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Free will
·- A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
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Will
·v That which is strongly wished or desired.
II. Will ·v Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpos...
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will
A term on our northern shores for a sea-gull.
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Offering
·noun The act of an offerer; a proffering.
II. Offering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Offer>>.
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Offering
An oblation, dedicated to God. Thus Cain consecrated to God of the first-fruits of the earth, and Ab...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Free
·adv Freely; willingly.
II. Free ·adj To <<Frank>>.
III. Free ·adv Without charge; as, children ad...
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free
Free of fumblers hall; a saying of one who cannot get his wife with child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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free
A vessel is said to be going free when the bowlines are slacked and the sheets eased; beyond this is...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ill-will
·- ·see under Ill, ·adj.
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Poor-will
·noun A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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Self-will
·noun One's own will, ·esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
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Heave offering
·- An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offe...
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Burnt offering
Hebrew olah; i.e., "ascending," the whole being consumed by fire, and regarded as ascending to God w...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Drink-offering
Consisted of wine (Num. 15:5; Hos. 9:4) poured around the altar (Ex. 30:9). Joined with meat-offerin...
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Heave offering
Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present, including all the offerings made by t...
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Jealousy offering
The name of the offering the husband was to bring when he charged his wife with adultery (Num. 5:11-...
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Meat-offering
(Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an "unbloody"...
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Sin-offering
(Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-3...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Trespass offering
(Heb. asham, "debt"), the law concerning, given in Lev. 5:14-6:7; also in Num. 5:5-8. The idea of si...
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Wood-offering
(Neh. 10:34; 13:31). It would seem that in the time of Nehemiah arrangements were made, probably on ...
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Burnt Offering
The word is applied to the offering which was wholly consumed by fire on the altar, and the whole of...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Meat Offering
The law or ceremonial of the meat offering is described in (Leviticus 2:1) ... and Levi 6:14-23 It w...
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Sin Offering
The sin offering among the Jews was the sacrifice in which the ideas of propitiation and of atonemen...
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Peace Offering
→ Thank Offering
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Thank Offering, Or Peace Offering
the properly eucharistic offering among the Jews, in its theory resembling the meat offering and the...
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Trespass Offering
[Sin Offering OFFERING]
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Wave Offering
This rite, together with that of "heaving" or "raising" the offering was an inseparable accompanimen...
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Fancy-free
·adj Free from the power of love.
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Free coinage
·add. ·- In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender ...
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Free silver
·add. ·- The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio wit...
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Free-denizen
·vt To make free.
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Free-hand
·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...
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Free-handed
·adj Open-handed; liberal.
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Free-hearted
·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.
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Free-liver
·noun One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking....
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Free-living
·noun Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
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Free-love
·noun The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
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Free-lover
·noun One who believes in or practices free-love.
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Free-martin
·noun An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.
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Free-milling
·adj Yielding free gold or silver;
— said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amal...
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Free-minded
·adj Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
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Free-soil
·adj Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;
— ·esp. applied to a party which w...
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Free-spoken
·adj Accustomed to speak without reserve.
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Free-swimming
·adj Swimming in the open sea;
— said of certain marine animals.
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Free-tongued
·adj Speaking without reserve.
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Scot-free
·adj Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.
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Shot-free
·adj Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
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Free-Bench
In the will of Anketin de Betteville occurs the expression "saving to Matilda his wife her free benc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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free booters
Lawless robbers and plunderers: originally soldiers who served without pay, for the privilege of plu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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free-select
v. to take up land under the LandLaws. See Free-selector. This composite verb, derivedfrom the noun,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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free-selection
n.
1) The process of selectingor choosing land under the Land Laws, or the right to choose.Abbrevia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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free-selector
n.
(abbreviated often to Selector), one who takes up a block of Crown land underthe Land Laws and b...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bilge-free
A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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free, to
♦ To free a prisoner. To restore him to liberty.
♦ To free a pump. To disengage or clear it.
♦ T...
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free-board
See plank-sheer.
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free port
Ports open to all comers free of entry-dues, as places of call, not delivery.
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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes.
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free trader
Ships trading formerly under license to India independent of the old East India Company's charter. A...
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going free
When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam.
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wreck-free
Is to be exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels: a privilege which Edward I. gr...
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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker;
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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will, with a
With all zeal and energy.
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with a will
Pull all together.
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Metropolitan Free Hospital
On the east side of Devonshire Square (O.S. 1880). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
The site was former...
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Will-o'-the-wisp
·noun ·see Ignis fatuus.
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blow over, (it will)
Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly.
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free and easy johns
A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queen anne's free gift
A sum of money formerly granted to surgeons annually, in addition to their monthly twopences from ea...
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give way with a will
Pull heartily together.
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bung-up and bilge-free
A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds.
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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