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• Grub

  ·noun Victuals; food. II. Grub ·vt To supply with food. III. Grub ·noun A short, thick man; a dwar...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• grub

  Victuals. To grub; to dine. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grub

  v. to clear (ground) of the roots. Togrub has long been English for to dig up by the roots. It isAu...

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

• grub

  Food; victuals.--Grose. The Bengalese, in cool apparel, Meanwhile have reached their pic-nic bar...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• grub

  A coarse but common term for provisions in general "In other words they toss'd the grub Out of t...

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• Fresh

  ·noun A flood; a freshet. II. Fresh ·superl New; original; additional. III. Fresh ·noun A stream o...

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• fresh

  Forward; as, 'don't make yourself too fresh here;' that is to say, not quite so much at home. Consi...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• fresh

  1) a flood, or overflowing of a river. This heavy rain will bring down the freshes. N. 2) tipsy. No...

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

• fresh

  When applied to the wind, signifies strong, but not violent; hence an increasing gale is said to fre...

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• Grub, George

  (1812-1892) Historian, was b. in Old Aberdeen, and ed. at King's Coll. there. He studied law, and w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Grub Street

  See Milton Street. Not properly Grub Street any further than the Post and Chain ; the other part in...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• grub street

  A street near Moorfields, formerly the supposed habitation of many persons who wrote for the booksel...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grub-trap

  A vulgarism for the mouth. ...

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• Fresh-new

  ·adj <<Unpracticed>>. ...

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• Fresh-water

  ·adj Unskilled; raw. II. Fresh-water ·adj Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a se...

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• Fresh Wharf

  On the south side of Lower Thames Street, next to St. Magnus Church (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgat...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• fresh milk

  Cambridge new comers to the university. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fresh breeze

  A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...

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• fresh gale

  A more powerful wind than a fresh breeze (which see). ...

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• fresh shot

  A river swollen by rain or tributaries; it also signifies the falling down of any great river into t...

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• fresh spell

  Men coming to relieve a gang at work. ...

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• fresh water

  Water fit to drink, in opposition to sea or salt water; now frequently obtained at sea by distillati...

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• fresh way

  Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...

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• grub street news

  Lying intelligence. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Fresh Wharf Gateway

  Leading to Fresh Wharf (P.C. 1732). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• fresh-water herring

  n. In Sydney, the fish is Clupea richmondia, Macl. Elsewhere in Australia, and inTasmania, it is an...

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

• fresh-water perch

  n. name given in Tasmania tothe fish Microperca tasmaniae. ...

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

• fresh-water jack

  The same as fresh-water sailor. ...

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• fresh-water sailor

  An epithet for a green hand, of whom an old saying has it, "whose shippe was drowned in the playne o...

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• fresh-water seas

  A name given to the extensive inland bodies of fresh water in the Canadas. Of these, Lake Superior i...

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• Bell Inn, Grub Street

  See Bell Alley1, Grub Street. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Maidenhead Alley, Grub Street

  See Maidenhead Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Little Bell Alley, Grub Street

  See Bell Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Soldiers' Court, Grub Street, Cripplegate

  See Nag's Head Inn. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• fresh hand at the bellows

  Said when a gale freshens suddenly. ...

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