mess-kid

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• Kid

  ·noun A young goat. II. Kid ·vt ·see <<Kiddy>>, ·vt. III. Kid ·noun Gloves made of kid. IV. Kid ·...

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• Kid

  The young of the goat. It was much used for food (Gen. 27:9; 38:17; Judg. 6:19; 14:6). The Mosaic la...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• kid

  A little dapper fellow. A child. The blowen has napped the kid. The girl is with child. TO KID To ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• kid

  A large box in fishing vessels into which fish are thrown as they are caught. In New England. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• kid

  a small faggot of brush-wood. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• kid

  A presuming man. ♦ Kiddy fellow, neat in his dress. Also, a compartment in some fishing-vessels, w...

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• Kid

  [Goat] ...

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• Mess

  ·noun Mass; church service. II. Mess ·vt To supply with a mess. III. Mess ·noun The milk given by ...

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• Mess

  A portion of food given to a guest (Gen. 43:34; 2 Sam. 11:8). ...

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• mess

  by the mess, by the mass, an oath. Derb. and Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• mess

  Any company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, and associate together. (See number.)...

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• kid lay

  Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed t...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• beef-kid

  A mess utensil for carrying meat from the coppers. ...

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• Mess beef

  ·add. ·- Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest pl...

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• mess john

  A Scotch presbyterian teacher or parson. ...

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• mess-deck

  The place where a ship's crew mess. ...

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• mess-traps

  The kids, crockery, bowls, spoons, and other articles of mess service. ...

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• sick-mess

  A table for those on the doctor's list. When seamen are thus placed, their provisions are turned ove...

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• losing the number of the mess

  Dead, drowned, or killed. (See number.) ...

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