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Split
·adj Divided; cleft.
II. Split ·adj Divided deeply; cleft.
III. Split ·vi To burst with laughter.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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split
1) A division.
The fiery spirit which has occasioned a split among the British Archæologists, would...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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·fig.
(abbreviation) figuratively
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig
·noun Figure; dress; array.
II. Fig ·noun A small piece of tobacco.
III. Fig ·noun To put into the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig
First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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fig
, or full fig.
In best clothes. Full dress.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fig, Fig Tree
The fig tree (Ficus carica) is very common in Palestine. (8:8) Mount Olivet was famous for its fig t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Split dynamometer
·add. ·- An electric dynamometer having two coils so arranged that one carries the primary current, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split infinitive
·add. ·- A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to large...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split key
·add. ·- A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split shot
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Split stroke.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split stitch
·add. ·- A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to wo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split stroke
·add. ·- In croquet, ·etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split stuff
·add. ·- Timber sawn into lengths and then split.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split switch
·add. ·- = Point switch.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split wheel
·add. ·- = Split pulley.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split-tail
·noun The pintail duck.
II. Split-tail ·noun A california market fish (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus)...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split-tongued
·adj Having a forked tongue, as that of snakes and some lizards.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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split crow
The sign of the spread eagle, which being represented with two heads on one neck, gives it somewhat ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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split cause
A lawyer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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split iron
The nick-name for a smith.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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split-stuff
n.
timber sawn into lengths andthen split.
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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full split
With the greatest violence and impetuosity.--Craven Glossary. In common use in the United States in ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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split ticket
When two or more important offices are to be filled at the same time, the wire-pullers of each party...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Cochineal fig
·- A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sak...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fig-shell
·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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weeping fig
See benjamin-tree
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fig-bird
n.
a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fig-eater
n.
a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fig-tree
n.
The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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purple fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ribbed fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rough fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rusty fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fig Tree Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
"Fig-tree Alley...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Leichhardt's clustered-fig
,n.
i.q. Clustered Fig. See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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moreton-bay fig
n.
See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Port-Jackson Fig
n. See fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rough-leaved fig
n.
See under fig-tree.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Fig Tree Alley, Barbican
See Fig Tree Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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flag-side of a split fish
The side without the bone.
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The Sailor's Word-Book