tub, grog

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• grog-grog

  The soft cry of the solan goose. ...

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• Tub

  ·noun A small cask; as, a tub of gin. II. Tub ·noun A sweating in a tub; a tub fast. III. Tub ·vt ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Grog

  ·noun A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor. ...

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• grog

  Rum and water. Grog was first introduced into the navy about the year 1740, by Admiral Vernon, to pr...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grog

  In the language of seamen, gin and water, or any spirit and water, usually without sugar.--Todd. We...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• grog

  A drink issued in the navy, consisting of one part of spirits diluted with three of water; introduce...

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• powdering tub

  The same as pickling tub. See *pickling tub. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• swill tub

  A drunkard, a sot. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tub thumper

  A presbyterian parson. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• spike-tub

  A vessel in which the fat of bears, seals, and minor quarry is set aside till a "making off" gives a...

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• steep-tub

  A large tub in which salt provisions are soaked previous to being cooked. ...

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• tub, match

  A conical tub used to guard the slow match in action. They were formerly about five-gallon capacity,...

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• grog-blossom

  A carbuncle, or pimple in the face, caused by drinking. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• grog-blossom

  A red confluence on the nose and face of an excessive drinker of ardent spirits; though sometimes re...

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• autem quaver tub

  A Quakers' meeting-house. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jorum, of grog

  , &c. A full bowl or jug. ...

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• six-water grog

  Given as a punishment for neglect or drunkenness, instead of the usual four-water, which is one part...

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