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Resurrection
·noun A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
II. Resurrection ·noun The cause or exemplar of a ri...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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men
mēn for mēne, see 2 ne.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Men
·noun ·pl of Man.
II. Men ·pl of <<Man>>.
III. Men ·pron A man; one;
— used with a verb in the si...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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men
them; e.g. put min up, i.e. put them up. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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men
The ship's company in general.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Resurrection of Christ
One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Decoy-men
·pl of Decoy-man.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Men-pleaser
·noun One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Remainder-men
·pl of Remainder-man.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Trencher-men
·pl of Trencher-man.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wise men
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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abram men
Pretended mad men.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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affidavit men
Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justic...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead men
A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lambskin men
The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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phoenix-men
Firemen belonging to an insurance office, which gave a badge charged with a phoenix: these men were ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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robert's men
The third old rank of the canting crew, mighty thieves, like Robin Hood.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tally men
Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town.
See rabbit suckers.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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government men
n.
an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.).
1846. G. H. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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abraham-men
A cant term for vagabonds, who formerly begged about under pretence of having been discharged destit...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ack-men
, or ack-pirates
Fresh-water thieves; those who steal on navigable rivers.
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barge-men
The crew of the barge, who are usually picked men. Also, the large maggots with black heads that inf...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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beach-men
A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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carpet-men
Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-men
The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dogger-men
The seafaring fishermen belonging to doggers.
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forced men
Those serving in pirate vessels, but who refused to sign articles.
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forecastle-men
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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foretop-men
Men stationed in the fore-top in readiness to set or take in the smaller sails, and to keep the uppe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hoppo-men
Chinese custom-house officers.
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host-men
An ancient guild or fraternity at Newcastle, to whom we are indebted for the valuable sea-coal trade...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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kroo-men
, or crew-men.
Fishmen. A tribe of African negroes inhabiting Cape Palmas, Krou-settra, and Settra...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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letter men
See king's letter men.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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liberty-men
Those on leave of absence.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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loc-men
, or loco-men.
An old term for pilots.
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material men
The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c., to repair or fit out ships. The high court of A...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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nipper-men
Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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port-men
A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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quota-men
Those raised for the navy at enormous expense by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795, under bounties of from ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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shoute-men
The old name for the lightermen of the Thames.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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side-men
See side-boys
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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widows' men
Imaginary sailors, formerly borne on the books as A.B.'s for wages in every ship in commission; they...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Resurrection of the dead
Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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men of straw
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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men of kent
Men born east of the river Medway, who are said to have met the Conqueror in a body, each carrying a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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raree shew men
Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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five-share men
In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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harbour-duty men
Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list.
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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out.
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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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wise men of gotham
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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command-of-mind men
Steady officers, who command coolly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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merry men of may
Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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turn over men, to
To discharge them out of one ship into another.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Star Of The Wise Men
[Magi]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary