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Southern
·noun A <<Southerner>>. II. Southern ·adj Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding...

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Lights
·noun ·pl The lungs of an animal or bird; — sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human bein...

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lights
In men-of-war, all the seamen's lights are extinguished by 8 P.M., the officers' at 10, unless the c...

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Southern Cross
n. The constellation of theSouthern Cross is of course visible in places farther norththan Australi...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
southern cross
The popular name of a group of stars near the South Pole, which are somewhat in the figure of a cros...

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Coston lights
·add. ·- Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used by vessels at sea, and in the l...

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top lights
The eyes. Blast your top lights. See *curse. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dead-lights
Strong wooden shutters made exactly to fit the cabin windows externally; they are fixed on the appro...

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northern lights
See northern-glance. ...

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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms. ...

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