whisker splitter | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Whisker
·noun A hair of the beard. II. Whisker ·noun One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick,...

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whisker
A great lie. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Splitter
·noun One who, or that which, splits. ...

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splitter
n. a wood-cutter, cutting timberin the bush, and splitting it into posts and rails, palingsor shing...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
splitter
A man engaged in the Newfoundland fisheries to receive the fish from the header, and, with a sharp k...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Phase splitter
·add. ·- A device by which a single-phase current is split into two or more currents differing in ph...

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beard splitter
A man much given to wenching. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hair splitter
A man's yard. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose