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Calf
·noun The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee.
II. Calf ·noun A small island near a larger...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Calf
Calves were commonly made use of in sacrifices, and are therefore frequently mentioned in Scripture....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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calf
I.
, or calva
A Norwegian name, also used in the Hebrides, for islets lying off islands, and bea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Calf
The calf was held in high esteem by the Jews as food. (1 Samuel 28:24; Luke 15:23) The molten calf p...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Golden
·adj Made of gold; consisting of gold.
II. Golden ·adj Having the color of gold; as, the golden gra...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Divinity calf
·add. ·- Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea calf
·- The common seal.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tree calf
·add. ·- A bright brown polished calfskin binding of books, stained with a conventional treelike des...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bull calf
A great hulkey or clumsy fellow.
See hulkey.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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quy-calf
a cow-calf. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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why-calf
a female, or cow-calf. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sea-calf
A seal, Phoca vitulina.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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whale-calf
The young whale.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Golden State
·add. ·- California;
— a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Golden-eye
·noun A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American vari...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Golden-rod
·noun A tall herb (Solidago Virga-aurea), bearing yellow flowers in a graceful elongated cluster. Th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Golden Cross
The sign of the Golden Cross in Temys Street, 1538 (L. and P. H. VIII. XIV. (1), p. 220).
No later ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lane
North out of Holborn Hill, in parish of St. Andrew Holborn, west of the Fleet (S. 374).
First menti...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lion
The signe of the Golding Lyon, which is some twelve houses short of Ave Mary lane (S. 314). In Pater...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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golden-chain
n.
another name for the Laburnum (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden-eye
n.
the bird Certhialunulatu, Shaw; now called Melithreptus lunulatus,Shaw, and classed as White-nap...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden-perch
n.
a fresh-water fish ofAustralia, Ctenolates ambiguus, Richards., family Percidae, and C. christyi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden-rosemary
n. See rosemary.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden-wattle
n.
See wattle.
1896. `The Argus,' July 20, p. 5, col. 8:
«Many persons who had been lured into ga...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rosemary, golden
n.
name given in Tasmaniato the plant Oxylobium ellipticum, R. Br., N.O. Leguminosae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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calf-skin fiddle
A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to deacon a calf
is to knock it in the head as soon as it is born.--Connecticut.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Golden Cross Court
1) Out of Cateaton Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Dragon Yard
Out of Long Lane, West Smithfield, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 284).
Not ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Fleece Court
East out of the Minories, the first turning from Aldgate High Street (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Fleece Hotel
At the southern end of Crown Court, Cheapside (O.S. 1880). In Cheap Ward.
Now called Kennan's Hotel...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Griffin Yard
North out of Long Lane, Aldersgate Street, at No. 19 (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
Name d...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Heart Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 83 (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
First mention: Lockie,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Key Court
South out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without, near Basinghall Postern (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lane, Cripplegate
North out of Barbican, at No. 33 to No. 58 Old Street. Partly in Cripplegate Ward Without, partly in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Leg Court
South out of Cheapside at No. 66, between Bow Lane and Queen Street, in Cheap Ward (Elmes, 1831).
F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lion Court
East out of Aldersgate Street, north of Falcon Street, in Aldersgate Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
First...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Lyon Inn
West out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
"Wheatsheaf Brewhouse,"...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Mine Court
See Golden Lion Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bell-frog, golden
n.
See golden bell-frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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golden bell-frog
n.
name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Angel Alley, Golden Lane
See Angel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Court, Golden Lane
East out of Golden Lane near the northern boundary of The City (Lockie, 1810 ; Elmes, 1831). In Crip...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bell Alley, Golden Lane
West out of Golden Lane, on the northern boundary of the City and of Cripplegate Ward Without, runni...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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body of divinity bound in black calf
A parson.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose