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Wine
·noun The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
II. Wine ·noun A liquor or beverage prep...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wine
The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment." Ot...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wine
The manufacture of wine is carried back in the Bible to the age of Noah, (Genesis 9:20,21) to whom t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Palm
·vt To <<Handle>>.
II. Palm ·noun The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
III. Palm ·add. ·vt To "...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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palm
The triangular face of the fluke of an anchor. Also, a shield-thimble used in sewing canvas, rope, &...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Lager wine
·- Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wine-press
Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Wine Court
1) In Bishopsgate Street Without (W. Stow, 1722-Rev. of London, 1728).
Not named in the maps.
2) I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wine-berry
n.
See tutu. In Australia,the name is given to Polyosma cunninghamii, Benn., N.O. Saxifrageae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Coco palm
·- ·see <<Cocoa>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cocoa palm
·- A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cohune palm
·add. ·- A Central and South American pinnate-leaved palm (Attalea cohune), the very large and hard ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Doom palm
·- A species of palm tree (Hyphaene Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, whic...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Doum palm
·- ·see Doom palm.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fan palm
·- Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Grugru palm
·- A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. ·see Macaw tree, under <<Macaw>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ita palm
·- A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jaggery palm
·add. ·- An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jagua palm
·- A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Jupati palm
·- A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Palm Sunday
·- The Sunday next before Easter;
— so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Raffia palm
·add. ·- The jupati palm.
II. Raffia palm ·add. ·- A pinnate-leaved palm (Raphia ruffia) native of ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Palm tree
(Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" (Ps. 92:12...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Alexandra Palm
n.
a Queensland tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M. A beautifully markedwood much used for maki...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cabbage-palm
n.
same as cabbage-tree1 (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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corypha-palm
n.
an obsolete name for Livistona inermis, now called Cabbage-tree (q.v.).
1847. L. Leichhardt, `O...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lawyer-palm
See lawyer
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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nut-palm
n.
a tree, Cycas media,R. Br., N.O. Cycadeae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 21:
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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palm, alexandra
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma alexandrae, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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palm, black
n.
a Queensland timber-tree, Ptychosperma normanbyi, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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palm, cabbage
n.
i.q. Cabbage-tree (q.v.)
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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palm nut
n.
See under nut.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Palm Tree
(Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Wine Licence Court
See Wine Office Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Wine Office Court
North out of Fleet Street, at No.145, to King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, which is now also called Wine...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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lady dacre's wine
Gin.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wine of height
A former perquisite of seamen on getting safely through a particular navigation.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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palm, walking-stick
n.
a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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walking-stick palm
n.
See under palm, walking-stick.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Palm trees, The city of
The name given to Jericho (q.v.), Deut. 34:3; Judg. 1:16; 3:13.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary