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Best
·vt To get the better of. II. Best ·adj Most; largest; as, the best part of a week. III. Best ·sup...

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best
To the best in Christendom: i.e. the best **** in Christendom; a health formerly much in vogue. ...

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Bower
·vi To <<Lodge>>. II. Bower ·v & ·noun One who bows or bends. III. Bower ·noun A young hawk, when ...

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give best
v. Australian slang, meaning toacknowledge superiority, or to give up trying at anything. 1883. Ke...

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Bower bird
·- An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus / holosericeus), allied to the starling, which cons...

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Lady's bower
·- A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). ...

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Bower, Archibald
(1686-1766) Historian, b. at Dundee, and ed. at the Scots Coll., Douay, became a Jesuit, but afterw...

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Bower, or Bowmaker, Walter
(d. 1449) Was Abbot of Inchcolm, and continued and enlarged Fordun's Scotichronicon. ...

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bower-bird
n. Australian bird. See quotation,1891. See Ptilonorhynchinae. The following are thevarieties – – –...

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bower-anchors
Those at the bows and in constant working use. They are called best and small, not from a difference...

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Bower-Barff process
·add. ·- A certain process for producing upon articles of iron or steel an adherent coating of the m...

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fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...

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