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Day
·noun Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.
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Day
The Jews reckoned the day from sunset to sunset (Lev. 23:32). It was originally divided into three p...
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day
The astronomical day is reckoned from noon to noon, continuously through the twenty-four hours, like...
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Day
The variable length of the natural day at different seasons led in the very earliest times to the ad...
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day.
• "Evening." Before the captivity the Jews divided the night into three watches, (Psalms 63:6; 90:4)...
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Book
·noun A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
II. Book ·vt To enter, write, or register in a...
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Book
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book
A commercial term for a peculiar packing of muslin, bast, and other stuffs.
♦ Brought to book, mad...
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Boxing day
·add. ·- The first week day after Christmas, a legal holiday on which Christmas boxes are given to p...
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Childermas day
·- A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod ...
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Class day
·add. ·- In American colleges and universities, a day of the commencement season on which the senior...
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Columbus Day
·add. ·- The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, land...
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Day lily
·- A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white ...
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Day-coal
·noun The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
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Day-labor
·noun Labor hired or performed by the day.
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Day-laborer
·noun One who works by the day;
— usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not w...
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Day-net
·noun A net for catching small birds.
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Day-peep
·noun The <<Dawn>>.
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Day-star
·noun The sun, as the orb of day.
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Decoration Day
·add. ·- = Memorial Day.
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Discovery Day
·add. ·- = Columbus Day, above.
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Dog day
·- ·Alt. of <<Dogday>>.
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Dominion Day
·add. ·- In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary of the proclamation of the form...
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Gaud-day
·noun ·see <<Gaudy>>, a feast.
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Inauguration Day
·add. ·- The day on which the President of the United States is inaugurated, the 4th of March in eve...
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Independence Day
·add. ·- In the United States, a holiday, the 4th of July, commemorating the adoption of the Declara...
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Labor Day
·add. ·- In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday...
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Memorial Day
·add. ·- A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by pat...
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Mother's Day
·add. ·- A day appointed for the honor and uplift of motherhood by the loving remembrance of each pe...
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Patriots' Day
·add. ·- A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the ...
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Pioneers' Day
·add. ·- In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and ...
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Tag day
·add. ·- A day on which contributions to some public or private charity or fund are solicited promis...
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Term day
·add. ·- A day which is a term (as for payment of rent), or is a day in a term, as of the sitting of...
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To-day
·noun The present day.
II. To-day ·prep On this day; on the present day.
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Twelfth-day
·noun ·see <<Twelfthtide>>.
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Working-day
·adj Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard...
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Birth-day
The observance of birth-days was common in early times (Job 1:4, 13, 18). They were specially celebr...
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Lord's day
Only once, in Rev. 1:10, was in the early Christian ages used to denote the first day of the week, w...
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Day, John
(b. 1574)
Dramatist, s. of a Norfolk yeoman, was at Camb., 1592-3. It is only since 1881 that his w...
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Day, Thomas
(1748-1789)
Miscellaneous writer, was b. in London, ed. at the Charterhouse and at Oxf., and called...
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banyan day
A sea term for those days on which no meat is allowed to the sailors: the term is borrowed from the ...
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collar day
Execution day.
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execution day
Washing day.
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rainy day
To lay up something for a rainy day; to provide against a time of necessity or distress.
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winter's day
He is like a winter's day, short and dirty.
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every-day
Common; usual.
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training-day
The day when the militia are called out to be reviewed.
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allemash-day
i. e. Allumage-day, the day on which the Canterbury silk-weavers begin to work by candle-light. Kent...
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carling-day
the second Sunday preceding Easter, when parched peas are served up at most tables in Northumberland...
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childermas-day
Innocents-day. North.
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day-tale
a day-labourer. York.
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good-day
a holiday. Staffordsh.
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day-mates
Formerly the mates of the several decks now abolished. (See sub-lieutenant.)
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day-sky
The aspect of the sky at day-break, or at twilight.
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field-day
A day of exercise and evolutions.
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gained day
The twenty-four hours, or day and night, gained by circumnavigating the globe to the eastward. It is...
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liberty-day
A day announced for permitting a part of the crew to go ashore.
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lost day
The day which is lost in circumnavigating the globe to the westward, by making each day a little mor...
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lunar day
The interval between a departure and return of the moon to the meridian.
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nautical day
This day commences at noon, twelve hours before the civil day, and ends at noon of the day following...
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sidereal day
The interval between the departure and return of a star to the meridian; in other words, its two suc...
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solar day
Is the interval which elapses between two successive meridian transits of the sun, and is the unit o...
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Absey-book
·noun An A-B-C book; a primer.
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Account book
·- A book in which accounts are kept.
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Bank book
·- A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the de...
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Bill book
·- A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, ·etc., thus sho...
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Black book
·- Any book which treats of necromancy.
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Block book
·- A book printed from engraved wooden blocks instead of movable types.
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Blue book
·- The United States official "Biennial Register.".
II. Blue book ·- A parliamentary publication, s...
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Book muslin
·- A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.
II. Book muslin ·- A kind of thin white muslin fo...
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Book-learned
·adj Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
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Dope-book
·add. ·noun A chart of previous performances, ·etc., of race horses.
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News-book
·noun A <<Newspaper>>.
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Prompt-book
·noun The book used by a prompter of a theater.
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Text-book
·noun A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.
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Yellow Book
·add. ·- In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
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black book
He is down in the black book, i.e. has a stain in his character. A black book is keep in most regime...
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book-keeper
One who never returns borrowed books. Out of one's books; out of one's fevor. Out of his books; out ...
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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blue-book
A printed book containing the names of all the persons holding office under the Government of the Un...
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scrap-book
A blank book for the preservation of short pieces of poetry or other extracts from books and papers....
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boarding-book
A register which has for its object the recording all particulars relative to every ship boarded, a ...
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cargo-book
The master of every coasting-vessel is required to keep a cargo-book, stating the name of the ship, ...
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case-book
A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...
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complete book
A book which contains the names and particulars of every person borne for wages on board, as age, pl...
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defaulter's book
Where men's offences are registered against them, and may be magnified without appeal.
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description-book
A register in which the age, place of birth, and personal description of the crew are recorded.
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guard-book
Report of guard; a copy of which is delivered at the admiral's office by the officer of the last gua...
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issue-book
That which contains the record of issues to the crew, and the charges made against them.
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letter-book
A book wherein is preserved a copy of all letters and orders written by the captain of a ship on pub...
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log-book
Mostly called the log, is a journal into which the log-board is daily transcribed, together with any...
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muster-book
A copy of a ship of war's open list, drawn up for the use of the clerk of the check, in calling over...
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name-book
The Anglo-Saxon nom-bóc, a mustering list.
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order-book
A book kept for the purpose of copying such occasional successive orders as the admiral, or senior o...
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prayer-book
A smaller hand-stone than that which sailors call "bible;" it is used to scrub in narrow crevices wh...
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remark-book
This contains hydrographical observations of every port visited, and is sent annually to the admiral...
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sick-book
An account of such officers and men as are on the sick list on board, or are sent to an hospital, ho...
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slop-book
A register of the slop clothing, soap, and tobacco, issued to the men; also of the religious books s...
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ticket-book
A register for accounting for all tickets and certificates received and used.
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victualling-book
A counterpart of the ship's open list, which is kept by the purser, to enable him to make the necess...
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All Fools' Day
·- The first day of April, a day on which sportive impositions are practiced.
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All Souls' Day
·- The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are ...
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Latter-day saint
·- A Mormon;
— the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole ...
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New Year's Day
·- the first day of a calendar year; the first day of January. Often colloquially abbreviated to New...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Jezreel, Day of
The time predicted for the execution of vengeance for the deeds of blood committed there (Hos. 1:5)....
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birth-day suit
He was in his birth-day suit, that is, stark naked.
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paddington fair day
An execution day, Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington. To dance the Paddington...
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red letter day
A saint's day or holiday, marked in the calendars with red letters. Red letter men; Roman Catholics:...
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saint geoffrey's day
Never, there being no saint of that name: tomorrow-come-never, when two Sundays come together.
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wry neck day
Hanging day.
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up-a-day
A fondling expression of a nurse to a child, when she takes it up in her arms, or lifts it over some...
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dyze-man's-day
Childermas, or Innocents' Day. North. E.
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St. Jeffery's-day
never. York.
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pack-rag day
Michaelmas-day, when servants change their places, and remove their clothes. Norf. and Suff.
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well-a-day!
alas! Various.
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Lords Day, The
(Kuriake Hemera), (Revelation 1:10) (only), the weekly festival of our Lord's resurrection, and iden...
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Daniel, Book of
Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See ...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Haggai, Book of
Consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of the prophet was generally to urge the p...
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Jeremiah, Book of
Consists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books. I. The introduct...
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Job, Book of
A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such ...
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Joel, Book of
Joel was probably a resident in Judah, as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent menti...
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Jonah, Book of
This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet....
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Judges, Book of
Is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men ...
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Lamentations, Book of
Called in the Hebrew canon 'Ekhah, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song o...
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Micah, Book of
The sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the ...
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Nahum, Book of
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, howev...
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Nehemiah, Book of
The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the...
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Numbers, Book of
The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be-midbar, i.e., "in the wilderness....
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Obadiah, Book of
Consists of one chapter, "concerning Edom," its impending doom (1:1-16), and the restoration of Isra...
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Proverbs, Book of
A collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic for...
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Revelation, Book of
=The Apocalypse, the closing book and the only prophetical book of the New Testament canon. The auth...
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admiralty black-book
See black-book of the admiralty.
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night order-book
A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...
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two-monthly book
A book kept by the captain's clerk, to be forwarded every two months, when possible, in order to pre...
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Amos, Book Of
The book of the prophecies of Amos seems to be divided into four principal portions closely connecte...
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Baruch, Book Of
One of the apocryphal books of the Old Testament. The book was held in little esteem by the Jews, an...
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Esther, Book Of
one of the latest of the canonical books of Scripture, having been written late in the reign of Xerx...
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Ezra, Book Of
is a continuation of the books of Chronicles. The period covered by the book is eighty years, from t...
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Isaiah, Book Of
I. Chapters 1-5 contain Isaiah's prophecies in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, foretelling that the...
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Jeremiah, Book Of
"There can be little doubt that the book of Jeremiah grew out of the roll which Baruch wrote down at...
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Job, Book Of
This book has given rise to much discussion and criticism, some believing the book to be strictly hi...
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Joshua, Book Of
Named from Joshua the son of Nun, who is the principal character in it. The book may be regarded as ...
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Judges, Book Of
of which the book or Ruth formed originally a part, contains a history from Joshua to Samson. The bo...
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Proverbs, Book Of
The title of this book in Hebrew is taken from its first word, mashal, which originally meant "a com...
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Psalms, Book Of
The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill'im, "Praises;" but in the actual superscriptions of th...
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Ruth, Book Of
contains the history of Ruth, as narrated in the preceding article. The main object of the writer is...
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Tobit, Book Of
a book of the Apocryphal which exists at present in Greek, Latin, Syriac and Hebrew texts, but it wa...
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officer of the day
A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...
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Atonement, The Day Of
I. The great day of national humiliation, and the only one commanded in the Mosaic law. [Fasts] The ...
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Isaiah, The Book of
Consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotham (6), (3) Ahaz ...
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Joshua, The Book of
Contains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua. It consists of three...
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Ruth The Book of
Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books ...
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bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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break one's horn-book
to incur displeasure. South.
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Daniel, The Book Of
stands at the head of a series of writings in which the deepest thoughts of the Jewish people found ...
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Enoch, The Book Of
The first trance of the existence of this work is found in the Epistle of (Jude 1:14,15) An apocryph...
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Judith, The Book Of
one of the books of the Apocrypha, belongs to the earliest specimens of historical fiction. As to it...
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Micah, The Book Of
Three sections of this work represent three natural divisions of the prophecy-1, 2; 3-5; 6,7-each co...
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Nehemiah, The Book Of
like the preceding one of Ezra, is clearly and certainly not all by the same hand. [Ezra, Book Of, B...
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Zechariah, The Book Of
The book of Zechariah, in its existing form, consists of three principal parts, vis. chs. 1-8; chs. ...
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black-book of the admiralty
An imaginary record of offences. Also, a document of great authority in naval law, as it contains th...
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Esdras, The Second Book Of
This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...
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Wars of the Lord, The Book of the
(Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1...
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