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Hind
·noun A domestic; a servant.
II. Hind ·noun A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.
III. Hind ·noun T...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hind
Heb. ayalah (2 Sam. 22:34; Ps. 18:33, etc.) and ayeleth (Ps. 22, title), the female of the hart or s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hind
a husbandry servant.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hind
the female of the common stag or Cervus elaphus . It is frequently noticed in the poetical parts of ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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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Hind Alley
West out of Little Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M.1677-Strype, 1755).
The site i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hind Court
1) North out of Fleet Street at No. 147 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hind leg
To kick out a hind leg; to make a rustic bow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hind-berries
raspberries. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hind-castle
A word formerly used for the poop, as being opposed to fore-castle.
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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-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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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-cod
A species of cod found on a rocky bottom.
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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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White Hind Court
1) See Bishopsgate Buildings.
2) West out of Coleman Street, in Coleman Street Ward (Boyle, 1799).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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White Hind Yard
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M., 1677).
See White Hart Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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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