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Grain
·noun To yield fruit.
II. Grain ·noun A tine, prong, or fork.
III. Grain ·noun A blade of a sword,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Turkey
·noun An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
II. Turkey ·noun Any large Americ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Grain
Used, in Amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel; in Matt. 13:31, of an individual seed of mustard; in ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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turkey
n.
This common English bird-name isapplied in Australia to three birds, viz. – –
1) To the bird Eu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grain
1) A particle; a bit. Ex. 'I don't care a grain;' 'Push the candle a grain further from you.'
2) Th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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grain
In the grain of, is immediately preceding another ship in the same direction.
♦ Bad-grain, a sea-l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Brush turkey
·- A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Turkey-trot
·add. ·noun An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic ri...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water turkey
·- The American snakebird. ·see <<Snakebird>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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turkey merchant
A poulterer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brush-turkey
n.
See turkey.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native turkey
n.
Same as Wild Turkey.A vernacular name given to Eupodotis australis, Gray,which is not a turkey a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-turkey
n.
an Australian bird, Leipoaocellata, Gould; aboriginal name, the Lowan (q.v.).See Turkey.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild turkey
n.
See turkey.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grain-staff
a quarter -staff, with a short pair of tines at the end, called grains. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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grain upset
When a mast suffers by buckles, it is said to have its grain upset. A species of wrinkle on the soft...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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against the grain
Unwilling. It went much against the grain with him, i.e. it was much against his inclination, or aga...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knave in grain
A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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grain of timber
In a transverse section of a tree, two different grains are seen: those running in a circular manner...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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grain-cut timber
That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.