Wise men

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• Wise Men

  [Magi] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Wise

  ·v Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. II. Wise ·v Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• wise

  As wise as Waltham's calf, that ran nine miles to suck a bull. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wise men of gotham

  Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuc...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• men

  mēn for mēne, see 2 ne. ...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Men

  ·noun ·pl of Man. II. Men ·pl of <<Man>>. III. Men ·pron A man; one; — used with a verb in the si...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• men

  them; e.g. put min up, i.e. put them up. Exm. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• men

  The ship's company in general. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Star Of The Wise Men

  [Magi] ...

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• Way-wise

  ·adj Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled. ...

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• Wise-hearted

  ·adj Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wise-like

  ·adj Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wise, wisdom

  A moral rather than an intellectual quality. To be "foolish" is to be godless (Ps. 14:1; comp. Judg....

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Decoy-men

  ·pl of Decoy-man. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Men-pleaser

  ·noun One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Remainder-men

  ·pl of Remainder-man. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Trencher-men

  ·pl of Trencher-man. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• abram men

  Pretended mad men. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• affidavit men

  Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justic...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dead men

  A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lambskin men

  The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• moon men

  Gypsies. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• phoenix-men

  Firemen belonging to an insurance office, which gave a badge charged with a phoenix: these men were ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• resurrection men

  Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of church-yards. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• robert's men

  The third old rank of the canting crew, mighty thieves, like Robin Hood. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tally men

  Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town. See rabbit suckers. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• government men

  n. an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.). 1846. G. H. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• abraham-men

  A cant term for vagabonds, who formerly begged about under pretence of having been discharged destit...

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• ack-men

  , or ack-pirates Fresh-water thieves; those who steal on navigable rivers. ...

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• barge-men

  The crew of the barge, who are usually picked men. Also, the large maggots with black heads that inf...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• beach-men

  A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf. ...

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• carpet-men

  Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...

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• dead-men

  The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• dogger-men

  The seafaring fishermen belonging to doggers. ...

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• forced men

  Those serving in pirate vessels, but who refused to sign articles. ...

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• forecastle-men

  Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen. ...

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• foretop-men

  Men stationed in the fore-top in readiness to set or take in the smaller sails, and to keep the uppe...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• good men

  The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen. ...

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• green-men

  The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...

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• hoppo-men

  Chinese custom-house officers. ...

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• host-men

  An ancient guild or fraternity at Newcastle, to whom we are indebted for the valuable sea-coal trade...

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• kroo-men

  , or crew-men. Fishmen. A tribe of African negroes inhabiting Cape Palmas, Krou-settra, and Settra...

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• letter men

  See king's letter men. ...

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• liberty-men

  Those on leave of absence. ...

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• loco-men

  See loc-men ...

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• loc-men

  , or loco-men. An old term for pilots. ...

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• material men

  The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c., to repair or fit out ships. The high court of A...

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• nipper-men

  Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return...

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• port-men

  A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...

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• quota-men

  Those raised for the navy at enormous expense by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795, under bounties of from ...

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• shoute-men

  The old name for the lightermen of the Thames. ...

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• side-men

  See side-boys ...

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• top-men

  Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• widows' men

  Imaginary sailors, formerly borne on the books as A.B.'s for wages in every ship in commission; they...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Men-of-war

  ·pl of <<Manofwar>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• king john's men

  He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• men of straw

  Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• men of kent

  Men born east of the river Medway, who are said to have met the Conqueror in a body, each carrying a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• raree shew men

  Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• continuous service men

  Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...

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• five-share men

  In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares. ...

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• harbour-duty men

  Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...

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• king john's men

  The Adullamites of the navy. ...

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• king's letter men

  An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...

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• main-yard men

  Those in the doctor's list. ...

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• mast-head men

  The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out. ...

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• small-arm men

  Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...

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• penny-wise and pound foolish

  Saving in small matters, and extravagant in great. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• command-of-mind men

  Steady officers, who command coolly. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• merry men of may

  Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides. ...

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• turn over men, to

  To discharge them out of one ship into another. ...

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