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Pieces
(1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes "fragments," and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Snake
·vi To crawl like a snake.
II. Snake ·vt To drag or draw, as a snake from a hole;
— often with out...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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snake
n.
The Australian land snakes belongprincipally to the four families, Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubrid...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to snake
To crawl like a snake. A common expression at the West. A fine example of the use of this term is gi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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aris pieces
Those parts of a made mast which are under the hoops.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bilge-pieces
Synonymous with bilge-keels.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bow-pieces
The ordnance in the bows; also in building.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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drift-pieces
Solid pieces fitted at the drifts, forming the scrolls on the drifts: they are commonly mitred into ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fashion-pieces
The fashion of the after-part of a ship, in the plane of projection. They are the hindmost timbers i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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field-pieces
Light guns proper to be taken into field operations; one or more of them is now carried by all ships...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hawse-pieces
The timbers which compose the bow of a vessel, and their sides look fore and aft; it is a name given...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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keel-pieces
The parts of the keel which are of large timber.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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quarter-pieces
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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shelf-pieces
Strakes of plank running internally in a line with the decks, for the purpose of receiving the ends ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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side-pieces
Parts of a made mast.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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skewer-pieces
When the salt meat is cut up on board ship by the petty officers, the captain and lieutenants are pe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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term-pieces, or terms
Pieces of carved work on each side of the taffrail upon the side stern-timber, and extending down as...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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through-pieces
See graving-pieces.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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truss-pieces
The fillings in between the frame compartments of the riders, in diagonal trussing.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Black snake
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blacksnake>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Coachwhip snake
·- A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Congo snake
·- An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. ·see <<A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Glass-snake
·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States;
— so called f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea snake
·- Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidae, having a flattened ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water snake
·- Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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black-snake
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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brown snake
n. See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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carpet-snake
n.
a large Australian snake witha variegated skin, Python variegata, Gray. InWhitworth's `Anglo-Ind...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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diamond snake
n.
In Queensland and New SouthWales, Pythonon spilotes, Lacep.; in Tasmania, Hoplocephalus superhus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tiger-snake
n. See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-snake
n.
or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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worm-snake
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to snake out
To drag out; to haul out, as a snake from its hole. A farmer in clearing land, attaches a chain to a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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green tree-snake
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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little whip-snake
See snake
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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white-lipped snake
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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two-hooded furina-snake
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snake-boat of cochin
See pamban manche
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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black-and-white ringed snake
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris