holy father | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Father
·noun A senator of ancient Rome. II. Father ·vt To provide with a father. III. Father ·noun A resp...

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Father
A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a...

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father
The dockyard name given to the person who constructs a ship of the navy. ...

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Father
The position and authority of the father as the head of the family are expressly assumed and sanctio...

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Holy
·superl Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or commo...

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Father longlegs
·- ·see Daddy longlegs, 2. ...

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Father-lasher
·noun A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; — called also lucky proach. ...

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Prout, Father
see Mahony, Francis Sylvester. ...

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father-lasher
A name of the scorpius or scorpion, Cottus scorpius, a fish about 9 inches long, common near rocky c...

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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion. ...

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Holy Ghost
The third Person of the adorable Trinity. His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attr...

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Holy place
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It wa...

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Spirit, Holy
See HOLY [607]GHOST. ...

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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross. ...

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holy lamb
A thorough-paced villain. IRISH. ...

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holy water
He loves him as the Devil loves holy water, i.e. hates him mortally. Holy water, according to the Ro...

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Holy City
n. a nickname for Adelaide. See Farinaceous City. 1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,...

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Holy dollar
n. punning name for a dollar outof which a Dump (q.v.) had been punched. 1822. `Hobart Town Gazett...

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holy-stone
A sandstone for scrubbing decks, so called from being originally used for Sunday cleaning, or obtain...

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Father-in-law
·noun The father of one's husband or wife; — correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law. ...

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Holy of holies
The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitte...

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(St.) Katherine Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree. ...

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court holy water
Fair speeches and promises, without performance. ...

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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog. ...

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holy-by-zont
a ridiculous figure. N. ...

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dry holy-stoning
See holy-stone. ...

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(Holy) Cross or Holy Rood
An old parish in Aldgate Ward, conterminous with the Parish of Holy Trinity (S. 142). Stow tells us ...

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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree. ...

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