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• Nose

  ·noun The power of smelling; hence, scent. II. Nose ·vi To pry officiously into what does not conce...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• nose

  1) As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is governed. T...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nose

  Often used to denote the stem of a ship. Also, a neck of land: naes, or ness. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bag

  ·vi To become pregnant. II. Bag ·vi To swell with arrogance. III. Bag ·noun The quantity of game b...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bag

  1) A pocket of a cone-like shape in which Naaman bound two pieces of silver for Gehazi (2 Kings 5:23...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bag

  He gave them the bag, i.e. left them. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bag

  A commercial term of quantity; as, a bread or biscuit bag, a sand-bag, &c. An empty purse. ♦ To ba...

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• Bag

  is the rendering of several words in the Old and New Testaments. • Charitim, the "bags" in which Na...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bottle-nose

  ·noun The <<Puffin>>. II. Bottle-nose ·noun A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, a...

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• Bull's-nose

  ·noun An external angle when obtuse or rounded. ...

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• Cone-nose

  ·add. ·noun A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidae, often found in houses, ·esp. in the...

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• Copper-nose

  ·noun A red nose. ...

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• Pug nose

  ·- A short, thick nose; a snubnose. ...

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• Tut-nose

  ·noun A snub nose. ...

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• Nose-jewels

  Only mentioned in Isa. 3:21, although refered to in Gen. 24:47, Prov. 11:22, Hos. 2:13. They were am...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• malmsey nose

  A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• nose gent

  A nun. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pope's nose

  The rump of a turkey. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• snub nose

  A short nose turned up at the end. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shovel-nose

  n. a New South Wales species ofRay-fish, Rhinobatus bougainvillei, Cuv.; called alsothe Blind Shark...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blue-nose

  The slang name for a native of Nova Scotia. "Pray, sir," said one of my fellow passengers, "can you...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• nose-gigg

  a toe-piece on a shoe. Exm. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• blue-nose

  A general term for a native of Nova Scotia. ...

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• bottle-nose

  , or bottle-nosed whale A name applied to several of the smaller cetaceans of the northern seas, m...

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• galley-nose

  The figure-head. ...

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• Nose-Jewel

  (Genesis 24:22; Exodus 35:22) "earing;" (Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12) "jewel on the forehead," a ring...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Bag net

  ·- A bag-shaped net for catching fish. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ditty-bag

  ·noun A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, ·etc.; — also called sailor's housewife. ...

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• Duffel bag

  ·add. ·- A sack to hold miscellaneous articles, as tools, supplies, or the like. ...

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• Farding-bag

  ·noun The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen. ...

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• Honey-bag

  ·noun The receptacle for honey in a honeybee. ...

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• Telescope bag

  ·add. ·- An adjustable traveling bag consisting of two cases, the larger slipping over the other. ...

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• green bag

  An attorney: those gentlemen carry their clients' deeds in a green bag; and, it is said, when they h...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• louse bag

  A black bag worn to the hair or wig. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shag-bag

  A poor sneaking fellow; a man of no spirit: a term borrowed from the cock-pit. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• shake-bag

  A poor sneaking fellow; a man of no spirit: a term borrowed from the cock-pit. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• chewgah-bag

  n. Queensland aboriginalpigeon-English for Sugar-bag (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• dilly-bag

  See dilli ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sugar-bag

  n. nest of honey, and the honey. 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 67: «Th...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• badger-bag

  The fictitious Neptune who visits the ship on her crossing the line. ...

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• bag, the

  Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...

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• bag-reef

  A fourth or lower reef of fore-and-aft sails, often used in the royal navy. ♦ Bag-reef of top-sail...

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• ditty-bag

  Derives its name from the dittis or Manchester stuff of which it was once made. It is in use among s...

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• fernan bag

  A small ditty-bag, often worn by sailors, for holding tobacco and other things. They have applied th...

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• lull-bag

  A wide canvas hose in whalers for conducting blubber into the casks, as it is "made off." ...

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• coguing the nose

  Making comfortable over hot negus or grog. ...

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• bag of nails

  He squints like a bag of nails; i. e. his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of n...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bag and baggage

  The whole movable property. ...

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• bag, of the head-rails

  The lowest part of the head-rails, or that part which forms the sweep of the rail. ...

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