swallow-tails

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• Swallow

  ·noun That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. II. Swallow ·noun Capacity for swallowing; voracity. III. S...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Swallow

  1) Heb. sis (Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7), the Arabic for the swift, which "is a regular migrant, returning...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• swallow

  n. common English bird-name.The species observed in Australia are – – The Swallow – – Hirundo neoxe...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• swallow

  The score of a block. ...

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• Swallow

  Heb. deror in (Psalms 84:3; Proverbs 26:2) Heb. 'agur in (Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 8:7) but "crane" is...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• cat-tails

  Hares-tail rush (erophorum vaginatum). So called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. This name is ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• long-tails

  A sobriquet for the Chinese. ...

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• mare's tails

  A peculiar modification of the cirrus, indicating wind. ...

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• Bank swallow

  ·- ·see under 1st Bank, ·noun. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea swallow

  ·- The common tern. II. Sea swallow ·- The storm petrel. III. Sea swallow ·- The <<Gannet>>. IV. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Swallow-tailed

  ·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed. II. Swallow-tailed ·adj Having a tail like that of a swallo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bottle-swallow

  n. a popular name for the bird Lagenoplastis ariel, otherwise called the FairyMartin. See Martin. T...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• sea-swallow

  The tern, a bird resembling the gull, but more slender and swift. ...

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• Cat o' nine tails

  ·- ·see under <<Cat>>. ...

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• cat of nine tails

  A scourge composed of nine strings of whip-cord, each string having nine knots. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cat-with-two-tails

  an earwig. Northum. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• cat o' nine tails

  An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...

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