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Basket
·vt To put into a basket.
II. Basket ·noun The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
III. Basket...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Basket
There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version:
1) A basket (Heb. sal,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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basket
An exclamation frequently made use of in cock-pits, at cock-fightings, where persons refusing or una...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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basket
In field-works, baskets or corbeilles are used, to be filled with earth, and placed by one another, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Basket
The Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal, so called from the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Pin
·noun Mood; humor.
II. Pin ·noun A rolling-pin.
III. Pin ·noun The tenon of a dovetail joint.
IV....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pin
In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: an allusion to a sort of tankard, formerly used in the north, ha...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Basket ball
·add. ·- A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Buck-basket
·noun A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Basket Makers
In 3 Ed. IV. they were allowed to have shops only in the Manor of Blanch Appleton (S. 151).
The 52n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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basket-making
The good old trade of basket-making; copulation, or making feet for children's stockings.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bawdy basket
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bread basket
The stomach; a term used by boxers. I took him a punch in his bread basket; i.e. I gave him a blow i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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basket-fence
n.
Local name for a stake-hedge. See quotation.
1872. G. S. Baden-Powell, `New Homes for the Old C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ballast-basket
Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast. Supplied to the gunner for ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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basket-fish
A name for several species of Euryale; a kind of star-fish, the arms of which divide and subdivide m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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basket-hilt
The guard continued up the hilt of a cutlass, so as to protect the whole hand from injury.
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Belaying pin
·- A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Breech pin
·- ·Alt. of Breech screw.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Corking pin
·- A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Firing pin
·add. ·- In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and e...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pin-eyed
·adj Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pin-fire
·add. ·adj Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rolling-pin
·noun A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crisping-pin
(Isa. 3:22; R.V., "satchel"), some kind of female ornament, probably like the modern reticule. The H...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pin money
An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin-bush
n.
i.q. Needle-bush (q.v.)
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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linch-pin
the penis of a stag. Shropsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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inch-pin
the penis of a stag. Shropsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pin-cod
a pincushion.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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crank-pin
In steam machinery, it goes through both arms of the crank at their extremities; to this pin the con...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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pin-tail
The Anas acuta, a species of duck with a long pointed tail. Also, in artillery, the iron pin on the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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safety-pin
To secure the head of the capstan-bar.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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thole-pin
[from the Anglo-Saxon thol]. Certain pins in the gunwale of a boat, instead of the rowlock-poppets, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin-panniebly-fellow
a miserable, covetous, suspicious fellow, one who pins up or fastens his paniers and baskets. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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nine-pin block
A block in that form, mostly used for a fair-leader under the cross-pieces of the forecastle and qua...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
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