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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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Feast
·noun To be highly gratified or delighted. II. Feast ·noun A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more...

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Feast
As a mark of hospitality (Gen. 19:3; 2 Sam. 3:20; 2 Kings 6:23); on occasions of domestic joy (Luke ...

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feast
(A corruption of the Dutch vies, nice, fastidious.) 'I am feast of it,' is a literal translation of ...

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

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shoulder clapper
A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested. ...

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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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Smell-feast
·noun One who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. II. Smell-feast ·noun...

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dutch feast
Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest. ...

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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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Tabernacles, Feast of
The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the "feast of...

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Trumpets, Feast of
Was celebrated at the beginning of the month Tisri, the first month of the civil year. It received i...

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Weeks, Feast of
See Pentecost. ...

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Trumpets, Feast Of
(Numbers 29:1; Leviticus 23:24) the feast of the new moon, which fell on the first of Tisri. It diff...

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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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Dedication, Feast of the
(John 10:22, 42), i.e., the feast of the renewing. It was instituted B.C. 164 to commemorate the pur...

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New Moon, Feast of
Special services were appointed for the commencement of a month (Num. 28:11-15; 10:10). (See Festiva...

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Dedication, Feast Of The
the festival instituted to commemorate the purging of the temple and the rebuilding of the altar aft...

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Tabernacles, The Feast Of
(Exodus 23:16) ("the feast of ingathering"), the third of the three great festivals: of the Hebrews,...

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