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Blind
·noun A halting place.
II. Blind ·adj Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
III. Blind ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock
·noun ·see <<Roc>>.
II. Rock ·noun The striped bass. ·see under <<Bass>>.
III. Rock ·noun That whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blind
Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be tre...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Rock
(Heb. tsur), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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blind
A feint, pretence, or shift.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rock
1) A piece of money. A slang term peculiar to the South.
Spare my feelings, Squire, and don't ask m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blind
I.
A name on the west coast of Scotland for the pogge, or miller's thumb (Cottus cataphractus).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rock
An extensive geological term, but limited in hydrographical parlance to hard and solid masses of the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bed rock
·- The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blind reader
·add. ·- A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Color-blind
·adj Affected with color blindness. ·see Color blindness, under Color, ·noun.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hoodman-blind
·noun An old term for blindman's buff.
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Pay rock
·add. ·- Earth, rock, ·etc., which yields a profit to the miner.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock shaft
·- A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, — usually carrying levers by means...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock staff
·vi An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
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Sand-blind
·adj Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
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Snow-blind
·adj Affected with blindness by the brilliancy of snow.
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Star-blind
·adj Half blind.
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Stock-blind
·adj Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
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Stone-blind
·adj As blind as a stone; completely blind.
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Blind Harry or Henry the Minstrel
(fl. 1470-1492)
Is spoken of by John Major in his History of Scotland as a wandering minstrel, skil...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Blind, Mathilde
(1841-1896)
Poetess, b. at Mannheim, but settled in London about 1849, and pub. several books of po...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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blind cheeks
The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine a-se.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind excuse
A poor or insufficient excuse. A blind ale-house, lane, or alley; an obscure, or little known or fre...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind harpers
Beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing on fiddles, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind cupid
The backside.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind shark
or Sand Shark
,n. i.q. Shovel-nose (q.v.).
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods `Fish and Fisheries of N...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lily, rock
n.
an orchid, Dendrobiumspeciosum, Smith, N.O. Orchideae. although not aLily, it is always so calle...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-cod
n.
called also Red-Cod in NewZealand, Pseudophycis barbatus, Gunth., family Gadidae. In New Zealand...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock lily
n.
See under lily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-ling
n.
a marine fish. The AustralianR. is Genypterus australis, Castln., family Ophidiidae. The Europea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-native
or Native
n.
a namegiven to the fish called a Schnapper when it hasceased to «school.» See Schnapp...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-parrakeet
n.
an Australian Grass-Parrakeet (q.v.), Euphema petrophila, Gould.It gets its name from its habita...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-pebbler
n.
another name for the Black-tailed Parrakeet. See Parrakeet.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-perch
n.
the name given in Melbourneto the fish Glyphidodon victoriae, Gunth., family Pomacentridae, or C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-shelter
n.
a natural cave-dwellingof the aborigines. See Gibber-Gunyah.
1891. R. Etheridge, jun., in `Reco...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-wallaby
n.
the popular name for anyanimal of the genus Petrogale (q.v.). There are sixspecies – – Brush-tai...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blind-worm
the snake called a slow-worm. N. and S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rock led
rash and forward, in children. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blind-bucklers
Those fitted for the hawse-holes, which have no aperture for the cable, and therefore used at sea to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-harbour
One, the entrance of which is so shut in as not readily to be perceived.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-shell
One which, from accident or bad fuze, has fallen without exploding, or one purposely filled with lea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-stakes
A sort of river-weir.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rock-cod
A species of cod found on a rocky bottom.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rock-hind
A large fish of tropical regions, Serranus catus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rock-scorpion
A name applied to persons born at Gibraltar.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sunken rock
That which lies beneath the surface of the sea, and is dangerous to navigation.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Blind Chapel Court
See Blanch Appleton Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cupid, blind cupid
A jeering name for an ugly blind man: Cupid, the god of love, being frequently painted blind.
See b...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black rock-cod
n.
an Australian fish, chieflyof New South Wales, Serranus daemeli, Gunth.; adifferent fish from th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blind-your-eyes
n.
another name for the Milky Mangrove. See mangrove.
♣ ~, doing the
v. lounging in thefashionabl...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red rock-cod
n.
name given in New South Walesto the fish Scorpaena cardinalis, Richards., family Scorpaenidae, m...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to go it blind
To accede to any object with out due consideration. Mr. Greeley, in speaking of General Taylor's cla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Etam, The Rock
a cliff or lofty rock, into a cleft or chasm of which Samson retired after his slaughter of the Phil...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Oreb, The Rock
the "raven's crag," the spot, east of Jordan, at which the Midianite chieftain Oreb with thousands o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Oreb, The rock of
The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26). It was...
Easton's Bible Dictionary