friar-skate | The Sailor's Word-Book

Related Words

Skate
·vi To move on skates. II. Skate ·noun A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a s...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
skate
n. The New Zealand fish calleda Skate is Raja nasuta, a different speciesof the same genus as the E...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
skate
A well-known cartilaginous fish of the ray family, Raia batis. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Friar
·noun An American fish; the silversides. II. Friar ·noun A white or pale patch on a printed page. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
mavis-skate
The sharp-nosed ray. (See friar-skate.) ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
skate-lurker
A cant word for a begging impostor dressed as a sailor. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Black friar
·- A friar of the Dominican order; — called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Curtal friar
·- A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
White friar
·- A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. ·see ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Friar Street
South out of Carter Lane at No. 67 to Ireland Yard (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within. Fir...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
friar-bird
n. an Australian bird, of the genuscalled Philemon, but originally named Tropidorhynchus (q.v.). It ...

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