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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Queer
·noun Counterfeit money.
II. Queer ·add. ·adj To <<Puzzle>>.
III. Queer ·adj Mysterious; suspiciou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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queer
or quire
Base, roguish, bad, naught or worthless. How queerly the cull touts; how roguishly the fel...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bird's nest
·noun ·Alt. of Bird's-nest.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-beak
·noun A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-eye
·adj Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
II. Bird's-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-foot
·noun A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-mouth
·noun An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of anot...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-nest
·noun The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-nesting
·noun Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's-tongue
·noun The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bird's Court
West out of Philip Lane. In Cripplegarte Ward Within (Elmes, 1831), to Little Wood Street (Hatton,17...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bird's Wharf
South out of Temple Street, west of White Fryers Stairs (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761).
Site occupied...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bird's Yard
Out of Chick Lane, West Smithfield (P.C. I 732-Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the ma...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jail birds
Prisoners.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird's nest
A round top at a mast-head for a look-out station. A smaller crow's nest. Chiefly used in whalers, w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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black-birds
A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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newgate birds
The men sent on board ship from prisons; but the term has also been immemorially used, as applied to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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queer wedges
Large buckles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bail
Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bitch
An odd, out-of-the-way fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bluffer
The master of a public-house the resort of rogues and sharpers, a cut-throat inn or alehouse keeper....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer bung
An empty purse.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer checkers
Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of peo...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cove
A rogue. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cuffin
A justice of the peace; also a churl.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer degen
An ordinary sword, brass or iron hilted.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer ken
A prison. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer kicks
A bad pair of breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer mort
A diseased strumpet. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer nab
A felt hat, or other bad hat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer plungers
Cheats who throw themselves into the water, in order that they may be taken up by their accomplices,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer prancer
A bad, worn-out, foundered horse; also a cowardly or faint-hearted horse-stealer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer rooster
An informer that pretends to be sleeping, and thereby overhears the conversation of thieves in night...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer street
Wrong. Improper. Contrary to one's wish. It is queer street, a cant phrase, to signify that it is wr...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer fish
An odd or eccentric person is often called a queer fish, an odd stick.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bird's-eye maple
·- ·see under <<Maple>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bird's-nest fungus
n.
a small fungus of thegenus Cyathus, four species of which occur inQueensland.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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queer bit-makers
Coiners. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cole fencer
A putter off, or utterer, of bad money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer cole maker
A maker of bad money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bird's-foot sea-star
The Palmipes membranaceus, one of the Asterinidæ, with a flat thin pentagonal body, of a bright scar...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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queer as dick's hatband
Out of order, without knowing one's disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose