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Neck
·vt & ·vi To kiss and caress amorously.
II. Neck ·noun the point where the base of the stem of a pl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Neck
Used sometimes figuratively. To "lay down the neck" (Rom. 16:4) is to hazard one's life. Threatening...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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neck
The elbow or part connecting the blade and socket of a bayonet.
♦ Goose-neck, at the ends of booms...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Goose
·noun A silly creature; a simpleton.
II. Goose ·noun Any large bird of other related families, rese...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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goose
A taylor's goose; a smoothing iron used to press down the seams, for which purpose it must be heated...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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goose
n.
English bird-name. The Australianspecies are – – Cape Barren Goose – – Cereopsis novae-hollandia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose
A tailor's smoothing-iron. It is a jocular saying that 'A tailor, be he ever so poor, is always sure...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Deer-neck
·noun A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.
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Volcanic neck
·add. ·- A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and late...
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neck stamper
The boy who collects the pots belonging to an alehouse, sent out with beer to private houses.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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neck verse
Formerly the persons claiming the benefit of clergy were obliged to read a verse in a Latin manuscri...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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van-neck
Miss or Mrs. Van-Neck; a woman with large breasts; a bushel bubby.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring-neck
n.
the equivalent of Jackaroo (q.v.). A term used in the back blocks in reference to thewhite colla...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Brand goose
·- A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. ·see <<Brant>>.
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Ember-goose
·noun The loon or great northern diver. ·see <<Loon>>.
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Goose egg
·add. ·- In games, a zero; a score or record of naught;
— so named in allusion to the egglike outli...
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Goose-rumped
·add. ·adj Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup;
— said of ce...
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Imber-goose
·noun The loon. ·see Ember-goose.
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Sea goose
·- A <<Phalarope>>.
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Solan goose
·- The common gannet.
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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2.
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Wayz-goose
·noun A stubble goose.
II. Wayz-goose ·noun An annual feast of the persons employed in a printing o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Goose Alley
South out of Bow Churchyard to Twelve Bell Court. In Cordwainer Ward (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Goose Lane
See Goose Alley, Bow Churchyard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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goose riding
A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high post...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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greenwich goose
A pensioner of Greenwich Hospital.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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strangle goose
A poulterer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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taylors goose
An iron with which, when heated, press down the seams of clothes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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colonial goose
n.
a boned leg of muttonstuffed with sage and onions. In the early days the sheep wasalmost the sol...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-teal
n.
the English name for a verysmall goose of the genus Nettapus. The Australianspecies are – – Gree...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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magpie-goose
n.
a common name for theAustralian Goose, Anseranus melanoleuca, Lath.; calledalso Swan-goose, and ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to goose boots
To repair them by putting on a new front half way up, and a new bottom.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gone goose
'It's a gone goose with him,' means that he is past recovery. The phrase is a vulgarism in New Engla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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goose-grass
goose-tansy, argentina, or auscrina. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cole-goose
A name for the cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dunter-goose
A name in the Orkneys for the Somateria mollissima, or eider-duck.
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ember-goose
(OR IMBER?)
A name for the great northern diver or loon (Colymbus glacialis).
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gone-goose
A ship deserted or given up in despair (in extremis).
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horie-goose
A northern name for the Anser bernicla, or brent-goose.
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rood-goose
A name for the brent-goose.
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sly-goose
A northern term for the sheldrake, Tadorna vulpanser.
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solan-goose
The gannet, Sula bassana, a well-known sea fowl, frequenting the coasts of many countries in the nor...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bottle-neck frame
·add. ·- An inswept frame.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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wry neck day
Hanging day.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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neck of land
Dividing two portions of water, or it may be the neck of a peninsula.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Wild Goose Court
See Wingoose Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wild-goose chase
A tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cape-barren goose
n.
See goose.
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]:
«The `Cape B...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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goose-man chick
a gosling. York, and Glouc. The syllable MAN is redundant, as in FURZE-MAN PIG, a hedge-hog.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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goose without gravy
A severe starting, so called because no blood followed its infliction.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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neck of a gun
The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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neck of the cascable
The part between the swell of the breech of a gun and the button. Its narrowest part within the butt...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Goose Alley, Fleet Market
See Braziers' Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fox and Goose Inn, Yard
On the south side of London Wall, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799), between Col...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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such a reason pist my goose
or MY GOOSE PIST
Said when any one offers an absurd reason.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose