moses | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Moses
Mōses or Moȳses, is or i, m. (in Vulg. nom. semper Moȳses; gen. Moȳsi, Lev. 8, 36; 16, 34; Num. 3,...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Moses
·noun A large flatboat, used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Moses
taken out; drawn forth ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Moses
Drawn (or Egypt. mesu, "son;" hence Rameses, royal son). On the invitation of Pharaoh (Gen. 45:17-25...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
moses
A flat-bottomed boat used in the West Indies for bringing off hogsheads of sugar; it is termed singl...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Moses
(Heb. Mosheh, "drawn," i.e. from the water; in the Coptic it means "saved from the water"), the legi...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
(St.) Margaret Moses
On the east side of Friday Street at its junction with Little Friday Street (Pissinge alley) (Leake,...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Moses' Court
See Mosley's Court. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
moses, prickly
n. a bushman's name for Mimosa (q.v.). 1887. `The Australian,' April: «I cannot recommend . . . [...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
moses' law
The term among pirates for inflicting thirty-nine lashes on the bare back forty save one. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Law of Moses
Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Ark Of Moses
A small boat or basket made of the papyrus, a reed which grows in the marshes of Egypt. It was cover...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Law Of Moses
It will be the object of this article to give a brief analysis of the substance of this law, to poin...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary