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Black
·noun A black pigment or dye.
II. Black ·noun A stain; a spot; a smooch.
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Black
Properly the absence of all colour. In Prov. 7:9 the Hebrew word means, as in the margin of the Revi...
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black
To look black at one, to look at one with anger or deep resentment depicted on the countenance.
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-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood.
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Head
·noun Power; armed force.
II. Head ·noun The antlers of a deer.
III. Head ·noun Tiles laid at the ...
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head
n.
the rammer for crushing quartz ingold-mining.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.7:
«Forty addi...
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head
face ; I told him to his head, I told him to his face. Berks.
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head
The upper part or end of anything, as a mast-head, a timber-head. Also, an ornamental figure on a sh...
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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship.
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Black art
·- The art practiced by conjurers and witches; necromancy; conjuration; magic.
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Black bass
·- The sea bass. ·see <<Blackfish>>, 3.
II. Black bass ·- An edible, fresh-water fish of the United...
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Black book
·- Any book which treats of necromancy.
II. Black book ·- A book of admiralty law, of the highest a...
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Black death
·- A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
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Black Flags
·add. ·- An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by t...
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Black friar
·- A friar of the Dominican order;
— called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin....
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Black Friday
·add. ·- Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when ...
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Black Hamburg
·add. ·- A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown und...
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Black Hand
·add. ·- A lawless or blackmailing secret society, ·esp. among Italians.
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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom;
— now commonly with allusio...
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Black lead
·- Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. ·see <<Graphite>>.
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Black letter
·- The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the fi...
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Black Monday
·- The first Monday after the holidays;
— so called by English schoolboys.
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Black monk
·- A Benedictine monk.
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Black pudding
·- A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, ·etc., thickened with meal.
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Black Rod
·- An usher in the legislature of British colonies.
II. Black Rod ·- the usher to the Chapter of th...
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Black salts
·- Crude potash.
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Black snake
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blacksnake>>.
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Black Spanish
·add. ·- One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumag...
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Black vomit
·- A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged;
— one of the most fat...
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Black wash
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>.
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Black-browed
·adj Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.
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Black-eyed
·adj Having black eyes.
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Black-faced
·adj Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.
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Black-hearted
·adj Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Black-jack
·noun The ensign of a pirate.
II. Black-jack ·noun The Quercus nigra, or barren oak.
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Black-letter
·adj Written or printed in black letter; as, a black-letter manuscript or book.
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Black-mouthed
·adj Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.
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Brunswick black
·- ·see Japan black.
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Coal-black
·adj As black as coal; jet black; very black.
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Frankfort black
·- A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, ·...
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Jet-black
·adj Black as jet; deep black.
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Magnase black
·- A black pigment which dries rapidly when mixed with oil, and is of intense body.
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Pitch-black
·adj Black as pitch or tar.
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Black, William
(1841-1898)
Novelist. After studying as a landscape painter, he took to journalism in Glasgow. In 1...
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The Black Bull
On the north side of Holborn, in Farringdon Ward Without, west of Hatton Garden.
See Bull Inn.
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Black Friars
A house of Dominican Friars near Ludgate on the site known later as the precinct of Blackfriars.
Fo...
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The Black Lyon
A messuage in the street called Candelwicke Streete, in the parish of Blessed Mary Abchurch, 25 Eliz...
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Black Posts
On the east side of Bell Alley or Back Alley, London Wall Street over against Swan Alley. In Broad S...
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Black Raven
On the west side of Bishopsgate, No. 136. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Contains an old-fashioned sta...
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black art
The art of picking a lock. Cant.
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black book
He is down in the black book, i.e. has a stain in his character. A black book is keep in most regime...
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black box
A lawyer. Cant.
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black eye
We gave the bottle a black eye, i.e. drank it almost up. He cannot say black is the white of my eye;...
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black fly
The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest...
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black guard
A shabby, mean fellow; a term said to be derived from a number of dirty, tattered roguish boys, who ...
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black jack
1) A nick name given to the Recorder by the Thieves.
2) A jug to drink out of, made of jacked leath...
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black joke
A popular tune to a song, having for the burden, "Her black joke and belly so white:" figuratively t...
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black indies
Newcastle upon Tyne, whose rich coal mines prove an Indies to the proprietors.
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black monday
The first Monday after the school-boys holidays, or breaking up, when they are to go to school, and ...
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black psalm
To sing the black psalm; to cry: a saying used to children.
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black strap
Bene Carlo wine; also port. A task of labour imposed on soldiers at Gibraltar, as a punishment for s...
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black-birding
I.
n.
kidnapping natives of South Sea islands for service in Queensland plantations.
1871. `Narra...
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black-bream
n.
an Australian fish, Chrysophrys australis, Gunth., family Sparidae,or Sea-Breams; called in Tasm...
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black-cod
n.
a New Zealand fish, Nototheniaangustata.
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black-fern
n.
The Tasmanian species so calledis Athyrium australe, Presl., N.O. Polypodeae.
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black-fish
n.
The name is given, especially inSydney, to the sea-fishes Girella simplex, Richards (see Ludrick...
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black-line
See Black-War.
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black-perch
n.
a river fish of New South Wales. Therapon niger, Castln., family Percidae.A different fish from ...
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black-snake
See under snake.
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black-swan
See swan, black.
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Black Thursday
the day of a Victorian conflagration,which occurred on Feb. 6, 1851. The thermometer was 112degrees ...
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black-tracker
n.
an aboriginal employed intracking criminals.
1867. `Australia as it is,' pp. 88-9:
«The native...
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black-trevally
See trevally.
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Black-War
or Black-Line
a military operation planned in 1830 by Governor Arthur for the captureof the Tasmani...
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Black Wednesday
n.
a political phrase for aday in Victoria (Jan. 9, 1878), when the Government withoutnotice dismis...
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hat, black
n.
slang for a new immigrant.
1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xxviii. p. 277:
«Lor...
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palm, black
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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plum, black
n. the fruit of the tree Cargillia australis, R. Br., N.O. Ebenaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful N...
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swan, black
n.
an Australian bird – – Cycnusniger, Juvenal; Cygnus atratus, Gould; Chenopsisatrata, Wagl., some...
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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black-leg
The common term here and in England for a gambler.
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black-mail
Formerly, money paid to men allied with robbers to be protected by them from being robbed.--Cowell. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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black wood
Hemlock, pine, spruce, and fir.
Maine.
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black-worm
the black-beetle. Cornish.
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black-birds
A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves.
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black-fish
A common name applied by sailors to many different species of cetaceans. The animal so called in the...
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black-fisher
A water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time.
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black-fishing
The illegally taking of salmon, under night, by means of torches and spears with barbed prongs.
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black-hole
A place of solitary confinement for soldiers, and tried in some large ships.
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black-indies
Newcastle, Sunderland, and Shields.
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black-jack
The ensign of a pirate. Also, a capacious tin can for beer, which was formerly made of waxed leather...
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black-list
A record of misdemeanours impolitically kept by some officers for their private use the very essence...
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black-lock
A trout thought to be peculiar to Lough Melvin, on the west of Ireland.
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black ships
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India.
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black squall
This squall, although generally ascribed to the West Indies, as well as the white squall, may be pri...
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black-strake
The range of plank immediately above the wales in a ship's side; they are always covered with a mixt...
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black-strap
The dark country wines of the Mediterranean. Also, bad port, such as was served for the sick in form...
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black-tang
The sea-weed Fucus vesicolosus, or tangle.
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black whale
The name by which the right whale of the south seas (Balæna australis) is often known to whalemen.
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Addle-head
·noun ·Alt. of Addle-pate.
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Cittern-head
·noun Blockhead; dunce;
— so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved hea...
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Cubbridge-head
·noun A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
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Death's-head
·noun A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of de...
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
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Feather-head
·noun A frivolous or featherbrained person.
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Giddy-head
·noun A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
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Head gear
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>.
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
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Head-lugged
·adj Lugged or dragged by the head.
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Hot-head
·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Pope's head
·add. ·- A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, ·etc., also for washing windows.
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Shock-head
·adj Shock-headed.
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Snake's-head
·noun The Guinea-hen flower;
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Torsion head
·add. ·- That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
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Tough-head
·noun The ruddy duck.
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Tow-head
·noun The hooded merganser.
II. Tow-head ·noun An urchin who has soft, whitish hair.
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Turk's-head
·add. ·noun The melon cactus.
II. Turk's-head ·add. ·noun Any of several species of Echinocactus.
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Woolly-head
·noun A <<Negro>>.
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Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, re...
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Head-dress
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Boar's Head
On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap, at Nos. 20-22, near the...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bore's Head
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87).
Boar's Head, Cripplegate,...
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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Moryan's Head
In Bread Street, given to the Parish of All Hallows, 9 Eliz. (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
No la...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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The Rammes Head
Brewhouse of Roger James called "The Rammes Head" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1591 (Maskell, p...
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Saracen's Head
1) See The Horse Head and King's Head.
2) South out of Little Carter Lane in parish of St. Mary Mag...
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cod's head
A stupid fellow.
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head rails
Teeth.
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jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
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sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
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swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. T...
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
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leather-head
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.), Philemon corniculatus, Lath.See Tropidorhynchus.
1847. ...
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maori-head
n.
a swamp tussock, so called froma fancied resemblance to the head of a Maori. (Compare Black-boy....
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nigger-head
n.
1) Name given in New Zealandto hard blackstones found at the Blue Spur and other miningdistricts...
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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head-cheese
The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
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gattle-head
a forgetful person. S.
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...
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billet-head
A carved prow bending in and out, contrariwise to the fiddle-head (scroll-head). Also, a round piece...
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blether-head
A blockhead.
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boulder-head
A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden stakes.
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bull-head
, or bull-jub
A name of the fish called miller's thumb (Cottus gobio).
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cat-head
The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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dun-head
In east-country barges the after-planking which forms the cabin.
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family-head
When the stem was surmounted with several full-length figures, as was the custom many years ago.
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fell-head
The top of a mountain not distinguished by a peak.
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...
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floor-head
This, in marine architecture, is the third diagonal, terminating the length of the floors near the b...
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futtock-head
In ship-building, is a name for the 5th, the 7th, and the 9th diagonals, the intervening bevellings ...
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gilt-head
, or gilt-poll.
The Sparus aurata, a fish of the European and American seas, with a golden mark be...
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grey-head
A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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head-boards
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails.
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head-cringles
Earing-cringles at the upper clues or corners of a sail.
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head-earings
The laniards to haul out the earings. (See earings.)
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head-fast
A rope or chain employed to fasten the head of a ship or boat to a wharf or buoy, or to some other v...
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head-holes
The eyelet-holes where the rope-bands of a sail are fitted; they are worked button-hole fashion, ove...
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head-knees
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
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head-netting
An ornamental netting used in merchant ships instead of the fayed planking to the head-rails.
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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head-pump
A small pump fixed at the vessel's bow, its lower end communicating with the sea: it is mostly used ...
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head-quarters
The place where the general, or commanding officer, takes up his quarters. Also, the man-of-war, or ...
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head-rails
The short rails of the head, extending from the back of the figure to the cat-head: equally useful a...
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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head-sails
A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...
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head-sea
A name given to the waves when they oppose a ship's course, as the ship must rise over, or cut throu...
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head-sheets
Specially jibs and staysail sheets, before the fore-mast.
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head-stick
A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging.
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ram-head
An old word for halliard-block.
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rudder-head
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...
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scroll-head
A slightly curved piece of timber bolted to the knees of the head, in place of a figure: finished of...
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skunk-head
An American coast-name for the pied duck.
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tiller-head
The extremity of the tiller, to which the tiller-ropes are attached.
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trundle-head
The lower drumhead of a capstern, when it is double, and worked on one shaft both on an upper and lo...
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turk's head
An ornamental knot, so called from resembling a turban, used on side-ropes, &c.; it is worked with a...
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