galley-pepper

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• Pepper

  ·vi To fire numerous shots (at). II. Pepper ·vt To sprinkle or season with pepper. III. Pepper ·no...

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• pepper, native

  i.q. Climbing Pepper (see above), Piper Novae-Hollandiae, Miq. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native P...

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• Galley

  ·noun One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. II. Galley ·noun A proof sheet taken from typ...

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• galley

  Building the galley; a game formerly used at sea, in order to put a trick upon a landsman, or fresh-...

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• galley

  A low, flat-built vessel with one deck, and propelled by sails and oars, particularly in the Mediter...

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• Galley

  [Ship] ...

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• Bell pepper

  ·- A species of Capsicum, or Guinea pepper (C. annuum). It is the red pepper of the gardens. ...

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• Bird pepper

  ·- A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the mos...

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• Pepper box

  ·add. ·noun A buttress on the left-hand wall of a fives court as the game is played at Eton College,...

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• Pepper dulse

  ·- A variety of edible seaweed (Laurencia pinnatifida) distinguished for its pungency. ...

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• Water pepper

  ·- <<Waterwort>>. II. Water pepper ·- <<Smartweed>>. ...

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• The Pepper Quern

  At the corner of Cornhill and Bishopsgate, in the parish of St. Peter Cornhill, devised 1609 by Robe...

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• climbing-pepper

  n. See pepper. ...

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• native pepper

  n. See pepper. ...

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• pepper, climbing

  n. Pipernovae-hollandiae, Miq., N.O. Piperaceae. Calledalso Native Pepper, and Native Pepper-vine. ...

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• pepper-tree

  n. The name is given to twotrees, neither of which are the true pepper of commerce( Piper). They a...

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• pepper-dulse

  ♦ Halymenia edulis; a pungent sea-weed, which, as well as H. palmata, common dulse, is eaten in Scot...

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• tom pepper

  A term for a liar; he having, according to nautic tradition, been kicked out of the nether regions f...

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• Galley-bird

  ·noun The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker. ...

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• Galley-worm

  ·noun A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along ...

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• Galley Dock

  South of Galley Quay, Thames Street (O.S. 1894-6). In Tower Ward. First mention: O.S. 1848-51. ...

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• Galley Quay

  South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House and Wool Quays (P.O. Directory). In Tower...

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• Galley Row

  A quadrant in Tower Street, between Hart lane and Church lane, because Galley men dwelled there (S. ...

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• galley foist

  A city barge, used formerly on the lord mayor's day, when he was sworn in at Westminster. ...

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• galley-arches

  Spacious and well-built structures in many of the Mediterranean ports for the reception and security...

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• galley-fust

  The lord-mayor's barge, and other vessels for holidays. (See fust.) ...

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• galley-foist or fust

  The lord-mayor's barge, and other vessels for holidays. (See fust.) ...

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• galley-growlers

  Idle grumblers and skulkers, from whom discontent and mutiny generally derive their origin. Hence, "...

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• galley-nose

  The figure-head. ...

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• galley-packet

  An unfounded rumour. (See galley-growlers.) ...

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• galley-slang

  The neological barbarisms foisted into sea-language. ...

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• galley-slave

  A person condemned to work at the oar on board a galley, and chained to the deck. ...

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• galley-stoker

  A lazy skulker. ...

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• galley-trough

  See gerletroch. ...

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• half-galley

  See galley. ...

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• quarter-galley

  A Barbary cruiser. ...

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• vine, native pepper

  See Climbing Pepper,under pepper. ...

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• rounds of the galley

  The opposite of what is termed Coventry; for it is figurative of a man incurring the expressed scorn...

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