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Gudgeon
·noun A person easily duped or cheated.
II. Gudgeon ·noun What may be got without skill or merit.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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gudgeon
One easily imposed on. To gudgeon; to swallow the bait, or fall into a trap: from the fish of that n...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gudgeon
n.
The name is given in New SouthWales to the fish Eleotris coxii, Krefft, of the familyof the Gobi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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gudgeon
The Gobio fluviatilis, a well-known river-fish, 6 or 7 inches in length.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ground
·noun The pit of a theater.
II. Ground ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Grind.
III. Ground ·vt To lay, set, or r...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea gudgeon
·- The European black goby (Gobius niger).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rudder-gudgeon
Those secured to a ship are termed braces; gudgeon is more applicable to boats or small vessels.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Burying ground
·- ·Alt. of Burying place.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Middle-ground
·noun That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Teeing ground
·add. ·- The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Winter-ground
·vt To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the ro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fallow-ground
The expression, "Break up your fallow ground" (Hos. 10:12; Jer. 4:3) means, "Do not sow your seed am...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Parched ground
(Isa. 35:7), Heb. sharab, a "mirage", a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun o...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Artillery Ground
See Old Artillery Ground.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ground Rentes
Tenements so called in High Holborn 1564 (Lond. I. p.m. II 142, 96).
Not further identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ground sweat
A grave.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ground squirrel
A hog, or pig.
SEA TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ground-berry
i.q. cranberry (q.v.).:
See cranberry, native
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-bird
n.
name given in Australia to anybird of the genus Cinclosoma. The species are – – Chestnut-backed ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-dove
n.
1) Tasmanian namefor the Spotted Ground-bird (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-lark
n.
1) In New Zealand, a bird alsocalled by the Maori names, Pihoihoi and Hioi.
1888. W. L. Buller,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-parrakeet
n.
See parrakeet and pezoporus.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-parrot
n.
1) The bird Psittacuspulchellus, Shaw. For the Ground Parrot of New Zealand,see Kakapo.
1793. G...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-thrush
n.
name of birds found all overthe world. The Australian species are – – Geocincla lunulata, Lath.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-sill
the threshold of a door. C. Ground ivy.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hover ground
light ground. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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vantage-ground
See advantage
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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break-ground
Beginning to weigh, or to lift the anchor from the bottom. On shore it means to begin the works for ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fishing-ground
Any bank or shoal frequented by fish.
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foul ground
Synonymous with foul bottom.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground, to
To take the bottom or shore; to be run aground through ignorance, violence, or accident.
♦ To stri...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-bait
, or groundling.
A loach or loche.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-gru
See anchor-ice.
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ground-ice
See anchor-ice.
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ground-plot
See ichnography.
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ground-sea
The West Indian name for the swell called rollers, or in Jamaica the north sea. It occurs in a calm,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-strake
A name sometimes used for garboard-strake.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-swell
A sudden swell preceding a gale, which rises along shore, often in fine weather, and when the sea be...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-tackle
A general name given to all sorts of ropes and furniture which belong to the anchors, or which are e...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-tier
The lowest water-casks in the hold before the introduction of iron tanks. It also implies anything e...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-timbers
Those which lie on the keel, and are fastened to it with bolts through the kelson.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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ground-ways
The large blocks and thick planks which support the cradle on which a ship is launched. Also, the fo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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losing ground
Dropping to leeward while working; the driftage.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bethlem Burying Ground
On the east side of Moorfields, extending east to New Broad Street, on the western boundary of Bisho...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New Artillery Ground
In Moorfields. So named to distinguish it from the Old Ground near St. Mary Spittel, where formerly ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Artillery Ground
Extends from Middlesex Street south to Spital Square north, east of Bishopsgate Street, outside the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Sepulchre's Burying Ground
On the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without, north of Smithfield Market, east of Durham Yard...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose