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Wild Goose Court
See Wingoose Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Chase
·v That which is pursued or hunted.
II. Chase ·vt To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
III. Chase...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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chase
The vessel pursued by some other, that pursuing being the chaser.
This word is also applied to a r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wild
·adv Wildly; as, to talk wild.
II. Wild ·superl Hard to steer;
— said of a vessel.
III. Wild ·sup...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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wild
A ship's motion when she steers badly, or is badly steered. A wild roadstead implies one that is exp...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Goose
·noun A silly creature; a simpleton.
II. Goose ·noun Any large bird of other related families, rese...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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goose
A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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goose
n.
English bird-name. The Australianspecies are – – Cape Barren Goose – – Cereopsis novae-hollandia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose
A tailor's smoothing-iron. It is a jocular saying that 'A tailor, be he ever so poor, is always sure...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Frank-chase
·noun The liberty or franchise of having a chase; free chase.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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chase, to
To pursue a ship, which is also called giving chase.
♦ A stern chase is when the chaser follows th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chase, bow
Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chase-guns
Such guns as are removed to the chase-ports ahead or astern, if not pivot-guns.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chase-ports
The gun-ports at the bows and through the stern of a war-ship.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chase-sight
Where the sight is usually placed.
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chase-stern
The cannon which are placed in the after-part of a ship, pointing astern.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Wild-cat
·adj Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
II...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wild Rents
In Long Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wild rogues
Rogues trained up to stealing from their cradles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wild squirt
A looseness.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ivy, wild
n.
an Australian creeper, Platylobium triangulare, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lemon, wild
n.
a timber tree, Canthiumlatifolium, F. v. M., N.O. Rubiaceae; called also Wild Orange.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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oats, wild
an indigenous grass, Bromusarenarius, Labill, N.O. Gramineae.Called also Seaside Brome-Grass. «It ma...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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orange, wild
n.
i.q. Wild Lemon.See under lemon, wild.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parsley, wild
n.
Apium leptophyllum,F. v. M., N.O. Umbelliferae. Parsley grows wild inmany parts of the world, es...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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parsnip, wild
n.
a poisonous weed, Trachymene australis, Benth., N.O. Umbelliferae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild plum
See plum, native
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plum, wild
n.
i.q. Native Plum (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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quince, wild
n.
another name for the BlackAsh-tree. See ash.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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raspberry, wild
or Native
,n.
Rubus gunnianus, Hook., N.O. Rosaceae;peculiar to Tasmania, and so called there. In ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rosemary, wild
a slender Australian timber-tree, Cassinia laevis, R. Br., N.O. Compositae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild dog
n.
i.q. dingo (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild geranium
n.
In Australia, the speciesis Pelargonium australe, Willd., N.O. Geraniaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild irishman
a spiny New Zealand shrub, Discariatoumatou, Raoul, N.O. Rhamneae. The Maori name is Tumata-Kuru (q....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild parsnip
n.
See parsnip, wild.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild rosemary
n.
See rosemary.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild turkey
n.
See turkey.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild yam
n. a parasitic orchid, Gastrodiasesamoides, R. Br., N.O. Orchideae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild-cat
the pole-cat. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wild-wind
An old term for whirlwind.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Brand goose
·- A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. ·see <<Brant>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ember-goose
·noun The loon or great northern diver. ·see <<Loon>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Goose egg
·add. ·- In games, a zero; a score or record of naught;
— so named in allusion to the egglike outli...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Goose-rumped
·add. ·adj Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup;
— said of ce...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Imber-goose
·noun The loon. ·see Ember-goose.
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Sea goose
·- A <<Phalarope>>.
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Solan goose
·- The common gannet.
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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wayz-goose
·noun A stubble goose.
II. Wayz-goose ·noun An annual feast of the persons employed in a printing o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Goose Alley
South out of Bow Churchyard to Twelve Bell Court. In Cordwainer Ward (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Goose Lane
See Goose Alley, Bow Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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goose riding
A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high post...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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greenwich goose
A pensioner of Greenwich Hospital.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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strangle goose
A poulterer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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taylors goose
An iron with which, when heated, press down the seams of clothes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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colonial goose
n.
a boned leg of muttonstuffed with sage and onions. In the early days the sheep wasalmost the sol...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-teal
n.
the English name for a verysmall goose of the genus Nettapus. The Australianspecies are – – Gree...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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magpie-goose
n.
a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to goose boots
To repair them by putting on a new front half way up, and a new bottom.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gone goose
'It's a gone goose with him,' means that he is past recovery. The phrase is a vulgarism in New Engla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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goose-grass
goose-tansy, argentina, or auscrina. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cole-goose
A name for the cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dunter-goose
A name in the Orkneys for the Somateria mollissima, or eider-duck.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ember-goose
(OR IMBER?)
A name for the great northern diver or loon (Colymbus glacialis).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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gone-goose
A ship deserted or given up in despair (in extremis).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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goose-neck
A curved iron, fitted outside the after-chains to receive a spare spar, properly the swinging boom, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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horie-goose
A northern name for the Anser bernicla, or brent-goose.
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rood-goose
A name for the brent-goose.
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sly-goose
A northern term for the sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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solan-goose
The gannet, Sula bassana, a well-known sea fowl, frequenting the coasts of many countries in the nor...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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give chase, to
to make sail in pursuit of a stranger.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wild cat bank
One of the various terms applied at the West to some of the irresponsible banks of the country. A ba...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cape-barren goose
n.
See goose.
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]:
«The `Cape B...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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goose without gravy
A severe starting, so called because no blood followed its infliction.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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chase of a gun
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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set the chase, to
To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Goose Alley, Fleet Market
See Braziers' Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fox and Goose Inn, Yard
On the south side of London Wall, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799), between Col...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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such a reason pist my goose
or MY GOOSE PIST
Said when any one offers an absurd reason.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose