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Easy
·vt Moderate; sparing; frugal. II. Easy ·vt At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint. III. ...

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easy
Make the cull easy or quiet; gag or kill him. As easy as pissing the bed. ...

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easy
A word in common use among merchants and bankers. 'Our bank is easy,' meaning that its loans are not...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
easy
Lower gently. A ship not labouring in a sea. ♦ Taking it easy. Neglecting the duty. "Not so violen...

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Roll
·v Part; office; duty; role. II. Roll ·v That which rolls; a roller. III. Roll ·v A cylindrical tw...

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Roll
The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is meghillah, found in...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
roll
A uniform beat of the drum, without variation, for a considerable time. The divisions are summoned b...

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Roll
A book in ancient times consisted of a single long strip of paper or parchment, which was usually ke...

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Easy-chair
·noun An armchair for ease or repose. ...

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Easy-going
·adj Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive. ...

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easy virtue
A lady of easy virtue: an impure or prostitute. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
easy draught
The same as light draught of water (which see). ...

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Counter-roll
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...

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Ragman's roll
·- The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance t...

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roll up
v. intr. to gather, to assemble. 1887. J. Farrell, `How he died,' p. 26: «The miners all rolled u...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
roll-up
n. a meeting. See preceding verb. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxxv. p. 308: «Makin...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bend-roll
A rest formerly used for a heavy musket. ...

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fire-roll
A peculiar beat of the drum to order people to their stations on an alarm of fire. Summons to quarte...

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midshipman's roll
A slovenly method of rolling up a hammock transversely, and lashing it endways by one clue. ...

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muster-roll
A document kept by the master of every British vessel, specifying the name, age, quality, and countr...

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Tobacco Roll Court
West out of Gracechurch Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

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free and easy johns
A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
lady of easy virtue
A woman of the town, an impure, a prostitute. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly. ...

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