food fo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tweedledum and Tweedledee
·add. ·- Two things practically alike;
— a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "O...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Azur and Azzur
Helper.
1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1).
2) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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By and by
Immediately (Matt. 13:21; R.V., "straightway;" Luke 21:9).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Castor and Pollux
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or scul...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Jachin and Boaz
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 7:15-22). Each was eighteen cubi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Tryphena and Tryphosa
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
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Easton's Bible Dictionary