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Sick
·noun <<Sickness>>. II. Sick ·superl Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. III. Sick ·vi To fal...

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sick
a small stream, or rill. N. ...

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Flag
·noun A flat stone used for paving. II. Flag ·vt To lay with flags of flat stones. III. Flag ·vt T...

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Flag
(Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Gen. 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
flag
A groat. CANT.--The flag of defiance, or bloody flag is out; signifying the man is drunk, and alludi...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
flag
A general name for the distinguishing colours of any nation. Also, a certain banner by which an admi...

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Flag
There are two Hebrew words rendered "flag" in our Bible: • A word of Egyptian origin, and denoting ...

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Fancy-sick
·adj Love-sick. ...

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Guilt-sick
·adj Made sick by consciousness of guilt. ...

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Iron-sick
·adj Having the ironwork loose or corroded; — said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten ...

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Love-sick
·adj Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love. II. Love-sick ·adj Languishing with love o...

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Sick-brained
·adj Disordered in the brain. ...

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Turn-sick
·adj <<Giddy>>. II. Turn-sick ·noun A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy....

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sheep-sick
n. Used of pastures exhausted forcarrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick,nail-sick, ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
dog sick
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
car-sick
the kennel, from CAR and SIKE, a furrow or gutter ; q. the Cart-gutter. Yorks. ...

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iron-sick
The condition of vessels when the iron work becomes loose in the timbers from corrosion by gallic ac...

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sick-bay
A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...

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sick-book
An account of such officers and men as are on the sick list on board, or are sent to an hospital, ho...

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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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sick-ticket
A document given to an officer, seaman, or marine, when sent to an hospital, certified by the signin...

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Palmetto flag
·add. ·- Any of several flags adopted by South California after its secession. That adopted in Novem...

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Pilot flag
·add. ·- The flag hoisted at the fore by a vessel desiring a pilot, in the United States the union j...

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Water flag
·- A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers. ...

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blue flag
He has hoisted the blue flag; he has commenced publican, or taken a public house, an allusion to the...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
australian flag
n. Hot climate and countrywork have brought in a fashion among bushmen of wearing a beltor leather ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
cooper's-flag
n. another name in New Zealandfor Raupo (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
native flag
n. See under flax, native,and flax, New Zealand. ...

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bloody flag
A large red flag. ...

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flag-officer
A term synonymous with admiral. ...

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flag-share
The admiral's share (one-eighth) in all captures made by any vessels within the limits of his comman...

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flag-ship
A ship bearing an admiral's flag. ...

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flag-staff
In contradistinction to mast-head, is the staff on a battery, or on a ship's stern, where the colour...

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yellow-flag
The signal of quarantine. ...

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sick-berth attendant
See loblolly-boy. ...

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flag of truce
A white flag, hoisted to denote a wish to parley between the belligerent parties, but so frequently ...

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foul-weather flag
Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals. ...

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hoisting the flag
An admiral assuming his command "hoists his flag," and is saluted with a definite number of guns by ...

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sick as a horse
Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...

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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
sick as a horse
'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...

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fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...

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flag-side of a split fish
The side without the bone. ...

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