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Neck
·vt & ·vi To kiss and caress amorously.
II. Neck ·noun the point where the base of the stem of a pl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Neck
Used sometimes figuratively. To "lay down the neck" (Rom. 16:4) is to hazard one's life. Threatening...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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neck
The elbow or part connecting the blade and socket of a bayonet.
♦ Goose-neck, at the ends of booms...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Weed
·noun Tobacco, or a cigar.
II. Weed ·noun Underbrush; low shrubs.
III. Weed ·noun An animal unfit ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to weed
To take a part. The kiddey weeded the swell's screens; the youth took some of the gentleman's bank n...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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weed
A common term for tobacco; as, 'Do you use the weed? meaning, 'Do you chew tobacco?'
Those who were...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Deer-neck
·noun A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Volcanic neck
·add. ·- A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and late...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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neck stamper
The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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neck verse
Formerly the persons claiming the benefit of clergy were obliged to read a verse in a Latin manuscri...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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van-neck
Miss or Mrs. Van-Neck; a woman with large breasts; a bushel bubby.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring-neck
n.
the equivalent of Jackaroo (q.v.). A term used in the back blocks in reference to thewhite colla...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-neck
A curved iron, fitted outside the after-chains to receive a spare spar, properly the swinging boom, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bishop's-weed
·noun Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).
II. Bishop's-weed ·noun An umbelliferous plant of the genus...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jamestown weed
·- The poisonous thorn apple or stramonium (Datura stramonium), a rank weed early noticed at Jamesto...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jimson weed
·- ·see Jamestown weed.
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Orchilla weed
·- The lichen from which archil is obtained. ·see <<Archil>>.
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Willow-weed
·noun Any kind of Polygonum with willowlike foliage.
II. Willow-weed ·noun A European species of lo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Yaw-weed
·noun A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cape weed
n.
In Europe, Roccellatinctoria, a lichen from the Cape de Verde Islands, fromwhich a dye is produc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sida-weed
n.
i.q. Queensland Hemp.See Hemp.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sneeze-weed
Myriogyne minuta, Less., Cotula or Centipeda cunninghamii, De C.,and many other botanical synonyms. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bugle-weed
(Lycopus Virginicus.) A plant which has much reputation for its medicinal properties. It is also kno...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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carpet weed
A small spreading plant, common in cultivated ground (molugo).--Bigelow's Plants of Boston.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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poke-weed
POKE
(Lat. phytolacca.) A common plant, known also by the names of Garget, Cocum, Jalap, &c. It is ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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squaw-weed
(Lat. senecio obovatus.) A medicinal plant used for diseases of the skin.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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thimble weed
(Lat. Rudbeckia.) A tall plant six or eight feet high, resembling the sunflower. It is one of the he...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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ore-weed
sea-weed, or sea-wrac, used for manuring land. S. and W.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gulf-weed
The Fucus natans, considered to belong to the Gulf Stream, and found floating in the Sargasso Sea in...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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weed, to
To clear the rigging of stops, rope-yarns, and pieces of oakum.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bottle-neck frame
·add. ·- An inswept frame.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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wry neck day
Hanging day.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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neck of land
Dividing two portions of water, or it may be the neck of a peninsula.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Joe-Pye weed
·- A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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neck of a gun
The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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neck of the cascable
The part between the swell of the breech of a gun and the button. Its narrowest part within the butt...
The Sailor's Word-Book