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rock-cod
n.
called also Red-Cod in NewZealand, Pseudophycis barbatus, Gunth., family Gadidae. In New Zealand...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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black rock-cod
n.
an Australian fish, chieflyof New South Wales, Serranus daemeli, Gunth.; adifferent fish from th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red rock-cod
n.
name given in New South Walesto the fish Scorpaena cardinalis, Richards., family Scorpaenidae, m...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Cod
·noun A pillow or cushion.
II. Cod ·noun A small bag or pouch.
III. Cod ·noun A husk; a pod; as, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cod
A cod of money: a good sum of money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cod
n.
This common English name of the Gadus morrhua is applied to many fishes in Australia ofvarious f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cod
a pillow or cushion ; princod, a pin-cushion; a horse-cod, a horse-collar. N. Princod is also figura...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cod
The centre of a deep bay. The bay of a trawl or seine. Also, the Gadus morrhua, one of the most impo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Rock
·noun ·see <<Roc>>.
II. Rock ·noun The striped bass. ·see under <<Bass>>.
III. Rock ·noun That whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock
(Heb. tsur), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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rock
1) A piece of money. A slang term peculiar to the South.
Spare my feelings, Squire, and don't ask m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rock
An extensive geological term, but limited in hydrographical parlance to hard and solid masses of the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cod liver
·noun The liver of the common cod and allied species.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cultus cod
·- ·see <<Cod>>, and Buffalo cod, under <<Buffalo>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cod piece
The fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they bite, master? where, in the cod piece or collar?--a jocul...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rum cod
A good purse of gold. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black-cod
n.
a New Zealand fish, Nototheniaangustata.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue-cod
n.
name given to a New Zealand fish, Percis colias, family Trachinidae. Called alsoin New Zealand R...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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murray-cod
n.
an important fresh-waterfood-fish, Oligorus macquariensis, Cuv. and Val., called Kookoobal by th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cod-glove
a thick glove, without fingers, to handle turf. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pin-cod
a pincushion.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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prin-cod
a pin-cushion. Figuratively, a short fat man or woman.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bean-cod
A small fishing-vessel, or pilot-boat, common on the sea-coasts and in the rivers of Spain and Portu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blown cod
A split cod, half dried by exposure to the wind. Blown is also frequently applied to bloated herring...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cod-bait
The large sea-worm or lug, dug from the wet sands. The squid or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cod-line
An eighteen-thread line.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cod-sounds
The swim-bladders of the cod-fish, cured and packed for the market; the palates also of the fish are...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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tommy cod
A very small variety of the Gadus morrhua, which mostly appears in the winter months; whence it is a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cod-whangers
See whangers
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bed rock
·- The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pay rock
·add. ·- Earth, rock, ·etc., which yields a profit to the miner.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock shaft
·- A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, — usually carrying levers by means...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock staff
·vi An oscillating bar in a machine, as the lever of the bellows of a forge.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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lily, rock
n.
an orchid, Dendrobiumspeciosum, Smith, N.O. Orchideae. although not aLily, it is always so calle...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock lily
n.
See under lily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-ling
n.
a marine fish. The AustralianR. is Genypterus australis, Castln., family Ophidiidae. The Europea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-native
or Native
n.
a namegiven to the fish called a Schnapper when it hasceased to «school.» See Schnapp...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-parrakeet
n.
an Australian Grass-Parrakeet (q.v.), Euphema petrophila, Gould.It gets its name from its habita...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-pebbler
n.
another name for the Black-tailed Parrakeet. See Parrakeet.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-perch
n.
the name given in Melbourneto the fish Glyphidodon victoriae, Gunth., family Pomacentridae, or C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-shelter
n.
a natural cave-dwellingof the aborigines. See Gibber-Gunyah.
1891. R. Etheridge, jun., in `Reco...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-wallaby
n.
the popular name for anyanimal of the genus Petrogale (q.v.). There are sixspecies – – Brush-tai...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock led
rash and forward, in children. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blind-rock
One lying just under the surface of the water, so as not to be visible in calms.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rock-hind
A large fish of tropical regions, Serranus catus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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rock-scorpion
A name applied to persons born at Gibraltar.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sunken rock
That which lies beneath the surface of the sea, and is dangerous to navigation.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cloudy-bay cod
n.
a New Zealand name for the Ling (q.v.). See also cod.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cod-fisher's crew
The crew of a banker, or fishing-vessel, which anchors in 60 or 70 fathoms on the Great Bank of Newf...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Etam, The Rock
a cliff or lofty rock, into a cleft or chasm of which Samson retired after his slaughter of the Phil...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Oreb, The Rock
the "raven's crag," the spot, east of Jordan, at which the Midianite chieftain Oreb with thousands o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Oreb, The rock of
The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26). It was...
Easton's Bible Dictionary