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Make
·vt To be engaged or concerned in.
II. Make ·noun A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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make
A halfpenny. CANT.
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make
1) a match or equal. So MACKLESS is MATCHLESS. North.
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Good
·vt To make good; to turn to good.
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make a light
expressive pigeon-English. An aboriginal'sphrase for to look for, to find. «You been make a lightyar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to make a raise
A vulgar expression, meaning to raise; procure; obtain.
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Board
·noun The side of a ship.
II. Board ·noun A table to put food upon.
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board
n.
term used by shearers. See quotation.
1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Dec. 23, p. 6, col. 1:
«...
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board
Certain offices under the control of the executive government, where the business of any particular ...
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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
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board and board
Alongside, as when two ships touch each other.
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make a lane there!
The order of the boatswain for the crew to separate at muster, to facilitate the approach of any one...
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keeping a good offing
To keep well off shore while under sail, so as to be clear of danger should the wind suddenly shift ...
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Make-belief
·noun A feigning to believe; make believe.
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Make-believe
·adj Feigned; insincere.
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Make-game
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt.
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Make-peace
·noun A <<Peacemaker>>.
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Make-up
·noun The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is d...
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make weight
A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man.
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to make fish
To cure and prepare fish for commerce. A New England phrase.
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to make tracks
To leave; to walk away. A figurative expression of Western origin.
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make-weight
a small candle, thrown in to complete the pound. N.
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make, to
Is variously applied in sea-language.
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make fast
A word generally used for tying or securing ropes. To fasten.
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make ready!
Be prepared.
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Good now
·- An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty.
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Good-by
(·noun / ·interj) ·Alt. of Good-bye.
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Good-bye
(·noun / ·interj) Farewell; a form of address used at parting. ·see the last Note under By, ·prep
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Good-den
·interj A form of salutation.
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Good-fellowship
·noun Agreeable companionship; companionableness.
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Good-humored
·adj Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. ·see Good-natured.
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Good-humoredly
·adv With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.
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Good-looking
·adj <<Handsome>>.
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Good-natured
·adj Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.
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Good-naturedly
·adv With maldness of temper.
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Good-tempered
·adj Having a good temper; not easily vexed. ·see Good-natured.
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Works, Good
The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity o...
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good man
A word of various imports, according to the place where it is spoken: in the city it means a rich ma...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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good woman
A nondescript, represented on a famous sign in St. Giles's, in the form of a common woman. but witho...
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good luck
To tread in a surreverence, to be bewrayed: an allusion to the proverb, Sh-tt-n luck is good luck.
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good stroke
Used in the sense of considerable; as, 'a good stroke of business.'--Brockett's North County Words.
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beer-good
yest. Norf. and Suff.
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gods-good
yeast. Norf.
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good-day
a holiday. Staffordsh.
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good to
good for. He's nought good to : spoken of a good-for-nothing man.
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prime good
excellent. North.
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good reward
a ruddy countenance. N.
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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good shoaling
An approach to the shore by very gradual soundings.
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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A
·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
III. A ·- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter.
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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A-
·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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Plug board
·add. ·- A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.
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Sound-board
·noun A sounding-board.
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Sounding-board
·noun ·see Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc.
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penance board
The pillory.
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above-board
In open sight; without artifice, or trick. "A figurative expression," says Johnson, "borrowed from g...
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above-board
Over the deck; a term used for open fair dealing, without artifice or trick.
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arch-board
The part of the stern over the counter, immediately under the knuckles of the stern-timbers.
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back-board
A board across the stern sheets of a boat to support the back of passengers; and also to form the bo...
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bevelling-board
A piece of board on which the bevellings or angles of the timbers are described.
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board him
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet,
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clap-board
[German, klapp-bord].
An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...
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covering-board
See plank-sheer.
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flashing-board
To raise or set off.
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foot-board
The same as gang-board, but not so sailor-like. (See stretchers.)
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free-board
See plank-sheer.
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gang-board
The narrow platform within the side next the gunwale, connecting the quarter-deck to the forecastle....
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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board.
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letter-board
Another term for name-board (which see).
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log-board
Two boards shutting together like a book, and divided into several columns, in which to record, thro...
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medical board
A number of medical officers convened to examine sick and wounded officers and men, for invaliding o...
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name-board
The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted.
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navy board
The commissioners of the navy collectively considered, but long since abolished.
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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard.
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out-board
The outside of the ship: the reverse of in-board.
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pointer-board
A simple contrivance for duly training a ship's guns.
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sea-board
The line along which the land and water meet, indicating the limit common to both.
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serving-board
A flattened piece of hard wood with a handle, for passing service on the smaller ropes.
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stern-board
This term is familiarly known to seamen as tacking by misadventure in stays; or purposely, as a seam...
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traverse-board
A thin circular piece of board, marked with all the points of the compass, and having eight holes bo...
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wash-board
, or wash-strake.
A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...
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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward.
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within-board
Inside a ship.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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to make oneself scarce
is to leave; to go away.
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make the door
, or WINDOWS
i. e. fasten them. North. Salop, Leic.
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meddle nor make
Neither meddle nor make, i. e. not to interfere. North.
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buttons, to make
A common time-honoured, but strange expression, for sudden apprehension or misgiving.
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make head-way
A ship makes head-way when she advances through the water.
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make it so
The order of a commander to confirm the time, sunrise, noon, or sunset, reported to him by the offic...
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make sail, to
To increase the quantity of sail already set, either by letting out reefs, or by setting additional ...
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make water, to
Usually signifies the act of a ship leaking, unless the epithet foul be added. (See foul water.)
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by good rights
By right, by strict justice; as, "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States...
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good-conduct badge
Marked by a chevron on the lower part of the sleeve, granted by the admiralty, and carrying a slight...
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board of trade
A committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of commercial matters.
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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board.
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local marine-board
See marine boards.
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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done.
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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to make no bones of
To do a thing without hesitation. A metaphor borrowed from eating with dispatch as if it contained n...
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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale.
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make lee-way, to
To drift to leeward of the course.
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make stern-way, to
To retreat, or move stern foremost.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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thorough-good-natured wench
One who being asked to sit down, will lie down.
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as good as go
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...
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good-at-all-points
Practical in every particular.
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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...
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Metropolitan Asylums' Board Offices
On the north side of Victoria Embankment, in Farringdon Ward Without.
See Saxton's Still House.
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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A B C
·- The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
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Black-a-vised
·adj Dark-visaged; swart.
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Bric-a brac
·noun Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
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Char-a-bancs
·noun A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.
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Chars-a-banc
·pl of Char-a-bancs.
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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
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Cornet-a-piston
·noun A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sli...
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Cornets-a-piston
·pl of Cornet-a-piston.
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Dos-a-dos
·add. ·noun A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
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Flute a bec
·- A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held li...
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Jack-a-dandy
·noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
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Jack-a-lent
·noun A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
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Penny-a-liner
·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
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Tete-a-tete
·adj Private; confidential; familiar.
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Vis-a-vis
·adv Face to face.
II. Vis-a-vis ·noun One who, or that which, is face to face with another; ·esp.,...
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Wait-a-bit
·add. ·noun The prickly ash.
II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant.
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Wait-a-while
·add. ·noun = Wait-a-bit.
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Adam, a type
The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as "the figure of him who was to come." On this account our Lord is ...
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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chick-a-biddy
A chicken, so called to and by little children.
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cock-a-whoop
Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy.
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to couch a hogshead
To lie down to sleep. CANT.
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to fight a crib
To make a sham fight. BEAR GARDEN TERM.
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cure a-se
A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.
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dram-a-tick
A dram served upon credit.
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drop a cog
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who se...
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firing a gun
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
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to fire a slug
To drink a dram.
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foxing a boot
Mending the foot by capping it.
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mumble a sparrow
A cruel sport practised at wakes and fairs, in the following manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are ...
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pit-a-pat
The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same.
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to ring a peal
To scold; chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal!
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slug-a-bed
A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning.
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squint-a-pipes
A squinting man or woman; said to be born in the middle of the week, and looking both ways for Sunda...
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bull-a-bull
or Bullybul
n.
a child'scorruption of the Maori word Poroporo (q.v.), aflowering shrub of New Zeal...
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cock-a-bully
n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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to deacon a calf
is to knock it in the head as soon as it is born.--Connecticut.
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to drive a bargain
To make a bargain. A common colloquial expression, as old as the language.
This bargain is ful dr...
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to girdle a tree
In America, to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark and alburnum of a tree to kil...
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to have a say
To express an opinion. A phrase in vulgar use.
I picked out "Henry Clay" for my baby's name, but t...
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to raise a bead
This expression is used at the West, and means to bring to a head, to make succeed. The figure is ta...
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to sky a copper
To toss up a cent.
Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour.
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.