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Mess
·noun Mass; church service. II. Mess ·vt To supply with a mess. III. Mess ·noun The milk given by ...

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Mess
A portion of food given to a guest (Gen. 43:34; 2 Sam. 11:8). ...

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mess
by the mess, by the mass, an oath. Derb. and Lane. ...

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mess
Any company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, and associate together. (See number.)...

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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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Mess beef
·add. ·- Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest pl...

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mess john
A Scotch presbyterian teacher or parson. ...

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mess-deck
The place where a ship's crew mess. ...

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mess-kid
A wooden tub for holding cooked victuals or cocoa. ...

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mess-traps
The kids, crockery, bowls, spoons, and other articles of mess service. ...

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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, ...

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

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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-flag
The yellow quarantine flag, hoisted to prevent communication; whence the term of the yellow flag, an...

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

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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 ...

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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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losing the number of the mess
Dead, drowned, or killed. (See number.) ...

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