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Flogging
·adj & ·noun from Flog, ·vt. II. Flogging ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Flog>>. ...

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Dry
·superl Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. II. Dry ·superl Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. III. ...

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flogging cully
A debilitated lecher, commonly an old one. ...

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flogging cove
The beadle, or whipper, in Bridewell. ...

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flogging stake
The whipping-post. ...

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Dry dock
·- ·see under <<Dock>>. ...

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Dry goods
·- A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, ·etc., — in distinc...

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Dry nurse
·- A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; — in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it...

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Dry-beat
·vt To beat severely. ...

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Dry-boned
·adj Having dry bones, or bones without flesh. ...

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Dry-eyed
·adj Not having tears in the eyes. ...

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Dry-fisted
·adj <<Niggardly>>. ...

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Dry-rub
·vt To rub and cleanse without wetting. ...

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Dry-rubbed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Dry-rub. ...

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Dry-rubbing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Dry-rub. ...

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Dry-shod
·adj Without wetting the feet. ...

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Dry-stone
·adj Constructed of uncemented stone. ...

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Kiln-dry
·vt To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain. ...

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Smoke-dry
·vt To dry by or in smoke. ...

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dry bob
A smart repartee: also copulation without emission; in law Latin, siccus robertulus. ...

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dry boots
A sly humorous fellow. ...

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dry-blowing
n. a Western Australian term ingold-mining. 1894. `The Argus,' March 28, p. 5, col. 5: «When wate...

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drop-dry
Completely water-tight. ...

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dry dock
An artificial receptacle for examining and repairing vessels. (See graving-dock.) ...

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dry ducking
Suspending a person by a rope a few yards above the surface of the water. ...

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dry gales
Those storms which are accompanied with a clear sky, as the northers of the Gulf of Mexico, the harm...

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dry-rot
A disease destructive of timber, occasioned by a fungus, the Merulius lachrymans, which softens wood...

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dry rowing
"Row dry." Not to dash the spray with the blade of the oar in the faces of those in the stern-sheets...

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row dry!
The order to those who row, not to splash water into the boat. ...

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flogging the glass
Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...

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dry-bulb thermometer
The readings of this instrument, when compared with those of a wet-bulb thermometer, indicate the am...

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dry holy-stoning
See holy-stone. ...

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high-and-dry
The situation of a ship or other vessel which is aground, so as to be seen dry upon the strand when ...

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thick-and-dry for weighing!
To clap on nippers closely, just at starting the anchor from the ground. ...

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