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• eel-skuyt

  See dutch eel-skuyt. ...

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• Dutch

  ·noun The language spoken in Holland. II. Dutch ·noun The people of Holland; Dutchmen. III. Dutch ...

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• dutch

  Language, or rather gibberish, which cannot be understood by a listener. (See double dutch.) ...

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• Eel

  ·noun An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to ...

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• eel

  n. The kinds present in Australia are – – Common Eel – – Anguilla australis, Richards. ♣ Conger E....

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

• eel

  A well-known fish (Anguilla vulgaris), of elongated form, common in rivers and estuaries, and esteem...

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• dutch comfort

  Thank God it is no worse. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dutch concert

  Where every one plays or signs a different tune. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dutch feast

  Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dutch reckoning

  or ALLE-MAL A verbal or lump account, without particulars, as brought at spungiug or bawdy houses. ...

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• double dutch coiled against the sun

  Gibberish, or any unintelligible or difficult language. ...

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• dutch-caper

  A light-armed vessel of the seventeenth century, adapted for privateering, and much used by the Dutc...

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• dutch consolation

  "Whatever ill befalls you, there's somebody that's worse;" or "It's very unfortunate; but thank God ...

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• dutch courage

  The excitement inspired by drinking spirits; false energy. ...

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• dutch plaice

  The Pleuronectes platessa. When small, it is called fleak; when large, Dutch plaice. ...

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• dutch pump

  A punishment so contrived that, if the prisoner would not pump hard, he was drowned. ...

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• dutch reckoning

  A bad day's work, all in the wrong. ...

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• dutch reds

  High-smoked herrings prepared in Holland. ...

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• Eel-mother

  ·noun The <<Eelpout>>. ...

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• Lamper eel

  ·- ·see <<Lamprey>>. ...

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• Sea eel

  ·- The conger eel. ...

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• eel-fish

  n. Plotosus tandanus,Mitchell. Called also Catfish (q.v.), and Tandan (q.v.). 1838. T. L. Mitchell...

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• eel-grass

  (Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• eel-spear

  A sort of trident for catching eels. ...

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• lamper-eel

  The lamprey. A common name for lampreys in New England. It is provincial in England and Scotland.--F...

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• e'el-thing

  i. e. ill-thing ; St. Anthony's fire. Ex. ...

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

• cold-eel

  The Gymnotus electricus. ...

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• eel-fares

  A fry or brood of eels. ...

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• eel-grass

  A name for the sea-wrack (Zostera marina); it is thrown ashore by the sea in large quantities. ...

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• eel-pout

  A name for the burbot (Molva lota), a fresh-water fish. ...

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• eel-spear

  A sort of trident with ten points for catching eels, called in Lincolnshire an eel-stang. ...

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• eve-eel

  A northern name for the conger; from the Danish hav-aal, or sea-eel. ...

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• lamper-eel

  A common corruption of lamprey. ...

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• ramper-eel

  A name of the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. ...

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• salt-eel

  A rope's-end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens. ...

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• sea-eel

  The conger (which see). ...

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• spanker-eel

  A northern term for the lamprey. ...

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• Dutch Church Almshouses

  In Middle Moorfields. Erected by the Dutch Congregation of the Austin Friars early in 1700 (Strype, ...

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• Dutch Church, Austinfriars

  On the east side of Austinfriars, at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). The western end of the Priory Church o...

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