Anchovy pear

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• Anchovy

  ·noun A small fish, about three inches in length, of the Herring family (Engraulis encrasicholus), c...

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• anchovy

  The Engraulis encrasicholus. A small fish of the family Clupeidæ, about four inches in length, much ...

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• Pear

  ·noun The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties ...

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• pear, native

  name given to a timber-tree, Xylomelum pyriforme, Sm., N.O. Proteaceae(called also Wooden Pear), and...

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• Choke pear

  ·- A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. II. Choke pear ·- A...

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• Pear-shaped

  ·adj Of the form of a pear. ...

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• Sea pear

  ·- A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia. ...

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• choak pear

  Figuratively, an unanswerable objection: also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers; it was ...

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• pear making

  Taking bounties from several regiments and immediately deserting. The cove was fined in the steel fo...

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• native pear

  n. See hakeaand pear. ...

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• pear, wooden

  i.q. native pear. See above. ...

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• wooden pear

  n. a tree peculiar to New SouthWales and Queensland, Xylomelum pyriforme, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae; c...

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• Pear Tre Court

  At the east end of Angel Alley, Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1...

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