lax-fisher

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• lax

  lax [cf. Gr. λέχρις; Lat.: licinus, luxus], fraud, deception : lacit decipiendo inducit. Lax eteni...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Lax

  ·noun A looseness; diarrhea. II. Lax ·vt Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. III. Lax ·vt...

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• lax

  A term for salmon when ascending a river, on the north coast of Scotland. ...

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• Fisher

  ·noun One who fishes. II. Fisher ·noun A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensi...

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• Fisher

  Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a fi...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Fisher, John

  (c. 1469-1535) Controversialist and scholar, b. at Beverley, and ed. at Camb., entered the Church, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens

  (b. 1865) Historian. The Mediæval Empire (1898), Studies in Napoleonic Statesmanship (1903), A Poli...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• black-fisher

  A water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time. ...

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• fisher-boys

  The apprentices in fishing vessels. ...

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• fisher-fish

  A species of Remora, said to be trained by the Chinese to catch turtle. When a turtle is perceived b...

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• king-fisher

  The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...

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• sea-fisher

  An officer in the household of Edward III. ...

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