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Rich
·vt To <<Enrich>>.
II. Rich ·superl Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
III. Rich ·sup...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rich
Luscious, i. e. entertaining; amusing in the highest degree.
Mr. Richardson is rich on rabbits; and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Face
·vi To present a face or front.
II. Face ·noun The style or cut of a type or font of type.
III. Fa...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Face
Means simply presence, as when it is recorded that Adam and Eve hid themselves from the "face [R.V.,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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face
The edge of a sharp instrument. Also, the word of command to soldiers, marines, and small-arm men, t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Rich, Barnabe
(1540?-1620?)
Writer of romances, b. in Essex, saw military service in the Low Countries. He began ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Tallow-face
·noun One who has a sickly, pale complexion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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White-face
·noun A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose;
— called also white-b...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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buck's face
A cuckold.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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carbuncle face
A red face, full of pimples.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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face-making
Begetting children. To face it out; to persist in a falsity. No face but his own: a saying of one wh...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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friday-face
A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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frosty face
One pitted with the small pox.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hatchet face
A long thin face.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mossy face
The mother of all saints.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pig-face
Pig-faces, and Pig's-face,or Pig's-faces.
Names given to an indigenous «iceplant,» Mesembryanthemum...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-face
n.
a name applied to the Australianbird, Xerophila leucopsis, Gould. Another species isthe Chestnut...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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after-face
See back of the post.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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face-piece
A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack nasty face
A sea term, signifying a common sailor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick.
Any one who can...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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jack nasty-face
A cook's assistant.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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The Sailor's Word-Book