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Life
·noun Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy. II. Life ·noun An essential constituent of life, ...

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Life-giving
·adj Giving life or spirit; having power to give life; inspiriting; invigorating. ...

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Life-preserver
·noun An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowni...

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Life-saving
·adj That saves life, or is suited to save life, ·esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a...

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Life-size
·adj Of full size; of the natural size. ...

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Life-weary
·adj Weary of living. ...

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Self-life
·noun Life for one's self; living solely or chiefly for one's own pleasure or good. ...

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Eternal life
This expression occurs in the Old Testament only in Dan. 12:2 (R.V., "everlasting life"). It occurs...

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life preserver
An air-tight apparatus made of India rubber cloth for preserving the lives of persons in case of shi...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
life-belt
An india-rubber or cork girdle round a person's waist to buoy him up in the water. ...

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life-boat
One of such peculiar construction that it cannot sink or be swamped. It is equipped for attending wh...

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life-buoys
Are of various descriptions. A very useful one, patented by Cook, is supplied to all Her Majesty's s...

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life-guards
A greatly-privileged body of cavalry, specially assigned to the guarding of the sovereign's person. ...

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life-kite
A contrivance for saving the lives of shipwrecked persons by forming a communication between the wre...

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life-lines
Stretched from gun to gun, and about the upper deck in bad weather, to prevent the men being washed ...

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life-preserver
An air-tight apparatus for saving people in cases of wreck. ...

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Tree of life
Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opini...

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tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
unrove his life-line
Departed this life. ...

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National Debt and Government Life Annuity Office
On the east side of Old Jewry at No.19 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward. First mention: O.S...

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