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Shark
·vi To live by shifts and stratagems.
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shark
A sharper: perhaps from his preying upon any one he can lay hold of. Also a custom-house officer, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shark
n.
Some of the Australasian speciesare identical with those of Europe. Varieties and nameswhich dif...
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shark
A name applied to many species of large cartilaginous fish of the family Squalidæ. Their ferocity an...
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Hammer
·noun The <<Malleus>>.
II. Hammer ·vt To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
III. Ha...
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Hammer
1) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of ...
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hammer
The shipwright's hammer is a well-known tool for driving nails and clenching bolts, differing from h...
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Headed
·adj Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
II. Headed ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Head>>.
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Basking shark
·- One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in...
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sand shark
See blind shark
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blind shark
or Sand Shark
,n. i.q. Shovel-nose (q.v.).
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods `Fish and Fisheries of N...
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carpet-shark
n. i.q. wobbegong (q.v.)
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basking shark
So called from being often seen lying still in the sunshine. A large cartilaginous fish, the Squalus...
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jack-shark
A common sobriquet of the Squalus tribe.
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johnny shark
A common sobriquet of the Squalus tribe.
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Gold-hammer
·noun The yellow-hammer.
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Hammer break
·add. ·- An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating ham...
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Hammer lock
·add. ·- A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his op...
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Hammer-beam
·noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not...
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Hammer-dressed
·adj Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer;
— said of building s...
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Hammer-harden
·vt To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.
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Hammer-less
·adj Without a visible hammer;
— said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and o...
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Tilt hammer
·- A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or ...
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Trip hammer
·- A tilt hammer.
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Water hammer
·- A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel contai...
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Hammer Court
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former name : "Hamersmith...
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yellow-hammer
(Picus auratus. Wilson, Ornith.) The popular name of the Golden-winged Woodpecker, the most beautifu...
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detonating hammer
A modern introduction into the Royal Navy for firing the guns. With the aid of an attached laniard, ...
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fore-hammer
The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...
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Addle-headed
·adj ·Alt. of Addle-pated.
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Beetle-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Bluff-headed
·adj Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
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Buckler-headed
·adj Having a head like a buckler.
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Buffle-headed
·adj Having a large head, like a buffalo; dull; stupid; blundering.
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Clear-headed
·adj Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
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Cool-headed
·adj Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion.
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
— said of certain baboons.
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Double-headed
·adj Having two heads; bicipital.
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Dunder-headed
·adj Thick-headed; stupid.
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Feather-headed
·adj Giddy; frivolous; foolish.
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Flat-headed
·adj Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
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Giddy-headed
·adj Thoughtless; unsteady.
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Gross-headed
·adj Thick-skulled; stupid.
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Hard-headed
·adj Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
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Heavy-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Hot-headed
·adj Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement.
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Idle-headed
·adj Foolish; stupid.
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Janus-headed
·adj Double-headed.
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Light-headed
·adj Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
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Mad-headed
·adj Wild; crack-brained.
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Muddy-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Mushroom-headed
·adj Having a cylindrical body with a convex head of larger diameter; having a head like that of a m...
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Nail-headed
·adj Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble the head of a nail.
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Nott-headed
·adj Having the hair cut close.
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Open-headed
·adj <<Bareheaded>>.
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Pig-headed
·adj Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
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Pudding-headed
·adj <<Stupid>>.
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Puzzle-headed
·adj Having the head full of confused notions.
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Rattle-headed
·adj Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
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Rug-headed
·adj Having shaggy hair; shock-headed.
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Sheep-headed
·adj Silly; simple-minded; stupid.
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Shock-headed
·adj Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
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Soft-headed
·adj Weak in intellect.
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Thick-headed
·adj Having a thick skull; stupid.
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Thorn-headed
·adj Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
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Triple-headed
·adj Having three heads; three-headed; as, the triple-headed dog Cerberus.
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Wagon-headed
·adj Having a top, or head, shaped like the top of a covered wagon, or resembling in section or outl...
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beetle-headed
Dull, stupid.
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bottle-headed
Void of wit.
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buffle-headed
Confused, stupid.
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chuckle-headed
Stupid, thick-headed.
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hulver-headed
Having a hard impenetrable head; hulver, in the Norfolk dialect, signifying holly, a hard and solid ...
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mutton-headed
Stupid.
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pig-headed
Obstinate.
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totty-headed
Giddy, hare-brained.
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watery-headed
Apt to shed tears.
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dansey-headed
giddy, thoughtless. Norf. and Suff.
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dausey-headed
giddy, thoughtless. Norf. and Suff.
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stag-headed
see randle-piked.
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bluff-headed
When a ship has but a small rake forward on, being built with her stem too straight up.
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chowder-headed
Stupid, or batter-brained.
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chuckle-headed
Clownishly stupid; lubberly.
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dead-headed
Timber trees which have ceased growing.
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bull-dog shark
i.q. bull-head1 (q.v.).
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Port-Jackson Shark
Heterodontus phillipii,Lacep., family Cestraciontidae; called also the Shell-grinder.
1882. Rev. J....
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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
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crowdy-headed jock
A jeering appellation for a north country seaman, particularly a collier; Jock being a common name, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pudding-headed fellow
A stupid fellow, one whose brains are all in confusion.
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woolly-headed grass
n.
an indigenousAustralian grass, Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native...
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double-headed maul
One with double faces; top-mauls in contradistinction to pin-mauls.
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double-headed shot
Differing from bar-shot by being similar to dumb-bells, only the shot are hemispherical.
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saucer-headed bolts
Those with very flat heads.
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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...
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