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skin-flint
A niggardly, close-fisted person--one so parsimoniously mean, that he would perform that operation w...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Flint
·noun Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint.
II. Flint ·noun A piece o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flint
Abounds in all the plains and valleys of the wilderness of the forty years' wanderings. In Isa. 50:7...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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flint
The stone of a gun-lock, by which a spark was elicited for the discharge of the loaded piece.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Flint
a well-known stone, a variety of quartz. It is extremely hard, and strikes fire. It was very abundan...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Skin
·vi To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
II. Skin ·noun A vessel made of skin, used...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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skin
1) In a bad skin; out of temper, in an ill humour. Thin-skinned: touchy, peevish.
2) A purse. Frisk...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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skin
This term is frequently used for the inside planking of a vessel, the outside being the case.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Flint glass
·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flint-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flint, Robert
D.D., LL.D.
(b. 1838)
Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Skin-deep
·adj Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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blue skin
A person begotten on a black woman by a white man. One of the blue squadron; any one having a cross ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kangaroo-skin
n.
either the leather for thetanned hide, or the complete fur for rugs and wraps.
1806. `History o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wallaby-skin
the skin, with the hair on it,of the wallaby, prized as a warm and ornamental fur for rugs.
1890. `...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cat's-skin
A light partial current of air, as with the cat's-paw.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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to fix one's flint
is a phrase taken from backwoods life, and means the same as to settle; to do for; to dish.
"Take i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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calf-skin fiddle
A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Skin, Coats made of
(Gen. 3:21). Skins of rams and badgers were used as a covering for the tabernacle (Ex. 25:5; Num. 4:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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tormenter of sheep skin
A drummer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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by the skin of one's teeth
When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, it is a common remark to say, that he has save...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.