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Kite
·noun Fig. : One who is rapacious. II. Kite ·noun The <<Belly>>. III. Kite ·noun The <<Brill>>. I...

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Kite
An unclean and keen-sighted bird of prey (Lev. 11:14; Deut. 14:13). The Hebrew word used, 'ayet, is ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
kite
n. common English bird-name. The speciesin Australia are – – Allied Kite – – Milvus affanis, Gould....

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
kite
a belly. Cumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Kite
(Heb. ayyah), a rapacious and keen-sighted bird of prey belonging to the hawk family. The Hebrew wor...

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Storm
·vi To raise a tempest. II. Storm ·noun A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous ...

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storm
A violent wind; a tempest. Thus, 'a storm of wind' is correct language as the proper sense of the wo...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Box kite
·add. ·- A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rec...

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Eddy kite
·add. ·- A quadrilateral, tailless kite, with convex surfaces exposed to the wind. This kite was ext...

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Finbat kite
·add. ·- = Eddy kite. ...

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kite flying
An expression well known to mercantile men of limited means, or who are short of cash. It is a combi...

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bowdy-kite
a person with a bow'd belly. So bow or bow'd window. ...

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bumble-kite
a bramble or black-berry. Cumb. So called also in Hampshire; perhaps a corruption of bramble kates. ...

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life-kite
A contrivance for saving the lives of shipwrecked persons by forming a communication between the wre...

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Storm-beat
·adj Beaten, injured, or impaired by storms. ...

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snow-storm
a continued snow so long as it lies on the ground. North. ...

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gowk-storm
Late vernal equinoctial gales contemporary with the gowk or cuckoo. ...

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magnetic storm
An extraordinary magnetic action indicated by delicate magnetometers in a magnetic observatory, not ...

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storm, to
To take by vigorous assault, in spite of the resistance of the defenders. ...

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storm-breeders
Heavy cumulo-stratus clouds. ...

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storm-drum
A canvas cylinder 3 feet in length, expanded at each end by a strong wooden hoop 3 feet in diameter....

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storm-finch
The petrel, or Mother Cary's chicken. ...

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storm-jib
In cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships. ...

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storm-sail
A sail made of stout No. 1 canvas, of reduced dimensions, for use in a gale. ...

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storm-signal
The hoisting of a danger-flag. Also, Fitzroy's drum and cone, which show the direction of the expect...

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storm-trysail
A fore-and-aft sail, hoisted by a gaff, but having no boom at its foot, and only used in foul weathe...

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storm-warning
See forecast. ...

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storm-wave
A wave which tumbles home without being accompanied by wind. Sometimes the result of a gale elsewher...

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any port in a storm
signifies contentment with whatever may betide. ...

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