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author
author, authōrĭtas, etc., v. auctor, auctoritas, etc.
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Author
·noun The editor of a periodical.
II. Author ·noun An <<Informant>>.
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line of line
See gunter's line.
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Old Line State
·add. ·- Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's ...
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Line
·noun Flax; linen.
II. Line ·noun A trench or rampart.
III. Line ·noun Instruction; doctrine.
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line
To get a man into a line, i.e. to divert his attention by a ridiculous or absurd story. To humbug.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to line
To fish with a line. So, to seine, i. e. to fish with a seine. I have never seen these words used ex...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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line
The general appellation of a number of small ropes in a ship, as buntlines, clue-lines, bowlines, &c...
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forming the line
See line.
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apsides, line of
The imaginary line joining the aphelion and perihelion points in the orbit of a planet.
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collimation, line of
The optical axis of a telescope, or an imaginary line passing through the centre of the tube.
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ebb, line of
The sea-line of beach left dry by the tide.
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line of battle
A disposition of the fleet at the moment of engagement, by signal or previous order, on which occasi...
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line of bearing
A previously determined bearing given out by a commander-in-chief, as well as line-of-battle. "From ...
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line of collimation
See collimation, line of.
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line of defence
In fortification, the face of a work receiving flank defence, together with its prolongation to the ...
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line of demarcation
A line which is drawn by consent, to ascertain the limits of territories belonging to different powe...
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line of nodes
The imaginary line joining the ascending and descending nodes of the orbit of a planet or comet.
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line of operations
In strategy, the line an army follows to attain its objective point.
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forerunners of the log-line
A small piece of red bunting laid into that line at a certain distance from the log, the space betwe...
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stray line of the log
About 10 or 12 fathoms of line left unmarked next the log-ship, in order that it may get out of the ...
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Old
·noun Open country.
II. Old ·superl More than enough; abundant.
III. Old ·superl Used colloquially...
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old
1) Crafty; cunning. Used in vulgar language. When a person attempts to get the advantage of another,...
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old
great ; here has been old doings, here has been great doings. C.
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Bar of the Old Temple
See Holborn Bars.
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Wars of the Lord, The Book of the
(Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1...
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line-of-battle ships
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...
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line-of-metal elevation
That which the axis of a gun has above the object when its line of metal is pointed on the latter; i...
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Old Temple, Bar of
See Holborn Bars.
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Fear of the Lord the
Is in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps. 19:9). It is ...
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bear, the constellations of the
Ursa Major and Minor, most important to seamen, as instantly indicating by the pointers and pole-sta...
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Dispersion, The Jews Of The
or simply THE DISPERSION, was the general title applied to those Jews who remained settled in foreig...
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Willows, The Brook Of The
a wady mentioned by Isaiah, (Isaiah 15:7) in his dirge over Moab. It is situated on the southern bou...
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Air line
·add. ·- A path through the air made easy for aerial navigation by steady winds.
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Bee line
·- The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with hone...
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Date line
·add. ·- The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreeme...
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Drag line
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Drag rope.
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Gunter's line
·- A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numb...
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Line-up
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Lineup>>.
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Pipe line
·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...
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Pipe-line
·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
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Side line
·add. ·- A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing.
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Spurling-line
·noun The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
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Stream line
·add. ·- The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like.
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Up-line
·noun A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the ...
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Vortex line
·add. ·- A line, within a rotating fluid, whose tangent at every point is the instantaneous axis of ...
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Water line
·- Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at v...
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black-line
See Black-War.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snow-line
n.
In pastoralists' language of NewZealand, «above the snow-line» is land covered by snow inwinter,...
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to line bees
is to track wild bees to their homes in the woods. One who follows this occupation is called a bee h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bee-line
To take a bee-line, is to take the most direct or straight way from one point to another. Bees in re...
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base-line
In strategy, the line joining the various points of a base of operations. In surveying, the base on ...
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beam-line
A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...
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bearding-line
In ship-building, is a curved line made by bearding the dead-wood to the shape of the ship's body.
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breadth line
A curved line of the ship lengthwise, intersecting the timbers at their greatest extent from the mid...
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cant-line
Synonymous with girt-line, as to cant the top over the lowermast-head.
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cod-line
An eighteen-thread line.
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concluding-line
A small rope hitched to the middle of the steps of the stern-ladders. Also, a small line leading thr...
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cont-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.
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counter-line
A word often used for contravallation.
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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fancy-line
A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff, used as a down-haul. Also, a line used for cross-...
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furling-line
Denotes a generally flat cord called a gasket. In bad weather, with a weak crew, the top-sail is bro...
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gant-line
Synonymous with girt-line (which see).
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gaub-line
A rope leading from the martingale in-board. The same as back-rope.
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girt-line
A whip purchase, consisting of a rope passing through a single block on the head of a lower mast to ...
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gob-line
See gaub-line.
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gunter's line
Called also the line of numbers, and the line of lines, is placed upon scales and sectors, and named...
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hambro'-line
See hamber
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hand-line
A line bent to the hand-lead, measured at certain intervals with what are called marks and deeps fro...
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hauling-line
A line made fast to any object, to be hauled nearer or on board, as a hawser, a spar, &c.
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house-line
See housing
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indented line
In fortification, a connected line of works composed of faces which offer a continued series of alte...
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lead-line
A line attached to the upper end of the sounding-lead. (See hand-line and deep-sea line.)
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line, to
To cover one piece with another. Also, to mark out the work on a floor for determining the shape of ...
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line-breadth
See breadth line.
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log-line and log-ship
A small line about 100 fathoms long, fastened to the log-ship by means of two legs, one of which pas...
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margin line
A line or edge parallel to the upper side of the wing transom, and just below it, where the butts of...
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measuring line
The old term for the first meridian reckoned off from a ship's longitude. Also, the five-fathom line...
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par-line
A term signifying the normal level of a barometer for a given station, or the mean pressure between ...
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reef-line
Casual aids in bad weather to help the men at the earings. When the vessel was going free, and the s...
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smiting-line
A line by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosed, without sending men aloft. If well executed, marks ...
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sounding-line
This line, with a plummet, is mentioned by Lucilius; and was the sund-gyrd of the Anglo-Saxons.
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spurling-line
The line which formed the communication between the wheel and the tell-tale: it went round a small b...
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tow-line
[Anglo-Saxon toh-line]. A small hawser or warp used to move a ship from one part of a harbour or roa...
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tricing-line
A small cord, generally passing through a block or thimble, and used to hoist up any object to rende...
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trigger-line
A line by which the gun is fired.
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tripping-line
A small rope serving to unrig the lower top-gallant yard-arm of its lift and brace, when in the act ...
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twiddling-line
A piece of small rope ornamentally fitted and used for steadying the steering-wheel when required: n...
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water-line
In former ships of war, a fine white painted line or bend, representing the deep line of flotation, ...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
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Old Dominion
·add. ·- Virginia;
— a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as "t...
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Old-fashioned
·adj Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, a...
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Old-gentlemanly
·adj Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.
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Old-maidish
·adj Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
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Old-maidism
·noun The condition or characteristics of an old maid.
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Old-womanish
·adj Like an old woman; anile.
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Old gate
One of the gates in the north wall of Jerusalem, so called because built by the Jebusites (Neh. 3:6;...
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The Old Bailey
South from Newgate Street, at No.2, to 46 Ludgate Hill (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Bethlem
See Old Bethlehem Hospital.
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Old Change
South out of Cheapside, at No.10, to Knightrider Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within,...
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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Old Exchange
See Old Change.
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Old Jewry
North out of Poultry, at No.43, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward and Coleman Street...
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Old Lane
See Viterilane.
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Old Ludgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate, west of the London Workhouse, on the south side of Half Moon Street...
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Old Piscaria
See Old Fish Street.
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Old Place
Messuage or great Place commonly called the "Old Place" situate at the east head of the parish churc...
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The Old Swan
In Thames Street in 1645 near St. Martin's lane (L. and P. Chas. I. xx. p. 59').
The lady of Glouce...
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Old Temple
See The Temple.
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Old Wardrobe
See Prince's Wardrobe.
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Old Yard
South out of Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Seems to be identical with Old...
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old hat
a woman's privities: because frequently felt.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old hand
Knowing or expert in any business.
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old harry
A composition used by vintners to adulterate their wines; also the nick-name for the devil.
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old ding
See old hat.
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old nick
The Devil: from NEKEN, the evil spirit of the north.
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old one
The Devil. Likewise an expression of quizzical familiarity, as "how d'ye do, OLD ONE?"
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old pegg
Poor Yorkshire cheese, made of skimmed milk.
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old stager
One accustomed to business, one who knows mankind.
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old toast
A brisk old fellow. CANT.
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the old start
Newgate: he is gone to the start, or the old start. CANT.
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hand, old
n.
one who has been a convict.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 141:
«The men who hav...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hat, old
See old-hat.
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identity, old
n.
phrase denoting a person wellknown in a place. a term invented in Dunedin, New Zealand, in1862, ...
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old chum
n.
Not in common use: the oppositeto a new chum.
1846. C. P. Hodgson, `Reminiscences of Australia,...
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old-hat
a Victorian political catch-word.
1895. `The Argus,' May 11, p. 8, col. 3:
«Mr. Frank Stephen was ...
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old hat
a Victorian political catch-word.
1895. `The Argus,' May 11, p. 8, col. 3:
«Mr. Frank Stephen was ...
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old lady
n.
name given to a moth, ErebusPluto.
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old man
n.
a full-grown male Kangaroo.The aboriginal corruption is Wool-man.
1827. P. Cunningham, `Two Yea...
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old-wife
n.
a New South Wales fish, Enoplosus armatus, White, family Percidae.The local name Old-Wife in Eng...
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"old hunkers"
We have been requested to give a definition of this term. Party nicknames are not often logically ju...
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old-man
(Artemisia abrotanum.) A popular name for the Southern-wood plant.
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old-wife
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
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old-squaw
The popular name of a brown duck, one of the most common throughout North America, the long-tailed D...
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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...
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old countryman
A native of England, Scotland, Ireland, or Wales. The term is never applied to persons from the Cont...
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old dominion
The State of Virginia.
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old hunker
See barnburners.
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old land
ground that has lain long untilled, and just ploughed up. The same in Essex is called new lands.
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old lad
and OLD YOUTH
applied to a healthy man in years : he's a fine old youth. Derb.
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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...
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old hand
A knowing and expert person.
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old horse
Tough salt-beef.
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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old-stager
One well initiated in anything.
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old-stagerism
An adherence to established customs; sea conservatism.
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old wife
A fish about 2 feet long, and 9 inches high in the back, having a small mouth, a large eye, a broad ...
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Age, Old
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political system of the Jews. In private life ...
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Old Testament
I. TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.-
• History of the text. -A history of the text of the Old Testament s...
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Testament, Old
[OLD TESTAMENT; BIBLE] OLD TESTAMENT - 3249
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stripped to the girt-line
All the standing-rigging and furniture having been cleared off the masts in the course of dismantlin...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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Standard in the Old Bailey
Mentioned by Stow (391) and the waste of the water served the prisoners in Ludgate.
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losing the number of the mess
Dead, drowned, or killed. (See number.)
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Concert of the powers
·add. ·- An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Jap...
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Out-of-the-way
·adj ·see under Out, ·adv
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Acts of the Apostles
The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author s...
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Adam, the city of
Is referred to in Josh. 3:16. It stood "beside Zarethan," on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12)....
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Canaan, the language of
Mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language...
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Chief of the three
A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...
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Congregation, mount of the
(Isa. 14:13), has been supposed to refer to the place where God promised to meet with his people (Ex...
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Covering of the eyes
Occurs only in Gen. 20:16. In the Revised Version the rendering is "it (i.e., Abimelech's present of...
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Dedication, Feast of the
(John 10:22, 42), i.e., the feast of the renewing. It was instituted B.C. 164 to commemorate the pur...
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East, Children of the
The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg. 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10)....
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Ephraim, The tribe of
Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing (Gen. 41:52; 48:1). The descenda...
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Fishing, the art of
Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jes...
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Fountain of the Virgin
The perennial source from which the Pool of Siloam (q.v.) is supplied, the waters flowing in a copio...
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Harosheth of the Gentiles
(Judg. 4:2) or nations, a city near Hazor in Galilee of the Gentiles, or Upper Galilee, in the north...
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Hebrew of the Hebrews
One whose parents are both Hebrews (Phil. 3:5; 2 Cor. 11:22); a genuine Hebrew.
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Intercession of the Spirit
(Rom. 8:26, 27; John 14:26). "Christ is a royal Priest (Zech. 6:13). From the same throne, as King, ...
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Isaiah, The Book of
Consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotham (6), (3) Ahaz ...
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Kings, The Books of
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division...
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Maccabees, Books of the
There were originally five books of the Maccabees. The first contains a history of the war of indepe...
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Moreh, the Hill of
Probably identical with "little Hermon," the modern Jebel ed-Duhy, or perhaps one of the lower spurs...
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Mount of the Amalekites
A place near Pirathon (q.v.), in the tribe of Ephraim (Judg. 12:15).
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Mount of the Amorites
The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih ("the wandering"), mentioned Deu...
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Mount of the congregation
Only in Isa. 14:13, a mythic mountain of the Babylonians, regarded by them as the seat of the gods. ...
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Mount of the valley
(Josh. 13:19), a district in the east of Jordan, in the territory of Reuben. The "valley" here was p...
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Numbering of the people
Besides the numbering of the tribes mentioned in the history of the wanderings in the wilderness, we...
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Oreb, The rock of
The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26). It was...
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Perseverance of the saints
Their certain continuance in a state of grace. Once justified and regenerated, the believer can neit...
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Schools of the Prophets
(1 Sam. 19:18-24; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 12, 15) were instituted for the purpose of training young men f...
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Shallecheth, The gate of
I.e., "the gate of casting out," hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house...
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Shiloah, The waters of
=Siloah, (Neh. 3:15) and Siloam (q.v.)
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Shinar, The Land of
LXX. and Vulgate "Senaar;" in the inscriptions, "Shumir;" probably identical with Babylonia or South...
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Shual, The land of
Land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Sam. 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:...
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Siloah, The pool of
Heb. shelah; i.e., "the dart", Neh. 3:15; with the art. shiloah, "sending," Isa. 8:6 (comp. 7:3)=Sil...
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Simeon, The tribe of
Was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in n...
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Tob, The land of
A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah ...
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Tower of the furnaces
(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was proba...
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Uz, The land of
Where Job lived (1:1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21), probably somewhere to the east or south-east of Palest...
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