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Arse
·noun The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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arse
To hang an arse; to hang back, to be afraid to advance. He would lend his a-e and sh-te through his ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Open
·vi To bark on scent or view of the game.
II. Open ·adj Produced by an open string; as, an open ton...
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open
The situation of a place which is exposed to the wind and sea. Also, applied in meteorology, to mild...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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arse verse
arse verse, a Tuscan-Latin incantation against fire : ARSE VERSE averte ignem significat, Paul. ex ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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arse-ward
backward. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Open door
·add. ·- Open or free admission to all; hospitable welcome; free opportunity.
II. Open door ·add. ·...
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Open sea
·add. ·- A sea open to all nations. ·see Mare clausum.
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Open verdict
·add. ·- A verdict on a preliminary investigation, finding the fact of a crime but not stating the c...
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Open-air
·adj Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
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Open-eyed
·adj With eyes widely open; watchful; vigilant.
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Open-handed
·adj Generous; liberal; munificent.
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Open-headed
·adj <<Bareheaded>>.
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Open-hearted
·adj Candid; frank; generous.
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Open-mouthed
·adj Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.
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Open place
Gen. 38:14, 21, mar. Enaim; the same probably as Enam (Josh. 15:34), a city in the lowland or Shephe...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to re-open
To open again.--Webster. This word is much used. The theatre re-opens for the season. The schools re...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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open hawse
When a vessel rides by two anchors, without any cross in her cables.
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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....
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open list
One of a ship's books, which contains the whole of the names of the actual officers and crew, in ord...
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open order
Any distance ordered to be preserved among ships, exceeding a cable's length.
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open pack
A body of drift ice, the pieces of which, though very near each other, do not generally touch. It is...
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open policy
Where the amount of the interest of the insured is not fixed by the policy, but is left to be ascert...
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open roadstead
A place of hazard, as affording no protection either from sea or wind.
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to hang an arse
To hang back, to hesitate.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Open-hearth steel
·add. ·- ·see under <<Open>>.
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open lower deckers, to
To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose