cape-pigeon

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• Cape

  ·vi To <<Gape>>. II. Cape ·vi To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by s...

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• cape

  A projecting point of land jutting out from the coast-line; the extremity of a promontory, of which ...

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• Pigeon

  ·noun An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. II. Pigeon ·noun Any bird of the order Columbae, o...

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• Pigeon

  Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• pigeon

  A weak silly fellow easily imposed on. To pigeon; to cheat. To milk the pigeon; to attempt impossibi...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pigeon

  n. The Australian species are – – Bronze-wing Pigeon (q.v.) – – Phaps chalcoptera, Lath. ♣ Brush B...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Pigeon

  [TURTLE-DOVE] ...

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• Inverness cape

  ·add. ·- A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck. ...

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• cape lilac

  n. See lilac. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cape weed

  n. In Europe, Roccellatinctoria, a lichen from the Cape de Verde Islands, fromwhich a dye is produc...

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• cape, to

  To keep a course. How does she cape? how does she lie her course? ...

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• cape-hen

  See molly-mawk. ...

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• cape-merchant

  [capo]. An old name for super-cargo in early voyages, as also the head merchant in a factory. ...

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• cape-petrel

  See cape-pigeon ...

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• Pigeon-breasted

  ·adj Having a breast like a pigeon, — the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; c...

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• Pigeon-hearted

  ·adj Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. ...

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• Pigeon-livered

  ·adj Pigeon-hearted. ...

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• Sea pigeon

  ·- The common guillemot. ...

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• fruit-pigeon

  n. The name is given to numerous pigeons of the genera Ptilinopus and Carpophaga.In Australia it is...

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• harlequin pigeon

  n. formerly referred tothe genus Peristera, but now to the genus Phaps.It is commonly called in the...

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• partridge-pigeon

  n. an Australian pigeon. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 8: «The partridge-pigeon (...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• blue pigeon

  A nickname for the sounding lead. ...

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• cape-barren goose

  n. See goose. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]: «The `Cape B...

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• cape-barren tea

  n. a shrub or tree, Correaalba, Andr., N.O. Rutaceae. 1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 1...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cape fly-away

  A cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances. (See fog.) ...

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• doubling a cape

  In navigation, is to sail round or pass beyond it, so that the point of land separates the ship from...

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• Three Pigeon Alley

  South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755) Site seems occupied by...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Three Pigeon Court

  South out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). Site now occup...

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• to milk the pigeon

  To endeavour at impossibilities. ...

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• pigeon-berry tree

  n. i.q. Native Mulberry. See mulberry. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• top-knot pigeon

  n. an Australian bird, Lopholaimus antarcticus, Shaw. 1891. Francis Adams, `John Webb's End,' p. 3...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• torres straits pigeon

  n. See quotation. 1893. Saville Kent, `Great Barrier Reef,' p. 123: «Making a bag of the famous To...

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• weather the cape, to

  To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope. ...

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• Three Pigeon Alley, Barbican

  See Three Pigeon Court. ...

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