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ivy bush
Like an owl in an ivy bush; a simile for a meagre or weasel-faced man, with a large wig, or very bus...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Ivy
·noun A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smoo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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ivy
n.
a child's name for the ivy-leafgeraniums, especially the double pink-flowered one calledMadame K...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Owl
·noun A variety of the domestic pigeon.
II. Owl ·vi To carry wool or sheep out of England.
III. Ow...
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Owl
1) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of "shouting." In the list of unclean birds (Lev...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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owl
To catch the; a trick practised upon ignorant country boobies, who are decoyed into a barn under pre...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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owl
n.
an English bird-name. The species inAustralia are – – Boobook Owl – – Ninox boobook, Lath.
♣ Ch...
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owl
to take owl, to be offended, to take amiss. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Owl
A number of species of the owl are mentioned in the Bible, (Leviticus 11:17; 14:16; Isaiah 14:23; 34...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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an
ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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an
an I conj.
I I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter c...
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An
·conj If;
— a word used by old English authors.
II. An ·- This word is properly an adjective, but ...
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Bush
·noun The tail, or brush, of a fox.
II. Bush ·vi To branch thickly in the manner of a bush.
III. B...
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Bush
In which Jehovah appeared to Moses in the wilderness (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30). It is difficult to say wh...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bush
I.
n.
Not originally an Australianapplication. «Recent, and probably a direct adoption of theDutch...
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bush
I.
, or bouche
A circular shouldered piece of metal, usually of brass, let into the lignum vitæ ...
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Bush
The Hebrew word seneh occurs only in those passages which refer to Jehovah's appearance to Moses "in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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Ivy-mantled
·adj Covered with ivy.
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Ivy Hall
See Yvihalle.
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Ivy Lane
North out of Paternoster Row, at Nos. 22-23, to Newgate Street. In Farringdon Ward Within.
First me...
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ivy, native
an Australian plant, Muehlenbeckiaadpressa, Meissn., N.O. Polygonaceae; called also Macquarie Harbou...
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ivy, wild
n.
an Australian creeper, Platylobium triangulare, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae.
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ivy-tree
n.
New Zealand tree, genus Panax, N.O. Araliacae; Maori name, Horoeka. It is also called Lancewood ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native ivy
n.
See ivy, and grape, macquarie harbour.
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Barred owl
·- A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum);
— so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown c...
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Jar-owl
·noun The <<Goatsucker>>.
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Owl-eyed
·adj Having eyes like an owl's.
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Scops owl
·- Any one of numerous species of small owls of the genus Scops having ear tufts like those of the h...
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Sea owl
·- The <<Lumpfish>>.
...
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barking owl
n.
a bird not identified, and notin Gould (who accompanied Leichhardt).
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Over...
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owl-parrot
n.
a bird of New Zealand. See kakapo.
...
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sea-owl
A name of the lump-fish, Cyclopterus lumpus.
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
...
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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oar, to shove in an
To intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked.
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Bramble bush
·- The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
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Caper bush
·- ·Alt. of Caper tree.
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Creosote bush
·add. ·- A shrub (Covillea mexicana) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southwa...
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Poison bush
·add. ·- The plant Myoporum deserti, often distinguished as Ellangowan poison bush or dogwood poison...
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Bush Lane
South out of Cannon Street, at No. 86, to 157 Upper Thames St. (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook and Dow...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Mourning Bush
See Fountain Tavern1, Aldersgate.
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blue-bush
n.
an Australian forage plant,a kind of Salt-bush, Kochia pyrainidata, Benth, N.O. Chenopodiaceae.
...
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bush-faller
n.
one who cuts down timber in thebush.
1882. `Pall Mall Gazette,' June 29, p. 2, col. 1:
«A brok...
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bush-fire
n.
forests and grass on fire in hotsummers.
1868. C. Dilke, `Greater Britain,' vol. ii. part iii. ...
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bush-lawyer
n.
1) A Bramble.See Lawyer.
2) Name often used for a layman who fancies he knows all aboutthe law ...
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bush-magpie
n.
an Australian bird, morecommonly called a Magpie (q.v.).
1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australas...
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bush-ranging
n.
the practice of the Bushranger (q.v.).
1827. `Captain Robinson's Report,' Dec. 23
«It was a su...
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bush-scrubber
n.
a bushman's word for a boor,bumpkin, or slatternly person. See Scrubber.
1896. Modern. Up-count...
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bush-telegraph
n.
Confederates of bushrangerswho supply them with secret information of the movements of thepolice...
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bush-wren
n.
See wren.
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 108:
[A full description.]
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cattle-bush
n.
a tree, Atalayahemiglauca, F. v. M., N.O. Sapindacea.It is found in South Australia, New South W...
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christmas-bush
n.
an Australian tree, Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Smith, N.O. Saxifrageae. Called also Christmas-tre...
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cockatoo bush
n.
i.q. native currant (q.v).
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coffee-bush
n. a settlers' name for the NewZealand tree the Karamu (q.v.). Sometimes called also Coffee-plant.
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cotton-bush
n.
name applied to two treescalled Salt-bush (q.v.). (1) Bassia bicornis,Lindl. (2) Kochia aphylla,...
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emu-bush
n.
an Australian shrub, Eremophilalongifolia, F. v. M., N.O. Myoporineae.
1875. T. Laslett, `Timbe...
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flax-bush
n.
the bush of the New ZealandFlax.
1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' Intro. p. v:
«I had ....
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hemp-bush
n.
the plant Plagianthuspulchellus, A. Gray, N.O. Halvaceae, native of Australiaand New Zealand. Th...
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hop-bush
n.
«the name for all species of Dodonaea» (Maiden, p. 417), N.O. Sapindaceae.
1883. F. M. Bailey, ...
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milk-bush
n.
a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
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needle-bush
n.
name applied to two Australiantrees, Hakea leucoptera, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae;called also Pin-b...
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pin-bush
n.
i.q. Needle-bush (q.v.)
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poison-bush
n.
name given to a genus of poisonous Australian shrubs, Gastrolobium (q.v.).
Out of the thirty-th...
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rose-bush
a timber-tree, Eupomatia laurina,R. Br., N.O. Anonaceae.
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saloop-bush
n.
name given to an erectsoft-stemmed bush, Rhagodia hastata, R. Br., N.O. Salsolaceae, one of the ...
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salt-bush
n. and adj.
the wild alkalineherb or shrub, growing on the interior plains of Australia,on which ho...
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sandfly-bush
n. Australian namefor the indigenous tree Zieria smithii, Andr., N.O. Rutaceae. Called also Turmeric...
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twine bush
n.
i.q. Hakea flexilis.See Hakea.
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umbrella-bush
Acacia osswaldi, F. v. M., N.O. Leguminosae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 363:
«...
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wallaby-bush
n.
a tall shrub or tree, Beyeria viscosa, Miq., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.Same as the Pinkwood of Tasmania...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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button bush
(Cephalanthus occidentalis.) A shrub which grows along the water side, its insulated thickets furnis...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fever bush
(Laurus benzoin.) An aromatic shrub with a flavor resembling Benzoin.--Bigelow's Flora Bostoniensis....
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shag-bush
An old term for a harquebus, or hand-gun.
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Little Ivy Lane
West out of Ivy Lane to Newgate Market, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
See Duke...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened.
I just puts my finger to my nose, and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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well-an-ere!
alas! Derb. N .
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working an observation
Reducing the altitudes or distances of heavenly bodies by calculation.
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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
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Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
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In antis
·- Between antae;
— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
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In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
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In esse
·- In being; actually existing;
— distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
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In loco
·- In the place; in the proper or natural place.
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In posse
·- In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass;
— contradistinguished f...
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In rem
·add. ·- Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;.
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In situ
·- In its natural position or place;
— said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in whi...
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In transitu
·- In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
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In vacuo
·- In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
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In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...
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Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childb...
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Printing in
·add. ·- A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introdu...
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Roughing-in
·noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
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Shoo-in
·add. ·- a candidate who is certain to win easily.
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Take-in
·noun Imposition; fraud.
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foysted in
Words or passages surreptitiously interpolated or inserted into a book or writing.
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taken in
Imposed on, cheated.
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in twig
Handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion.
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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
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to cave in
Said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank. Figuratively, to break down; to give up...
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to happen in
To happen to call in; to come in accidentally.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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to suck in
To take in; to cheat; to deceive. A figurative expression, probably drawn from a sponge, which sucks...
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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to put the licks in
is to run very fast. A Northern phrase. Also in speaking of a ship sailing, we bear the phrase, 'She...
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forted in
Intrenched in a fort.
A few inhabitants forted in on the Potomac.--Marshall's Washington.
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roping in
Cheating. A very common expression in the South-western States.
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bringing in
The detention of a vessel on the high seas, and bringing her into port for adjudication.
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chancery, in
When a ship gets into irons. (See irons.)
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cutting in
Making the special directions for taking the blubber off a whale, which is flinched by taking off ci...
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filling in
The replacing a ship's vacant planks opened for ventilation, when preparing her, from ordinary, for ...
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heaving in
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing.
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housing-in
After a ship in building is past the breadth of her bearing, and that she is brought in too narrow t...
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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board.
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in-boats!
The order to hoist the boats in-board.
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in-bow!
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
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in-hauler
The rope used for hauling in the clue of a boom-sail, or jib-traveller: it is the reverse of out-hau...
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
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lie in!
The order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed.
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locking-in
the alternate clues and bodies of the hammocks when hung up.
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set in
Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
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taking in
The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...
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tumble in
See tumbling home.
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Great Bush Lane
See Bush Lane.
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Little Bush Lane
North out of Upper Thames Street, at 155, to Bush Lane. In Dowgate Ward (P.O. Directory).
First men...
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dogwood poison-bush
n.
a New South Wales name;the same as Ellangowan Poison-bush (q.v.).
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ellangowan poison-bush
n.
a Queensland namefor Myoporum deserti, Cunn., N.O. Myoporinae,;called «Dogwood Poison-bush» in N...
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar
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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...
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cheeks of an embrasure
The interior faces or sides of an embrasure.
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
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flank of an army
The right or left side or end, as distinguished from the front and rear a vulnerable point. Also, th...
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inclination of an orbit
The angle which the path of a comet or planet makes with the plane of the ecliptic.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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magnitude of an eclipse
The proportion which the eclipsed part of the surface of the sun or moon bears to the diameter; it i...
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
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trend of an anchor
The lower end of the shank, where it thickens towards the arms, usually at one-third from the crown....
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y's of an instrument
The Y-shaped bearings for the telescope axis, on the precision of which the value of an astronomical...
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old-man salt-bush
Atriplex nummularium,Lindl. See Salt-Bush.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 118:
«On...
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Three Ton Alley, Ivy Lane
See Ship Alley and Three Tuns Alley, Court, Newgate Street.
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Brother-in-law
·noun The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husban...
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Brothers-in-law
·pl of Brother-in-law.
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Cone-in-cone
·adj Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed ...
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Daughter-in-law
·noun The wife of one's son.
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Daughters-in-law
·pl of Daughter-in-law.
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Father-in-law
·noun The father of one's husband or wife;
— correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.
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Fathers-in-law
·pl of Father-in-law.
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Four-in-hand
·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
II. Four-in...
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Mother-in-law
·noun The mother of one's husband or wife.
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Sister-in-law
·noun The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of o...
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Sisters-in-law
·pl of Sister-in-law.
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Son-in-law
·noun The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
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Sons-in-law
·pl of Son-in-law.
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Status in quo
·- ·Alt. of Status quo.
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Conduit (Great) in Westeheap
See The Great Conduit.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit in Colemanstreet
In Coleman Street by the west end of the parish church of St. Margaret Lothbury. Erected at the char...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit in Lothbury
Erected at the charges of the City in 1546, Sir Martin Bowes being Mayor. Water was brought from spr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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Ely in London
Six messuages and forty acres of land in Ely (in) London, the suburb of London and the parish of St....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in Walbrook
St. James parish in Wallebroke, 29 H. VIII. (L. and P H. VIII. XII. (1) p. 589).
Probably an error ...
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(St.) Margaret in Breggestrate
See Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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La Maudelyne in Eldefihsstrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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(St.) Michael in Fridaistrete
Tenement of John de Derby in parish of St. Michis apli in Fridaistrete, 26 Ed. I. (West. Abbey MSS. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Nicholas in Distaflane
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
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The Spicery In Westcheap
The "Spiceria" or quarter occupied by the Spicers. Mentioned 1278-9 in will of Robert de Mounpeiller...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Standard in Cornhill
At the east end of Cornhill, where the four streets met, in the middle of the street (S. 189).
It s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Standard in Westcheap
In the middle of Cheapside, nearly opposite the south end of Honey Lane, east of Bread Street (Leake...
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Sterre in Bredestrete
See Star Court.
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cat in pan
To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn CATE or CAK...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger in eye
To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang in chains
A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hans in kelder
Jack in the cellar, i.e. the child in the womb: a health frequently drank to breeding women or their...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knave in grain
A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coo-in-new
n.
aboriginal name for «a usefulverbenaceous timber-tree of Australia, Gmelinaleichhardtii, F. v. M...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lease in perpetuity
a statutory expression in themost recent land legislation of New Zealand, indicating aspecific mode ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fall in, to
The order to form, or take assigned places in ranks. (See assembly.)
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fell in with
Met by chance.
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foot it in
An order to stow the bunt of a sail snugly in furling, executed by the bunt-men dancing it in, holdi...
The Sailor's Word-Book