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Table
·noun a memorandum book.
II. Table ·noun A circular plate of crown glass.
III. Table ·noun The com...
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Money
·vt To supply with money.
II. Money ·noun In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in la...
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Money
Of uncoined money the first notice we have is in the history of Abraham (Gen. 13:2; 20:16; 24:35). N...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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money
A girl's private parts, commonly applied to little children: as, Take care, Miss, or you will shew y...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Money
Uncointed money.-It is well known that ancient nations that were without a coinage weighed the preci...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Corbel-table
·noun A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used...
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Experience table
·add. ·- A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies.
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Pembroke table
·add. ·- A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period.
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Plane table
·- ·see under Plane, ·adj.
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Table d'hote
·- A common table for guests at a hotel; an <<Ordinary>>.
II. Table d'hote ·add. ·- Now, commonly, ...
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Table work
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.
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Table-land
·noun A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau.
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Time-table
·noun A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.
II. Time-table ·noun ...
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Water table
·add. ·- The upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water. The water table m...
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Wilfley table
·add. ·- An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by...
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table-cloth
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
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table-land
Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vic...
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table-shore
A low level shore.
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traverse-table
A table which gives the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to a certain course and d...
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Blood money
·- Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another.
II. Blood money ·- Mon...
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Maundy money
·add. ·- Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for t...
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Money-maker
·noun One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money.
II. Money-maker ·noun One who ...
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Money-making
·adj Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business.
II. Money-making ·adj Su...
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Money-changer
(Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from twenty years and upwards had to pay (Ex. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Money Court
In St. Michael's Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blood money
The reward given by the legislature on the conviction of highwaymen, burglars, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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civility money
A reward claimed by bailiffs for executing their office with civility.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fiddlers money
All sixpences: sixpence being the usual sum paid by each couple, for music at country wakes and hops...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hush money
Money given to hush up or conceal a robbery, theft, or any other offence, or to take off the evidenc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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money droppers
Cheats who drop money, which they pretend to find just before some country lad; and by way of giving...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin money
An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences.
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smart money
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors for the loss of a limb, or other hurt received in the service.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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socket money
A whore's fee, or hire: also money paid for a treat, by a married man caught in an intrigue.
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bogus money
Counterfeit silver coin. A few years since, a large quantity of this coin was in circulation at the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard money
A common term for silver and gold, in contradistinction from paper money.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advance money
In men-of-war and most merchant ships the advance of two months' wages is given to the crew, previou...
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conduct-money
A sum advanced to defray the travelling expenses of volunteers, and of soldiers and sailors to their...
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money boats
See death
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desertion-money
The sum of three pounds paid to him who apprehends a deserter, which is charged against the offender...
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entrance money
Payment on entering a mess.
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gratuitous money
A term officially used for bounty granted to volunteers in Lord Exmouth's expedition against Algiers...
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hat-money
A word sometimes used for primage, or the trifling payment received by the master of a ship for care...
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imprest-money
That paid on the enlistment of soldiers.
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money-bound
A phrase expressive of such passengers as are detained on board till a remittance arrives for paying...
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necessary money
An extra allowance formerly allowed to pursers for the coals, wood, turnery-ware, candles, and other...
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passage-money
The allowance made for carrying official personages in a royal ship. Also, the charge made for the c...
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prize-money
The profits arising from the sale of prizes. It was divided equally by chart. 5 Hen. IV.
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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...
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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...
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smart-money
A pension given to a wounded man, according to the extent of the injury and his rank. Thus a lieuten...
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straggling-money
If a man be absent from his duty without leave, but not absent long enough to be logged as run, and ...
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Tribute Money
[Taxes; Tribute]
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devil's table-cloth
See table-cloth.
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crim. con. money
Damages directed by a jury to be paid by a convicted adulterer to the injured husband, for criminal ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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money and gold
silver and gold. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gun and head money
Given to the captors of an enemy's ship of war destroyed, or deserted, in fight. It was formerly ass...
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head and gun-money
An encouragement in the prize acts by which £5 a head is given to the captors for every person on bo...
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