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nay-word
The old term for the watch-word, parole, or countersign.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Nay
·noun Denial; refusal.
II. Nay ·noun a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
III. Nay ·vt ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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nay
no ; a nay-word, a catch, or bye-word. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Word
·noun Verbal contention; dispute.
II. Word ·noun Signal; order; command; direction.
III. Word ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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word
I will take my word again, i. e. I will retract what I have said : I have changed my mind. Durham.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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word
The watch-word; the parole and countersign, which, being issued to the authorized persons at guard-m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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nay-say
to give the nay-say of a house, &c. i. e. the refusal.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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nay then!
an exclamation implying doubt. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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say-nay
A Lancashire name for a lamprey.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Word method
·add. ·- A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Word-catcher
·noun One who cavils at words.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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By-word
Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a p...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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binnacle word
A fine or affected word, which sailors jeeringly offer to chalk up on the binnacle.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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word grubbers
Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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word pecker
A punster, one who plays upon words.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pass-word
The countersign for answering the sentinels.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Word of God
(Heb. 4:12, etc.). The Bible so called because the writers of its several books were God's organs in...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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word of mouth
To drink by word of mouth, i.e. out of the bowl or bottle instead, of a glass.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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yea and nay man
A quaker, a simple fellow, one who can only answer yes, or no.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose