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Fog
·noun A state of mental confusion. II. Fog ·noun A second growth of grass; aftergrass. III. Fog ·v...

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fog
Smoke. CANT. ...

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fog
long grass : more properly after-grass. North. Coarse grass. Norf. and Suff. ...

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fog
A mist at sea, consisting of the grosser vapours floating in the air near the surface of the sea. Th...

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Eater
·noun One who, or that which, eats. ...

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Fog belt
·add. ·- A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland...

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fog-bank
A dense haze, presenting the appearance of a thick cloud resting upon the horizon; it is known in hi...

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fog-bow
A beautiful natural phenomenon incidental to high latitudes. It appears opposite to the sun, and is ...

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fog-dogs
Those transient prismatic breaks which occur in thick mists, and considered good symptoms of the wea...

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fog-signals
The naval code established by guns to keep a fleet together, to tack, wear, and perform sundry evolu...

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Ant-eater
·noun One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. ·see Ant-bear, <<Pango...

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Bee-eater
·noun An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. II. Bee-eater ·noun A bird of the genus Merops, t...

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Lotos-eater
·noun One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolenc...

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Lotus-eater
·noun ·Alt. of Lotos-eater. ...

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Man-eater
·noun One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sh...

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beef eater
A yeoman of the guards, instituted by Henry VII. Their office was to stand near the bouffet, or cupb...

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toad eater
A poor female relation, and humble companion, or reduced gentlewoman, in a great family, the standin...

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ant-eater
n. 1) i.q. Ant-eating-Porcupine. See echidna. 2) The Banded Ant-eater (q.v.). ...

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bee-eater
n. a bird-name. The European Bee-eater is Merops apiaster; the Australian species is Merops ornatus...

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fig-eater
n. a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.). ...

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fly-eater
n. the new vernacular name for the Australianbirds of the genus Gerygone (q.v.), and see Warbler.Th...

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grape-eater
n. a bird, called formerly Fig-eater, now known as the Green-backedWhite-eye (q.v.), Zosterops goul...

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honey-eater
n. an Australian bird, with atongue specially adapted for being formed into a tube for theabsorptio...

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fire-eater
One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads. ...

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ant-eater, banded
See banded ant-eater. ...

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banded ant-eater
n. name given to a smallterrestrial and ant-eating marsupial, Myrmecobiusfasciatus, Waterh, found i...

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wattled bee-eater
See bee-eater. ...

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