budge-barrel

Related Words

• Budge

  ·v Brisk; stirring; jocund. II. Budge ·adj Austere or stiff, like scholastics. III. Budge ·adj Lin...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• budge

  or sneaking budge One that slips into houses in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes. Also la...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• budge

  brisk, jocund : budge also means to stir, move, or walk away ; do not budge from hence. ...

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

• Barrel

  ·noun A <<Jar>>. II. Barrel ·noun The hollow basal part of a feather. III. Barrel ·vt To put or to...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Barrel

  A vessel used for keeping flour (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). The same word (cad) so rendered is also tra...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• barrel

  A cylindrical vessel for holding both liquid and dry goods. Also, a commercial measure of 31-1/2 gal...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Budge, Ernest A. Wallis

  Litt.D., etc Orientalist, etc. Has produced ed. of numerous Assyrian and Egyptian texts. The Dwelle...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Budge Row

  South-east from Watling Street to Cannon Street (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook and Cordwainer Wards. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• darkman's budge

  One that slides into a house in the dark of the evening, and hides himself, in order to let some of ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sneaking budge

  1) One that robs alone. 2) One that slips into houses in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Barrel process

  ·add. ·- A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• barrel fever

  He died of the barrel fever; he killed himself by drinking. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• barrel-builder

  The old rating for a cooper. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barrel-bulk

  A measure of capacity for freight in a ship, equal to five cubic feet: so that eight barrel-bulk are...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barrel-screw

  A powerful machine, consisting of two large poppets, or male screws, moved by levers in their heads,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barrel screws

  See bed ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• jack-barrel

  A minnow. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• pump-barrel

  The wooden tube which forms the body of the machine, and wherein the piston moves. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Castle Court, Budge Row

  South out of Budge Row at No. 10 to Cloak Lane. In Vintry and Cordwainer Wards (W. Stow, 1720-Elmes,...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• lock, stock, and barrel

  The whole. A figurative expression borrowed from sportsmen, and having reference to a gun. Look at ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• barrel of a capstan

  The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barrel of a pump

  The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barrel of small arms

  The tube through which the bullets are discharged. In artillery the term belongs to the construction...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• barrel of the wheel

  The cylinder round which the tiller-ropes are wound. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• lock, stock, and barrel

  An expression derived from fire-arms, and meaning the whole. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book