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·noun A rabbit burrow. II. Clapper ·noun A person who claps. III. Clapper ·noun That which strikes...

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clapper
The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman. ...

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clapper
A name for the valve of a pump-box. Also, a plank or foot-bridge across a running stream; also, the ...

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Shoulder
·noun Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. II. Shoulder ·noun The angle of a bastion inc...

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shoulder
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clapper claw
To scold, to abuse, or claw off with the tongue. ...

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bonny-clapper
(Irish, baine, milk, and clabar, mire.) An Irish term for sour buttermilk.--Nares' Glossary. We sc...

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Shoulder-shotten
·adj Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. ...

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shoulder feast
A dinner given after a funeral, to those who have carried the corpse. ...

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shoulder sham
A partner to a file. See file. ...

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shoulder arms!
The military word of command to carry the musket vertically at the side of the body, and resting aga...

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shoulder the anchor
When a seaman forgets his craft, and gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown a...

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clap on the shoulder
An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper. ...

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angle of the shoulder
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shoulder of a bastion
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...

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shoulder-of-mutton sail
A kind of triangular sail of peculiar form, used mostly in boats. It is very handy and safe, particu...

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