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Whore
·noun To worship false and impure gods.
II. Whore ·noun To have unlawful sexual intercourse; to pra...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe
·noun The key or sound of the voice.
II. Pipe ·noun An elongated body or vein of ore.
III. Pipe ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe
(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored thro...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pipe
n.
an obsolete word, explained inquotations.
1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 105:
«These w...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pipe
A measure of wine containing two hogsheads, or 125 gallons, equal to half a tun. Also, a peculiar wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pipe
(Heb. chalil). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root signifying "to bore, perforate" an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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hedge whore
An itinerant harlot, who bilks the bagnios and bawdy-houses, by disposing of her favours on the ways...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jack whore
A large masculine overgrown wench.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whore-monger
A man that keeps more than one mistress. A country gentleman, who kept a female friend, being reprov...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Air pipe
·- A pipe for the passage of air; ·esp. a ventilating pipe.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blast pipe
·- The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flue pipe
·add. ·- A pipe, ·esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air up...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe clay
·- A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, — used in making tobacco pipes and various kin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe layer
·- One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, ·etc.
II. Pipe layer ·- A politi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe laying
·- The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, ·etc.
II. Pipe laying ·- The act ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe line
·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pipe-line
·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Soil pipe
·add. ·- A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Twire-pipe
·noun A vagabond musician.
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Water pipe
·- A pipe for conveying water.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Pipe Yard
1) In Whitefriars (Strype, ed 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) In Bristol Street, Pudd...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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clyster pipe
A nick name for an apothecary.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quail-pipe
A woman's tongue; also a device to take birds of that name by imitating their call. Quail pipe boots...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pipe-fish
n.
common fishname. The speciespresent in Australia and New Zealand is Ichthyocampusfilum, Gunth., ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pipe-laying
This term, in political parlance, means any arrangement by which a party makes sure of a certain add...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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swine-pipe
i. e. whine-pipe, the Red-wing. Pennant.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blow-pipe
An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans, and with the latter termed sumpitan: the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-pipe
An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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deck-pipe
An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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eduction pipe
A pipe leading from the bottom of a steam-cylinder to the upper part of the condenser in a steam-eng...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gas-pipe
A term jocularly applied to the newly-introduced breech-loading rifle.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hawse-pipe
A cast-iron pipe in the hawse-holes to prevent the cable from cutting the wood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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injection-pipe
This is fixed in the interior of a marine steam-engine, is fitted with a cock, and communicates with...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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pipe-clay
Known to the ancients under the name of paretonium; formerly indispensable to soldiers as well as th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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pipe down!
The order to dismiss the men from the deck when a duty has been performed on board ship.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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pipe-fish
A fish of the genus Syngnathus, with an elongated slender body and long tubular mouth.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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steam-pipe
See waste steam-pipe.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Old Pipe Yard
South out of Bristol Street to Lime Wharf (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"The Pipe Yard" (Dodsley, 176...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blow-off-pipe
, in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...
The Sailor's Word-Book