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• dab-chick

  the water-hen. North. ...

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

• Chick

  ·noun A <<Chicken>>. II. Chick ·noun A child or young person; — a term of endearment. III. Chick ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Dab

  ·noun A small mass of anything soft or moist. II. Dab ·noun A skillful hand; a dabster; an <<Expert...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• dab

  An adept; a dab at any feat or exercise. Dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a-se with a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dab

  One who is expert in anything; a proficient. A vulgar colloquialism in England and America. One wri...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• dab

  a blow : a dab at any thing, expert at it, perhaps corruption of an adept. N. and S. Also a small qu...

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

• dab

  The sea-flounder. An old general term for a pleuronect or flat fish of any kind, but usually appropr...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Chick-pea

  ·noun A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the south of Europe; the chich...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Squab-chick

  ·noun A young chicken before it is fully fledged. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Chick Lane

  West out of West Smithfield to Field Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1816). First mention...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Smear dab

  ·- The sand fluke (b). ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• rusty dab

  (Gent's, platessa. Cuvier.) The popular name of the Rusty Flat-fish, a fish found on the coast of Ma...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• dab bit

  a small quantity, less than a dab. Glou. ...

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

• floun-dab

  See flounder ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• chick-a-biddy

  A chicken, so called to and by little children. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• goose-man chick

  a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog. ...

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

• wattle-and-dab

  a rough mode of architecture, verycommon in Australia at an early date. The phrase and itsmeaning ar...

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

• Chick Lane, Tower Ward

  Described as east of Barking Church (in Stow, p. 132). From the descriptions given at the references...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Katherine Wheel Yard, Chick Lane

  See Catherine Wheel Yard. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.