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hunting the squirrel
An amusement practised by postboys and stage-coachmen, which consists in following a one-horse chais...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hunting
·noun The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
II. Hunting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Hunt>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Squirrel
·vi One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
II. Squirrel ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hunting
Mentioned first in Gen. 10:9 in connection with Nimrod. Esau was "a cunning hunter" (Gen. 25:27). Hu...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hunting
Drawing in unwary persons to play or game. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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squirrel
A prostitute: because she like that animal, covers her back with her tail. Meretrix corpore corpus a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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squirrel
n.
See flying-squirrel.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Hunting
Hunting, as a matter of necessity, whether for the extermination of dangerous beasts or for procurin...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Chipping squirrel
·- ·see <<Chipmunk>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flying squirrel
·- One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fox-hunting
·adj Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Squirrel Alley
East out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Other names: "Squirril alley"...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ground squirrel
A hog, or pig.
SEA TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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flying-squirrel
n.
popular name for aFlying-Phalanger, Petaurus sciureus, Shaw, a marsupialwith a parachute-like fo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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run-hunting
exploring for a new run. See Run.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xix. p. 238:
«What...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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house-hunting
In the city of New York all houses are let from the 1st day of May, and the landlords have assumed t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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man-hunting
The impress service.
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The Sailor's Word-Book