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Stoning
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Stone>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stoning
A form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:21) prescribed for certain offences. O...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Stoning
[Punishments]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Holy
·superl Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or commo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dry
·superl Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
II. Dry ·superl Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Holy cross
·- The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Holy Ghost
The third Person of the adorable Trinity.
His personality is proved (1) from the fact that the attr...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holy place
One of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It wa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Spirit, Holy
See HOLY [607]GHOST.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Holy Cross
See Holy Cross.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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holy father
A butcher's boy of St. Patrick's Market, Dublin, or other Irish blackguard; among whom the exclamati...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy lamb
A thorough-paced villain. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy water
He loves him as the Devil loves holy water, i.e. hates him mortally. Holy water, according to the Ro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Holy City
n.
a nickname for Adelaide. See Farinaceous City.
1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Holy dollar
n.
punning name for a dollar outof which a Dump (q.v.) had been punched.
1822. `Hobart Town Gazett...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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holy-stone
A sandstone for scrubbing decks, so called from being originally used for Sunday cleaning, or obtain...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dry dock
·- ·see under <<Dock>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dry goods
·- A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, ·etc., — in distinc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dry-shod
·adj Without wetting the feet.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dry-stone
·adj Constructed of uncemented stone.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Kiln-dry
·vt To dry in a kiln; as, to kiln-dry meal or grain.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Smoke-dry
·vt To dry by or in smoke.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dry bob
A smart repartee: also copulation without emission; in law Latin, siccus robertulus.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dry boots
A sly humorous fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dry-blowing
n.
a Western Australian term ingold-mining.
1894. `The Argus,' March 28, p. 5, col. 5:
«When wate...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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drop-dry
Completely water-tight.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dry dock
An artificial receptacle for examining and repairing vessels. (See graving-dock.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dry flogging
Punishing over the clothes of a culprit.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dry-rot
A disease destructive of timber, occasioned by a fungus, the Merulius lachrymans, which softens wood...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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row dry!
The order to those who row, not to splash water into the boat.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Holy of holies
The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitte...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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(St.) Katherine Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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court holy water
Fair speeches and promises, without performance.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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holy-cross toad
n. See catholic frog.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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holy-by-zont
a ridiculous figure. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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dry-bulb thermometer
The readings of this instrument, when compared with those of a wet-bulb thermometer, indicate the am...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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(Holy) Cross or Holy Rood
An old parish in Aldgate Ward, conterminous with the Parish of Holy Trinity (S. 142). Stow tells us ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Katherine in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity
See St. Katherine Cree.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.