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Sill
·noun A young herring. II. Sill ·noun The shaft or thill of a carriage. III. Sill ·noun The floor ...

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sill (of a door)
threshold, called also groundsill, in divers counties. ...

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sill
A northern term for the young of a herring. ...

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Clap
·noun Noisy talk; chatter. II. Clap ·vi To knock, as at a door. III. Clap ·noun <<Gonorrhea>>. IV...

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clap
A venereal taint. He went out by Had'em, and came round by Clapham home; i.e. he went out a wenching...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to clap
To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
ground-sill
the threshold of a door. C. Ground ivy. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
foke-sill
Among old salts may be termed a curt or nicked form of forecastle. ...

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after-clap
A demand after the first given in has been discharged; a charge for pretended omissions; in short, a...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
clap down
To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
clap-trap
An artifice for attracting applause. Used chiefly in theatrical or political language. The managers...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
clap-bread
thin hard oat-cakes. Lane. ...

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after-clap
Whatever disagreeable occurrence takes place after the consequences of the cause were thought at an ...

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clap-board
[German, klapp-bord]. An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...

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clap-match
A sort of seal, distinct from the fur-seal. ...

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clap on!
The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it. Also, to "Clap on the stoppers before...

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sill of a dock
The timber at the base against which the gates shut; and the depth of water which will float a vesse...

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clap on the shoulder
An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose