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Fisher
·noun One who fishes. II. Fisher ·noun A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensi...

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Fisher
Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a fi...

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yellow boys
Guineas. ...

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yallow boys
guineas. Exm. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
dough-boys
Hard dumplings boiled in salt water. A corruption of dough-balls. ...

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passed boys
Those who have gone through the round of instruction given in a training-ship. ...

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side-boys
, or side-men. Those appointed to attend the gangways when boats come alongside, and offer the man...

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Fisher, John
(c. 1469-1535) Controversialist and scholar, b. at Beverley, and ed. at Camb., entered the Church, ...

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Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens
(b. 1865) Historian. The Mediæval Empire (1898), Studies in Napoleonic Statesmanship (1903), A Poli...

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black-fisher
A water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time. ...

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fisher-fish
A species of Remora, said to be trained by the Chinese to catch turtle. When a turtle is perceived b...

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king-fisher
The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...

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lax-fisher
A taker of salmon in their passage from the sea. ...

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sea-fisher
An officer in the household of Edward III. ...

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pull-away-boys
A name given on the West Coast of Africa to the native Kroo-men, who are engaged by the shipping to ...

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