trencher cap | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

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Trencher
·vt A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use. II. Trencher ·vt The table; hence, the pleas...

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Cap
·vt To deprive of cap. II. Cap ·noun A covering for the head. III. Cap ·vt To salute by removing t...

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to cap
1) To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT. 2) To take off one's hat or c...

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to cap
To excel; to surpass. Ex. To cap all. Used in familiar language in New England. Mr. Hartshorne, in h...

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cap
, cob head, chief, or master. Cumb. ...

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cap
A strong thick block of wood having two large holes through it, the one square, the other round, use...

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Trencher-man
·noun A <<Cook>>. II. Trencher-man ·noun A table companion; a trencher mate. III. Trencher-man ·no...

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Trencher-men
·pl of Trencher-man. ...

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trencher man
A stout trencher man; one who has a good appetite, or, as the term is, plays a good knife and fork. ...

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Bishop's cap
·- A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. ...

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Flat-cap
·noun A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London aft...

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Phrygian cap
·add. ·- A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been con...

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Service cap
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Service hat. ...

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cap acquaintance
Persons slightly acquainted, or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on meeting. A woman w...

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custard cap
The cap worn by the sword-bearer of the city of London, made hollow at the top like a custard. ...

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hum cap
Very old and strong beer, called also stingo. See stingo. ...

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bowsprit-cap
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. ...

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cap, to
To puzzle or beat in argument. To salute by touching the head-covering, as Shakspeare makes Iago's f...

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cap-scuttle
A framing composed of coamings and head-ledges raised above the deck, with a top which shuts closely...

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cap-shore
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree. ...

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cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...

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monmouth cap
A flat worsted cap formerly worn by soldiers and sailors. In the old play Eastward Ho, it is said, "...

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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in. ...

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priest's-cap
An outwork which has three salient angles at the head and two inwards. ...

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sea-cap
The white drift or breaks of a wave. White horses of trades. ...

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to cap the climax
is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers...

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knight of the trencher
A great eater. ...

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Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage. ...

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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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