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Cold
·vi To become cold.
II. Cold ·noun Not pungent or acrid.
III. Cold ·noun Not sensitive; not acute....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cold
You will catch cold at that; a vulgar threat or advice to desist from an attempt. He caught cold by ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Eel
·noun An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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eel
n.
The kinds present in Australia are – – Common Eel – – Anguilla australis, Richards.
♣ Conger E....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eel
A well-known fish (Anguilla vulgaris), of elongated form, common in rivers and estuaries, and esteem...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cold wave
·add. ·- In the terminology of the United States Weather Bureau, an unusual fall in temperature, to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-blooded
·adj Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
II. Cold-blooded ·adj Not thoroughbred;
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
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Cold-short
·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cold-shut
·noun An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.
II. Cold-shut ·adj Closed while too cold...
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Key-cold
·adj Cold as a metallic key; lifeless.
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Stone-cold
·adj Cold as a stone.
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Cold Abbeye
A tenement so called in Wendageynes Lane held under the Fraternity of St. Katherine in the Church of...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cold pye
A punishment inflicted on any person sleeping in company: it consists in wrapping up cotton in a cas...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold burning
A punishment inflicted by private soldiers on their comrades for trifling offences, or breach of the...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold cook
An undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter.
See carrion hunter.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold iron
A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold meat
A dead wife is the beat cold meat in a man's house.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold pig
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cold pudding
This is said to settle one's love.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bitter cold
Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America.
Those who say it...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cold-chisel
A stout chisel made of steel, used for cutting iron when it is cold.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Eel-mother
·noun The <<Eelpout>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lamper eel
·- ·see <<Lamprey>>.
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Sea eel
·- The conger eel.
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eel-fish
n.
Plotosus tandanus,Mitchell. Called also Catfish (q.v.), and Tandan (q.v.).
1838. T. L. Mitchell...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eel-grass
(Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eel-spear
A sort of trident for catching eels.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lamper-eel
The lamprey. A common name for lampreys in New England. It is provincial in England and Scotland.--F...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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e'el-thing
i. e. ill-thing ; St. Anthony's fire. Ex.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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eel-fares
A fry or brood of eels.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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eel-grass
A name for the sea-wrack (Zostera marina); it is thrown ashore by the sea in large quantities.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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eel-pout
A name for the burbot (Molva lota), a fresh-water fish.
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eel-skuyt
See dutch eel-skuyt.
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eel-spear
A sort of trident with ten points for catching eels, called in Lincolnshire an eel-stang.
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eve-eel
A northern name for the conger; from the Danish hav-aal, or sea-eel.
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lamper-eel
A common corruption of lamprey.
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ramper-eel
A name of the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus.
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salt-eel
A rope's-end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens.
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sea-eel
The conger (which see).
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spanker-eel
A northern term for the lamprey.
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dutch eel-skuyt
A flat-bottomed somewhat cutter-rigged sea-boat, carrying lee-boards, fitted with two water-tight bu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.