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-one
·- A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone...
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One
·adj Single; inmarried.
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Long
·superl Far-reaching; extensive.
II. Long ·noun A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
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long
Great. A long price; a great price.
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long
1) great; as a long price.
2) tough meat is said " to eat long in the mouth." North.
3) long it hi...
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At one
·- <<Together>>.
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Conversazi-one
·noun A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects.
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One-hand
·adj Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
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One-horse
·adj Second-rate; inferior; small.
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One-sided
·adj Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
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Self-one
·adj <<Secret>>.
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Young one
·add. ·- A young human being; a child; also, a young animal, as a colt.
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deep-one
A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.
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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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young one
A familiar expression of contempt for another's ignorance, as "ah! I see you're a young one." How d'...
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nary-one
for neither. A common vulgarism.
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one o'clock
♦ Like one o'clock. With speed; rapidly.
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Long primer
·- A kind of type, in size between small pica and bourgeois.
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Long-armed
·adj Having long arms; as, the long-armed ape or gibbon.
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Long-breathed
·adj Having the power of retaining the breath for a long time; long-winded.
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Long-drawn
·adj Extended to a great length.
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Long-horned
·adj Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain b...
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Long-lived
·adj Having a long life; having constitutional peculiarities which make long life probable; lasting ...
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Long-sight
·noun Long-sightedness.
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Long-sighted
·adj Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.
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Long-sightedness
·noun ·see <<Hypermetropia>>.
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Long-stop
·noun One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
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Long-sufferance
·noun Forbearance to punish or resent.
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Long-suffering
·noun Long patience of offense.
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Long-tongue
·noun The <<Wryneck>>.
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Long-tongued
·adj Having a long tongue.
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Long-waisted
·adj Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist;
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Long-winded
·adj Long-breathed; hence, tediously long in speaking; consuming much time; as, a long-winded talker...
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Long, George
(1800-1879)
Classical scholar, ed. at Camb. He was Prof. of Ancient Languages in the Univ. of Virgi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Long Alley
Near Fleet Ditch, at Blackfriars (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Long Entry
1) Out of Fetter Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Long Lane
West out of Aldersgate Street to West Smithfield (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon...
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Long Walk
1) North from Christ's Hospital to St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195-Boyle, ...
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long gallery
Throwing, or rather trundling, the dice the whole length of the board.
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long meg
A jeering name for a very tall woman: from one famous in story, called Long Meg of Westminster.
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long shanks
A long-legged person.
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long stomach
A voracious appetite.
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long tongued
Loquacious, not able to keep a secret. He is as long-tongued as Granny: Granny was an idiot who coul...
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long-winded
A long-winded parson; one who preached long, tedious sermons. A long-winded paymaster; one who takes...
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tom long
A tiresome story teller. It is coming by Tom Long, the carrier; said of any thing that has been long...
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long-fin
n.
name given to the fish Caprodonschlegelii, Gunth., and in New South Wales to Anthiaslongimanus, ...
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long-jack
name given to the tree Flindersiaoxleyana, F. v. M., N.O. Meliaceae; called alsoLight Yellow-Wood.
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long-sleever
n.
name for a big drink and alsofor the glass in which it is contained. Perhaps in allusion toits t...
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long-tom
n.
name given in Sydney to Beloneferox, Gunth., a species of Garfish which has bothjaws prolonged t...
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yam, long
n.
a tuber, Discoreatransversa, R. Br., N.O. Dioscorideae. «The smalltubers are eaten by the aborig...
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by a long shot
By a long way; by a great deal.
Mr. Divver offered a resolution summarily removing the superintende...
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long knives
A term applied to Europeans and their descendants, by the North American Indians. It signifies weare...
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long dog
a greyhound. Derb.
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long-cripple
a viper. Exm.
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long balls
Engaging beyond the reach of carronades.
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long boat
Is carvel-built, full, flat, and high, and is usually the largest boat belonging to a ship, furnishe...
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long-bow
A noted weapon formerly supplied to our men-of-war.
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long chalks
Great strides. (See chalks.)
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long-gaskets
Those used for sea service; the opposite of harbour-gaskets (which see).
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long-jawed
The state of rope when its strands are straightened by being much strained and untwisted, and from i...
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long-leave
Permission to visit friends at a distance.
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long-legged
Said of a vessel drawing much water.
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long oyster
A name of the sea cray-fish.
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long-service
A cable properly served to prevent chafing under particular use.
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long-shot
A distant range. It is also used to express a long way; a far-fetched explanation; something incredi...
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long stroke
The order to a boat's crew to stretch out and hang on her.
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long-tackles
Those overhauled down for hoisting up top-sails to be bent. Long-tackle blocks have two sheaves of d...
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long-tails
A sobriquet for the Chinese.
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long timbers
, or long top-timbers.
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long togs
Landsman's clothes.
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long tom
, or long tom turks.
Pieces of lengthy ordnance for chasers, &c.
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long voyage
One in which the Atlantic Ocean is crossed.
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Two-to-one
·add. ·adj Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a velocity ratio two to one.
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One Swan Yard
West out of Bishopsgate at No. 179. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-1890; and mentioned 17...
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One Tun Yard
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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one of us
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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three to one
He is playing three to one, though sure to lose; said of one engaged in the amorous congress.
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ripping one up
telling him all his faults, Exm.
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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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one! two!! three!!!
The song with which the seamen bowse out the bowlines; the last haul being completed by belay O!
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long and short
The end; the result; the upshot.
You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...
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long stern-timbers
See stern-timbers.
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long top-timbers
See long timbers
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long-winded whistlers
Chase-guns.
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dot and go one
To waddle: generally applied to persons who have one leg shorter than the other, and who, as the sea...
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one of my cousins
A woman of the town, a harlot.
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two to one shop
A pawnbroker's: alluding to the three blue balls, the sign of that trade: or perhaps to its being tw...
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to give it to one
is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to look blue at one
is to look at one with a countenance expressive of displeasure or dissatisfaction.
The Bishop would...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Long Shop in Cheap
A long shop or shed encroaching on the high street before the wall of St. Peter's church in Cheap wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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long and short boards
See tack and half-tack.
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Green Dragon Inn, Long Lane
See Green Dragon Yard, Long Lane.
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White Hart Alley, Long Lane
See White Hart Court.
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose