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Salmon
·pl of Salmon. II. Salmon ·v A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. III. ...

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Salmon
peaceable; perfect; he that rewards ...

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Salmon
1) Garment, the son of Nashon (Ruth 4:20; Matt. 1:4, 5), possibly the same as Salma in 1 Chr. 2:51. ...

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salmon
or SALAMON The beggars'sacrament or oath. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
salmon
n. The English Salmon is beingacclimatised with difficulty in Tasmania and New Zealand;the Trout mor...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
salmon
The well-known fish, Salmo salar. It is partly oceanic and partly fluviatile, ascending rivers in th...

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Salmon
the father of Boar. [Salma, Or Salmon] a hill near Shechem, on which Abimelech and his followers cut...

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Ladder
·vi That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to emine...

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Ladder
Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12). ...

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ladder
To go up the ladder to rest; to be hanged. ...

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ladder
The accommodation ladder is a sort of light staircase occasionally fixed on the gangway. It is furni...

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Humpbacked salmon
·add. ·- A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from ...

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Sea salmon
·- A young pollock. II. Sea salmon ·- ·see Sea bass (b). III. Sea salmon ·- The spotted squeteague...

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salmon-gundy
Apples, onions, veal or chicken, and pickled herrings, minced fine, and eaten with oil and vinegar; ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
burnett salmon
n. one of the names given tothe fish Ceratodus forsteri, Krefft. See Burramundi. ...

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salmon-trout
n. i.q. salmon (q.v.). ...

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calvered salmon
Salmon prepared in a peculiar manner in early times. ...

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horse ladder
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...

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louse ladder
A stitch fallen in a stocking. ...

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after-ladder
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...

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bowsprit-ladder
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...

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companion-ladder
Denotes the ladder by which the officers ascend to, and descend from, the quarter-deck. ...

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gallery-ladder
Synonymous with stern-ladder. ...

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jacob's ladder
The assemblage of shakes and short fractures, rising one above another, in a defective single-tree s...

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ladder-ways
The hatchways, scuttles or other openings in the decks, wherein the ladders are placed. ...

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ladie's ladder
Shrouds rattled too closely. ...

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quarter-ladder
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...

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rope-ladder
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c. ...

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accommodation-ladder
See side-ladder ...

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side-ladder
, or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...

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stern-ladder
Made of ropes with wooden steps, for getting in and out of the boats astern. ...

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