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Hear
·vt To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
II. Hear ·vi To have the sense or faculty of percei...
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You
(dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indic...
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There
·pron In or at that place.
II. There ·pron To or into that place; thither.
III. There ·pron In tha...
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there!
A word added in hailing any part of a ship; as, "Forecastle there!" "Mast-head there!"
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do
do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 1...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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do
dō (old subj.duis, duit, duint, etc.), dedī, datus, are 1 DA-, to hand over, deliver, give up, ren...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Do
·noun Deed; act; fear.
II. Do ·noun A cheat; a swindle.
III. Do ·noun Ado; bustle; stir; to do.
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Do.
·noun An abbreviation of Ditto.
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do
To do any one; to rob and cheat him. I have done him; I have robbed him. Also to overcome in a boxin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to hear tell
To hear a report of; to hear of. The expression is frequently heard among illiterate people in famil...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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you don't!
for you don't say so; really! indeed! as, 'Mr. A threw a back somerset out of a three-story window. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bord you
A saying of a man waiting, to one who is drinking, meaning that he claims the next turn.
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you, sir!
The irritating mode in which some officers address the seamen. The late Lord Collingwood never permi...
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There-anent
·adv Concerning that.
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that there
These vulgar pleonasms are often heard in this country as well as in England.
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away there
The call for a boat's crew; as, "away there! barge-men."
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forward there!
The hail to the forecastle.
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there away!
A phrase accompanied by pointing on a bearing, or to an object in sight. Thereabout, in that quarter...
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Do-all
·noun General manager; factotum.
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Do-little
·noun One who performs little though professing much.
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Do-naught
·noun A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.
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Do-nothing
·adj Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.
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Do-nothingism
·noun ·Alt. of Do-nothingness.
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Do-nothingness
·noun Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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to do over
Carries the same meaning, but is not so briefly expressed: the former having received the polish of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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do don't
for do not or don't, is a common expression in Georgia, and not by any means confined to the uneduca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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do tell!
A vulgar exclamation common tn New England, and synonymous with really! indeed! is it possible!
A b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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derring-do
A Spenserian term for deeds of arms.
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do-little
, or do-little sword.
The old term for a dirk.
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how fare you?
This is a common expression in those parts of New England for 'How do you do?.' It is pronounced sho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hither and you
here and there, backwards and forwards. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wea-worth you
woe betide you. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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ease away there!
,or ease away there!
To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully.
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heave out there!
The order to hasten men from their hammocks.
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on deck there!
The cry to call attention from aloft or below.
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stash it there!
An old order to cease or be quiet.
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well there, belay!
Synonymous with that will do.
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who comes there?
The night challenge of a sentry on his post.
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Ne'er-do-well
·add. ·noun A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.
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Do Little Alley
See Do Little Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Do Little Lane
,Do Little Alley
South out of Carter Lane to Knightrider Street. In Castle Baynard Ward (Boyle, 1799...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Do-Little's Yard
West out of Mugwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (det.) (O. and M. 1677).
Seems to occupy the ...
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domine do little
An impotent old fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to take to do
To take to task; to reprove.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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well-to-do
In a state of ease as to pecuniary circumstances; well off.--Holloway.
In speaking of the emigratio...
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die nor do
He'll neither DIE NOR DO ; spoken of a person in a lingering illness. See DAW, in Ray's Words.
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do for, to
A double-barrelled expression, meaning alike to take care of or provide for an individual, or to rui...
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thank god thank you
a reply after grace is said after dinner, and addressed to the host. North.
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thank you for them
an answer to an enquiry after absent friends. North. They are very well, I thank you for them.
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what water have you?
The question to the man sounding, as to the depth of water which the lead-line gives.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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make a lane there!
The order of the boatswain for the crew to separate at muster, to facilitate the approach of any one...
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paul there, my hearty
Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse.
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Indo-do-Chinese languages
·add. ·- A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, although some are agglutinative, spoke...
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any how you can fix it
At any rate whatever.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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Parish church in the Tower for the inhabitants there, in Tower ward (S. 492).
First mention: Founded probably Temp. H. I. Mentioned in reign of K. John, 1210 (Bell, p. 1 ; Clark,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.