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Bit
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Bite.
II. Bit ·v The cutting iron of a plane.
III. Bit ·- of <<Bite>>.
IV. Bit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bit
The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Ps....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bit
Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jam...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bit
1) past part. of the verb bite. Cheated, taken in. In Yorkshire, England, a cheat is called a bite. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bit
A West Indian silver coin, varying from 4 d. to 6 d. In America it is 12-1/2 cents, and in the Spani...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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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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Spectacle Makers
Incorporated 1630 (Dodsley, 1761).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Canker-bit
·adj Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Canon bit
·- That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fippenny bit
·- The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, — so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Frogs-bit
·noun <<Frogbit>>.
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Hunger-bit
·adj ·Alt. of Hunger-bitten.
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Weather-bit
·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fippenny bit
or contracted, FIP. Fivepence. In the State of Pennsylvania, the vulgar name for the Spanish half-re...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dab bit
a small quantity, less than a dab. Glou.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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way-bit
(or rather a WEE-BIT), a little piece ; a mile and a wee -bit, or way-bit. Yorksh. WEE is Scotch for...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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vent-bit
A peculiar augur or screw gimlet used for clearing the vent of a gun when obstructed.
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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 birds
Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
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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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Powche Makers' Court
Liberties within the site of the college of St. Martin le Grand, Powche Makers Court, etc., in paris...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wait-a-bit
·add. ·noun The prickly ash.
II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant.
III. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rouse and bit
The order to turn out of the hammocks.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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Coach Harness Makers' Hall
On the east side of Noble Street, at No. 11, next St. Mary Staining Churchyard, in Aldersgate Ward (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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