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Spanker
·noun A small coin. II. Spanker ·noun One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spankin...

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spanker
A fore-and-aft sail, setting with a boom and gaff, frequently called the driver (which see). It is t...

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Eel
·noun An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to ...

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eel
n. The kinds present in Australia are – – Common Eel – – Anguilla australis, Richards. ♣ Conger E....

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eel
A well-known fish (Anguilla vulgaris), of elongated form, common in rivers and estuaries, and esteem...

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Eel-mother
·noun The <<Eelpout>>. ...

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Lamper eel
·- ·see <<Lamprey>>. ...

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Sea eel
·- The conger eel. ...

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eel-fish
n. Plotosus tandanus,Mitchell. Called also Catfish (q.v.), and Tandan (q.v.). 1838. T. L. Mitchell...

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eel-grass
(Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....

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eel-spear
A sort of trident for catching eels. ...

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lamper-eel
The lamprey. A common name for lampreys in New England. It is provincial in England and Scotland.--F...

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e'el-thing
i. e. ill-thing ; St. Anthony's fire. Ex. ...

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cold-eel
The Gymnotus electricus. ...

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eel-fares
A fry or brood of eels. ...

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eel-grass
A name for the sea-wrack (Zostera marina); it is thrown ashore by the sea in large quantities. ...

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eel-pout
A name for the burbot (Molva lota), a fresh-water fish. ...

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eel-skuyt
See dutch eel-skuyt. ...

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eel-spear
A sort of trident with ten points for catching eels, called in Lincolnshire an eel-stang. ...

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eve-eel
A northern name for the conger; from the Danish hav-aal, or sea-eel. ...

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lamper-eel
A common corruption of lamprey. ...

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ramper-eel
A name of the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus. ...

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salt-eel
A rope's-end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens. ...

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sea-eel
The conger (which see). ...

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dutch eel-skuyt
A flat-bottomed somewhat cutter-rigged sea-boat, carrying lee-boards, fitted with two water-tight bu...

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