A name given to the person who with a whip in his hand, and a hat held before his eye, keeps the ring clear, at boxing-matches and cudgel-playing; also, in cant terms, a cloak.
·adj Hence, anything sour; — used also metaphorically. II. Vinegar ·vt To convert into vinegar; to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Heb. hometz, Gr. oxos, Fr. vin aigre; i.e., "sour wine." The Hebrew word is rendered vinegar in Ps. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The Hebrew word translated "vinegar" was applied to a beverage consisting generally of wine or stron...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- Any of several fruit flies, ·esp. Drosophila ampelopophila, which breed in imperfectly seal...
1) Near Three Crane Lane, Vintry (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) See New Buildi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.