parson palmer

Related Words

• Palmer

  ·noun A <<Palmerworm>>. II. Palmer ·vt One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice. III. Palmer ·...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Parson

  ·noun Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• parson

  A guide post, hand or finger post by the road side for directing travellers: compared to a parson, b...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Palmer-worm

  (Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wand...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• grey parson

  A farmer who rents the tithes of the rector or vicar. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wet parson

  One who moistens his clay freely, in order to make it stick together. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• parson-bird

  n. the New Zealand bird Prosthemadera novae-zelandiae, Gmel.; Maori name, Tui (q.v.). See also Poe. ...

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

• grey-parson

  a layman who owns or rents the tythes of a parish. Norf. Called elsewhere Knights of the Grey-coat, ...

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

• remember parson melham

  Drink about: a Norfolk phrase. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• west-country parson

  A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• isle of wight parson

  A cormorant. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).

  No later mention. Named after an owner or builder. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.