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• lame duck

  A Wall-street phrase for a Broker or Stock Jobber, who is unable to pay his losses or differences. H...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Lame

  ·vt To make lame. II. Lame ·superl Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. III. Lame ·su...

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• Duck

  ·noun A pet; a darling. II. Duck ·noun The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. III. Duc...

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• duck

  an Exchange-alley phrase for a stock-jobber, who either cannot or will not pay his losses, or, diffe...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• duck

  n. the well-known English name of thebirds of the Anatinae, Fuligulinae, and other series,of which ...

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

• duck

  to duck, or dook, or dive in the water. Ex. ...

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

• duck

  The finest canvas (No. 8) for small sails, is sometimes so called; but it is really a lighter cloth ...

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• Buffel duck

  ·- A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is cove...

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• Decoy-duck

  ·noun A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into dang...

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• Duck-billed

  ·adj Having a bill like that of a duck. ...

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• Duck-legged

  ·adj Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. ...

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• Muscovy duck

  ·- A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called als...

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• Raven's-duck

  ·noun A fine quality of sailcloth. ...

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• Sea duck

  ·- Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and m...

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• Vicissy duck

  ·- A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated. ...

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• Duck Lane

  See Duke Street2, West Smithfield. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• duck legs

  Short legs. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• german duck

  Haifa sheep's head boiled with onions. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• duck-shoving

  and Duckshover n. a cabman's phrase. In Melbourne, before the days of trams, the wagonette-cabs u...

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

• musk-duck

  n. the Australian bird, Biziuralobata, Shaw. See Duck. 1880. Garnet Walch, `Victoria in 1880,' p. ...

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

• paradise-duck

  n. bird-name applied to the NewZealand duck, Casarca variegata, Gmel. See Duckquotation, 1889, Park...

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

• whistling duck

  n. See duck. The birdnamed below by Leichhardt appears to be a mistake; vide Gould'slist at word Du...

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

• wood-duck

  n. a name given by the colonists ofNew South Wales and «Swan River» to the Maned Goose, Branta juba...

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

• duck up

  See dock up ...

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• duck, to

  To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot. ...

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• duck-up!

  A term used by the steersman when the main-sail, fore-sail, or sprit-sail hinders his seeing to stee...

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• dungaree-duck

  A name given to a small dried fish in Bombay. ...

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• eider duck

  The Somateria mollissima. A large species of duck, inhabiting the coasts of the northern seas. The d...

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• field lane duck

  A baked sheep's head. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• canvas-back duck

  An American wild duck (Fuligula valisneria), which takes this name from the colour of the back feath...

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• saint cuthbert's duck

  The Anas mollissima; the eider, or great black and white duck of the Farne Islands. ...

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• duck f-ck-r

  The man who has the care of the poultry on board a ship of war. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Blew Anchor Inn, Duck Lane

  See Blue Anchor Inn. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.