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• Come

  ·p.p. of Come. II. Come ·noun <<Coming>>. III. Come ·noun To approach or arrive, as if by a journe...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• come

  To come; to lend. Has he come it; has he lent it? To come over any one; to cheat or over reach him. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• come

  cŏmē, ēs, f., = κόμη, a plant , also called tragopogon, prob Tragopogon crocifolius, Linn., crocu...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Macra Come

  MACRA COME a place mentioned by Livy (Liv. 32.13) along with Sperchiae. Its position is uncertain, b...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• Xyline Come

  XYLINE COME a village in Pisidia, between Corbasa and Termessus, is mentioned only by Livy (Liv. 38....

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• Come-along

  ·add. ·noun A gripping device, as for stretching wire, ·etc., consisting of two jaws so attached to ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Come-outer

  ·noun One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• kingdom come

  He is gone to kingdom come, he is dead. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• come-outers

  This name has been applied to a considerable number of persons in various parts of the Northern Stat...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• done come

  Come. A vulgarism peculiar to the South. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• how-come?

  Rapidly pronounced huc-cum, in Virginia. Doubtless an English phrase, brought over by the original s...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• come-again

  the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb. ...

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

• odd-come-shortlys

  I'll do it one of these odd-come-shortly's; I will do it some time or another. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• can't come it

  is a vulgar expression for cannot do it. "You can't come it over me so," i. e. you cannot effect you...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• come no near!

  The order to the helmsman to steer the ship on the course indicated, and not closer to the wind, whi...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to-morrow come never

  When two Sundays come together; never. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cut and come again

  An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• capstan, to come up the

  In one sense is to lift the pauls and walk back, or turn the capstan the contrary way, thereby slack...

  The Sailor's Word-Book