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Warrant
·noun Right; legality; allowance.
II. Warrant ·noun That which attests or proves; a voucher.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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warrant
A writ of authority, inferior to a commission; in former days it was the name given to the deed conf...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whity-brown paper
See ravel-bread before.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Paper
·vt To fold or inclose in paper.
II. Paper ·noun A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
III. P...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Paper
The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), "the paper reeds by the brooks," is in the Rev...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Brown
·vi To become brown.
II. Brown ·vt To make brown or dusky.
III. Brown ·vt To make brown by scorchi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bench warrant
·- A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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warrant-officer
Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Alpha paper
·add. ·- A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin c...
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Asthma paper
·add. ·- Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burning paper are often inhaled as an ...
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Blotting paper
·- A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written man...
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Carborundum paper
·add. ·- Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.
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Casse Paper
·- Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.
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Joss paper
·add. ·- Gold and silver paper burned by the Chinese, in the form of coins or ingots, in worship and...
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Note paper
·- Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches.
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Ozone paper
·add. ·- Paper coated with starch and potassium iodine. It turns blue when exposed to ozone.
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Torchon paper
·add. ·- Paper with a rough surface; ·esp., handmade paper of great hardness for the use of painters...
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Touch-paper
·noun Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Paper Buildings
On the west side of King's Bench Walk, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mention:...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Paper Street
East out of Redcross Street at No.49, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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paper scull
A thin-scull'd foolish fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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paper-fish
n.
a Tasmanian name. See Bastard Trumpeter and Morwong.
1883. `Royal Commission on Fisheries of Ta...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ravel-paper
Kent. A sort between white and brown, and called in the North whity-brown paper.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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muster-paper
A description of paper supplied from the dockyards, ruled and headed, for making ships' books.
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Brown race
·add. ·- The Malay or Polynesian race;
— loosely so called.
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Brown thrush
·- A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird;
— also called ...
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Cassel brown
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Cassel earth.
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Hair-brown
·adj Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of r...
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Nut-brown
·adj Brown as a nut long kept and dried.
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Seal-brown
·adj Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
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Whity-brown
·adj Of a color between white and brown.
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Brown, Thomas
(1778-1820)
Metaphysician, s. of the Rev. Samuel B., minister of Kirkinabreck, practised for some t...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Tom
(1663-1704)
Satirist, was ed. at Oxf., and there composed the famous epigram on Dr. Fell. He was fo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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brown bess
A soldier's firelock. To hug brown Bess; to carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown george
An ammunition loaf, A wig without powder; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown madam, or miss brown
The monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown study
Said of one absent, in a reverie, or thoughtful.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown snake
n. See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brown-tail
n.
bird-name for the TasmanianTit. See Tit.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii, pl. 54...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brown study
Deep thought; absence of mind. "He is in a brown study," i. e. in deep thought, or intent upon his b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brown thrasher
(Ferruginous thrush. Audubon Ornith.) The popular name of the brown thrush. It is also called the gr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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done brown
Thoroughly, effectually cheated, bamboozled. Of recent origin.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brown bread
For RAVEL-BREAD, see Cowel's Interpreter in voce PANIS.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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brown bess
A nickname for the old government regulation bronzed musket, although till recently it was brightly ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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brown george
A hard and coarse biscuit.
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brown janet
A cant phrase for a knapsack.
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phrase of paper
Half a quarter of a sheet.
See *vessel, physog.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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vessels of paper
Half a quarter of a sheet.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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paper-bark tree
or Paper-barked Tea-tree
,n.
Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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phrase of paper
See fraze.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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vessel of paper
See fraze.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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inside muster-paper
A description of paper supplied from the dockyards, ruled and headed, for making ships' books.
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outside muster-paper
A paper with the outer part blank, but the inner portion ruled and headed; supplied from the dock ya...
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protections, on paper
, against impressment, were but little regarded. Yet seafaring men above 55, and under 18, were by s...
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Brown, Charles Brockden
(1771-1810)
Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, George Douglas
(1869-1902)
Novelist, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined pict...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Dr. John
(1810-1882)
Physician and essayist, s. of John B., D.D., a distinguished dissenting minister in Edi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Thomas Edward
(1830-1897)
Poet, b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, s. of a clergyman, and ed. there and at Oxf., entered...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Peter Hume
LL.D.
(b. 1850)
Historian. George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer (1890), Early Travellers in Scot...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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brown tree-lizard
n.
of New Zealand, Naultinus pacificus.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whity-brown bread
See ravel-bread before.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Brown Bear Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at No. 1, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (L.C.C. List, 19...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.