-
Sow
·noun A sow bug.
II. Sow ·vi To sew. ·see <<Sew>>.
III. Sow ·noun The female of swine, or of the h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
sow
A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; see DAV...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
sow
The receptacle into which the molten iron is poured in a gun-foundry. The liquid iron poured from it...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Child
·noun A female infant.
II. Child ·vi To give birth; to produce young.
III. Child ·noun A noble you...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Child
This word has considerable latitude of meaning in Scripture. Thus Joseph is called a child at the ti...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
child
To eat a child; to partake of a treat given to the parish officers, in part of commutation for a bas...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
david's sow
As drunk as David's sow; a common saying, which took its rise from the following circumstance: One D...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
Child study
·add. ·- A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of devel...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Child, Francis J.
(1825-1896)
English scholar, b. at Boston, Mass., was a prof. at Harvard, one of the foremost stude...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
-
love begotten child
A bastard.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
bating with child
breeding, gravid. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
beating with child
breeding. York.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
cry'd no-child
a woman cried down by her husband. Lane. NO-CHILD is supposed to be a corruption of NICHIL, i. e. NI...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria (Francis)
(1802-1880)
Was the author of many once popular tales, Hobomok, The Rebels, Philothes, etc.
...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
-
Eagle and Child Alley
East out of Shoe Lane at No. 39 to Fleet Market at No. 61, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Eagle and Child Court
West of Panier Ally, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
No later mention.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Eagle and Child Alley, St. Katherine's
See Bleek's [Black's Rents?] Rents.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.