A seal. Onion hunters, a class of young thieves who are on the look out for gentlemen who wear their seals suspended on a ribbon, which they cut, and thus secure the seals or other trinkets suspended to the watch.
·noun A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The Israelites in the wilderness longed for the "onions and garlick of Egypt" (Num. 11:5). This was ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
n. i.q. Native Leek. See leek. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
This product is mentioned only in (Numbers 11:5) as one of the good things of Egypt of which the Isr...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·- The officinal squill. ·see <<Squill>>. ...
n. Same as Native Leek.See Leek. ...
The Cepola rubescens, whose body peels into flakes like that vegetable. It is of a pale red colour. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book