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Canvas
·noun A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton;
— used for tents, sails, ·etc.
II. Canvas ·adj...
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canvas
[from cannabis, hemp].
A cloth made of hemp, and used for the sails of ships. It is purchased in b...
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Duck
·noun A pet; a darling.
II. Duck ·noun The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.
III. Duc...
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duck
an Exchange-alley phrase for a stock-jobber, who either cannot or will not pay his losses, or, diffe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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duck
n.
the well-known English name of thebirds of the Anatinae, Fuligulinae, and other series,of which ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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duck
to duck, or dook, or dive in the water. Ex.
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duck
The finest canvas (No. 8) for small sails, is sometimes so called; but it is really a lighter cloth ...
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Back
·noun A ferryboat. ·see <<Bac>>, 1.
II. Back ·adv (Of time) In times past; ago.
III. Back ·noun Th...
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back
is often used for ago; as in the phrase, "a little while back," i. e. "a short time ago."
Behind th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back
♦ To back an anchor. To carry a small anchor ahead of the one by which the ship rides, to partake of...
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canvas-climber
A word used by Marston for a sailor who goes aloft; hence Marina tells Leonine
"And, clasping to a...
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under canvas
Synonymous with under sail.
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Buffel duck
·- A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is cove...
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Decoy-duck
·noun A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into dang...
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Duck-billed
·adj Having a bill like that of a duck.
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Duck-legged
·adj Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.
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Muscovy duck
·- A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called als...
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Raven's-duck
·noun A fine quality of sailcloth.
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Sea duck
·- Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and m...
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Vicissy duck
·- A West Indian duck, sometimes domesticated.
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Duck Lane
See Duke Street2, West Smithfield.
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a lame duck
an Exchange-alley phrase for a stock-jobber, who either cannot or will not pay his losses, or, diffe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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duck legs
Short legs.
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german duck
Haifa sheep's head boiled with onions.
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duck-shoving
and Duckshover
n.
a cabman's phrase.
In Melbourne, before the days of trams, the wagonette-cabs u...
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musk-duck
n.
the Australian bird, Biziuralobata, Shaw. See Duck.
1880. Garnet Walch, `Victoria in 1880,' p. ...
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paradise-duck
n.
bird-name applied to the NewZealand duck, Casarca variegata, Gmel. See Duckquotation, 1889, Park...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whistling duck
n.
See duck. The birdnamed below by Leichhardt appears to be a mistake; vide Gould'slist at word Du...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wood-duck
n.
a name given by the colonists ofNew South Wales and «Swan River» to the Maned Goose, Branta juba...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lame duck
A Wall-street phrase for a Broker or Stock Jobber, who is unable to pay his losses or differences. H...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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duck-up!
A term used by the steersman when the main-sail, fore-sail, or sprit-sail hinders his seeing to stee...
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dungaree-duck
A name given to a small dried fish in Bombay.
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eider duck
The Somateria mollissima. A large species of duck, inhabiting the coasts of the northern seas. The d...
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bolt of canvas
The piece or roll of 39 yards in which it is supplied, but which usually measure about 40 yards in l...
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Back door
·- A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.
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Back fire
·add. ·- A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that whe...
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Back stairs
·- Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or i...
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Back-fire
·add. ·vi To have or experience a back fire or back fires;
— said of an internal-combustion engine....
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Diamond-back
·noun The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).
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Hog's-back
·noun A <<Hogback>>.
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Warty-back
·add. ·noun An American fresh-water mussel (Quadrula pustulosa). Its shell is used in making buttons...
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Water back
·- ·see under 1st Back.
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Watteau back
·add. ·- The back of a woman's gown in which one or more very broad folds are carried from the neck ...
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Back Alley
See Little Bell Alley, Copthall Buildings.
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Back Court
North out of Cloth Fair at No.21 and east, parallel to and between Long Lane and Cloth Fair (P.O. Di...
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Back Yard
1) Out of Pelican Court, Little Britain (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Out ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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back biter
One who slanders another behind his back, i.e. in his absence. His bosom friends are become his back...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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back up
His back is up, i.e. he is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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back door
(usher, or gentleman of the)
A sodomite.
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bloody back
A jeering appellation for a soldier, alluding to his scarlet coat.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bully back
A bully to a bawdy-house; one who is kept in pay, to oblige the frequenters of the house to submit t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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crook back
Sixpence; for the reason of this name, see CRIPPLE.
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back-blocks
n.
1) The far interior ofAustralia, and away from settled country. Land in Australia isdivided on t...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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back-block
adj.
from the interior.
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `Sydneyside Saxon,' vol. xii. p. 215:
«`What a nic...
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back-blocker
n.
a resident in the back-blocks.
1870. `The Argus,' March 22, p. 7, col. 2
«I am a bushman, a ba...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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back-slanging
verbal n.
In the back-blocks (q.v.) of Australia, where hotels are naturally scarce andinferior, th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fiddle-back
n.
name given inAustralia to the beetle, Schizorrhina australasiae.
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mealy-back
n.
a local name for the locust (q.v.).
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saddle-back
n.
a bird of the North Island ofNew Zealand, Creadion carunculatus, Cab. See also Jack-bird and Cre...
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to back out
To retreat from a difficulty, to refuse to fulfil a promise or engagement. A metaphor borrowed from ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pick-back
On the back.--Johnson. We often use the word with children. To ride pick-back, is for a child to rid...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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u-back
U-BLOCK, &c. ; a christmas-block. See yu-batch. N.
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back-board
A board across the stern sheets of a boat to support the back of passengers; and also to form the bo...
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back-cutting
When the water-level is such that the excavation of a canal, or other channel, does not furnish eart...
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back-frame
A vertical wheel for turning the three whirlers of a small rope-machine.
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back-her
The order, in steam-navigation, directing the engineer to reverse the movement of the cranks and urg...
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back-rope
The rope-pendant, or small chain for staying the dolphin-striker. Also a piece long enough to reach ...
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back-staff
A name formerly given to a peculiar sea-quadrant, because the back of the observer was turned toward...
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back-strapped
As a ship carried round to the back of Gibraltar by a counter-current and eddies of wind, the strong...
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back-sweep
That which forms the hollow of the top-timber of a frame.
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back-water
The swell of the sea thrown back, or rebounded by its contact with any solid body. Also the loss of ...
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beaten back
Returning into port from stress of foul weather.
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heckle-back
A name of the fifteen-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus spinachia.
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razor-back
The fin-whale (Balænoptera), so called from its prominent dorsal fin. It usually attains the length ...
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strong-back
The same with Samson's post (which see). Also, an adaptation of a strong piece of wood over the wind...
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swart-back
The Larus marinus, or great black and white gull.
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thorn-back
A well-known fish of the ray kind, Raia clavata.
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walk back!
A method in cases where a purchase must not be lowered by a round turn, as "Walk back the capstan;" ...
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field lane duck
A baked sheep's head.
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saint cuthbert's duck
The Anas mollissima; the eider, or great black and white duck of the Farne Islands.
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Back Bear Alley
On the south side of Bear Alley, Fleet Market, in Farringdon (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
Former names ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ebgate Back Alley
Mentioned in the registers of St. Laurence Pountney, 1628 (Wilson, p. 132).
Not further identified....
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Northumberland Back Alley
West out of Northumberland Alley. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 1880).
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back gammon player
A sodomite.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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back and forth
Backwards and forwards, applied to a person in walking, as, "He was walking back and forth." A commo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back-o'-beyond
Said of an unknown distance.
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back off all
The order when the harpooner has thrown his harpoon into the whale. Also, to back off a sudden dange...
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fall back, to
To recede from any position previously occupied.
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put back, to
To return to port generally the last left.
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duck f-ck-r
The man who has the care of the poultry on board a ship of war.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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The Back Alley, Cloth Fair
See Back Court.
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Back Alley, Bear Alley
South out of Bear Alley and west to Fleet Market (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761). See Back Bear Alley.
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Back Alley, Shoe Lane
East out of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occupied by ...
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Back Gravel Lane, Houndsditch
South out of Stoney Lane at No.40 to Gravel Lane (q.v.). In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First ...
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Back Streate, Cloth Fair
See Back Court.
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Back Street, Little Moorfields
See Moorfields.
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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed.
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back of the post
An additional timber bolted to the after-part of the stern-post, and forming its after-face.
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Blew Anchor Inn, Duck Lane
See Blue Anchor Inn.
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Back Alley, Three Crane Lane
A passage to the Thames out of Three Crane Lane (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). In Vintry Ward.
The all...
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Back Alley, Three Foxes Court
Out of Three Foxes Court, Long Lane, West Smithfield (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
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Back Alley, Yard, Little Moorfields
West out of Back Street, Little Moorfields, with passage south to Moor Lane (Strype, ed. 1720), and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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pissing down any one's back
Flattering him.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Back Alley, Great Gardens, St. Katherine's
North out of the Great Gardens, St. Katherine's Lane, East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1816).
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Back, Backside, of St. Thomas Apostles
See Little St. Thomas Apostles.
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try back for a bend, to
To pay back some of the bight of a cable, in order to have sufficient to form the bend.
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Back Alley, Dean's Court, St. Martin's le Grand
South out of Dean's Court to New Rents, east of St. Martin's le Grand, in Aldersgate Ward Within (Ro...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.