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Staggering
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Stagger>>.
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Bob
·noun A working beam.
II. Bob ·noun The refrain of a song.
III. Bob ·noun A <<Shilling>>.
IV. Bob...
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bob
1) A shoplifter's assistant, or one that receives and carries off stolen goods. All is bob; all is s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bob
A knot of worms on a string used in fishing for eels.--Webster.
TO BOB
To fish for eels with a bob...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bob
I.
A knot of worms on a string, used in fishing for eels; also colloquially, it means a berth.
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His
·pron The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
II. His ·pron Belonging or pertaining to him;
— u...
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Yellow
·noun A yellow pigment.
II. Yellow ·vi To become yellow or yellower.
III. Yellow ·vt To make yello...
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yellow
To look yellow; to be jealous. I happened to call on Mr. Green, who was out: on coming home, and fin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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With
·noun ·see <<Withe>>.
II. With ·prep To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contras...
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with
An iron instrument fitted to the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boo...
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brine-pumps
When inconvenient to blow off the brine which collects at the bottom of a steamer's boilers, the bri...
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deck-pumps
In a steamer, are at the side of the vessel, worked with a lever by manual power, to supply addition...
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Bob wig
·- A short wig with bobs or short curls;
— called also bobtail wig.
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Bob-cherry
·noun A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught...
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bob stay
A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater. Figuratively, the frenum of a man's yard.
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bob tail
A lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail; also an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag, and bob...
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dry bob
A smart repartee: also copulation without emission; in law Latin, siccus robertulus.
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light bob
A soldier of the light infantry company.
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rum bob
A young apprentice; also a sharp trick.
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bob-sled
A sled prepared for the transportation of large timber from the forest to a river or public road.--M...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Naples yellow
·- ·see under <<Yellow>>.
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Yellow Book
·add. ·- In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
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Yellow-covered
·adj Covered or bound in yellow paper.
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Yellow-eyed
·adj Having yellow eyes.
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Yellow-golds
·noun A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye.
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Yellow Street
North out of Little Minories, without Aldgate (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Yellow Court
North out of Little Minories, without Aldgate (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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yellow belly
A native of the Fens of Licoinshire; an allusion to the eels caught there.
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lily, yellow
n.
a Tasmanian name for Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O. Liliaceae.See Leek, Native.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yellow-belly
n.
In New South Wales, the nameis given to a fresh-water fish, Ctenolates auratus;called also Golde...
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yellow fever
sc. the gold-fever.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 47:
«Evident symptoms of the retu...
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
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yellow jacket
n.
a name given to variousgum-trees, and especially to Eucalyptus melliodora,Cunn., E. ochrophlora,...
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yellow lily
n.
a Tasmanian name for the Native Leek. See Leek.
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yellow-tail
n.
The name is given in Victoriato the fish Caranx trachurus, Cuv. and Val.; the Horse-Mackerel (q....
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yellow thyme
n.
a herb, Hibbertiaserpyllifolia, R. Br., N.O. Dilleneaceae.
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yellow-wood
a name applied to several Australiantrees with the epithets of Dark, Light, Deep, etc., inallusion t...
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yellow-hammer
(Picus auratus. Wilson, Ornith.) The popular name of the Golden-winged Woodpecker, the most beautifu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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yellow belly
a person born in the Fens of Lincolnshire. L.
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yellow admiral
A retired post-captain, who, not having served his time in that rank, is not entitled to his promoti...
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yellow-belly
A name given to a person born in the fens along our eastern shores: also occasionally to half-castes...
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yellow fever
A cant term for drunkenness at Greenwich Hospital; the sailors when punished wearing a parti-coloure...
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yellow-flag
The signal of quarantine.
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yellow-tail
A well-known tropical fish, often in company with whip-rays; it is about 4 feet long, with a great h...
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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear.
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to speak with
To rob. I spoke with the cull on the cherry-coloured prancer; I robbed the man on the black horse. C...
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gone with
for become of. 'What is gone with it' 'or with him,' for What has become of it or him?--Sherwood's G...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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great with
Intimate with; high in favor with.--Craven Glossary. Dr. Webster notices this word in the same sense...
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cock-eyed bob
a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm.
1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...
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bear a bob
, or bear a fist
Jocular for "lend a hand."
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burnt his fingers
When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers. It is used i...
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cutting his painter
Making off suddenly or clandestinely, or "departed this life."
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water his hole
A saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the s...
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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light yellow-wood
i.q. long-jack (q.v.).
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boxes of the pumps
Each ordinary pump has an upper and lower box, the one a fixture in the lower part of its chamber, t...
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth.
Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says
She was one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...
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met up with
for overtook.--Sherwood's Georgia.
Mich. The common abbreviation fur Michigan.
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bating with child
breeding, gravid. N.
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beating with child
breeding. York.
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away with it
The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.
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fell in with
Met by chance.
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parrel with trucks
Is composed of a single rope passing through a number of bull's-eye trucks, sufficient to embrace th...
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will, with a
With all zeal and energy.
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with a will
Pull all together.
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with the sun
Ropes coiled from the left hand towards the right; but where the sun passes the meridian north of th...
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
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brought to his bearings
Reduced to obedience.
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lying on his oars
Taking a rest; at ease.
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unrove his life-line
Departed this life.
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beast with two backs
A man and woman in the act of copulation. Shakespeare in Othello.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat-with-two-tails
an earwig. Northum.
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joy go with thee!
a favourable wish ; sometimes used ironically. Derb.
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down with the helm!
An order to put the helm a-lee.
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fall in with, to
To meet, when speaking of a ship; to discover, when speaking of the land.
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ready with the lead!
A caution when the vessel is luffed up to deaden her way, followed by "heave."
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
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up with the helm
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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sorrow shall be his sops
He shall repent this. Sorrow go by me; a common expletive used by presbyterians in Ireland.
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too big for his breeches
is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty.
Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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happy man be his dole!
a good wish ; as, may happiness be his lot. North.
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bearings, to bring to his
Used in conversation for "to bring to reason." To bring an unruly subject to his senses, to know he ...
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every man to his station
See station.
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Swan with Two Necks Inn
1) In Great Carter Lane, opposite Dean's Court, from No.4 St. Paul's Churchyard (Lockie, 1816).
Not...
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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give way with a will
Pull heartily together.
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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parrel with ribs and trucks
, or jaw parrels.
This is formed by passing the two parts of the parrel-rope through the two holes...
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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...
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tarred with the same brush
Equivalent to "birds of a feather."
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walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
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Jacob and his Twelve Sons Inn
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
The site is now occupie...
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bring up with a round turn
Suddenly arresting a running rope by taking a round turn round a bollard, bitt-head, or cleat. Said ...
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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hook and snivey, with nix the buffer
This rig consists in feeding a man and a dog for nothing, and is carried on thus: Three men, one of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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moor with a spring on the cable, to
See spring.
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At the junction of Aldgate High Street with Leadenhall Street and Fenchurch Street (S. 140-O.S. 1875).
Taken down 1876 and a drinking fountain erected on the site.
There was a well called " Alegate well...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.