Bad lands

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• Bad

  ·- of <<Bid>>. II. Bad ·Impf <<Bade>>. III. Bad ·superl Wanting good qualities, whether physical o...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bad

  for Ill, as, I feel very bad to-day; also, for much. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Cuttle's Lands

  Lands and houses called Cuttle's Lands near the church of St. Dunstan in the East (Strype, ed. 1720,...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bottom-lands

  In the Western States, this name is given to the rich flat land on the banks of rivers, which in New...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• gally-lands

  rather GALTY-LANDS, full of sand-galls. ...

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

• mud-lands

  The extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bad bargain

  One of his majesty's bad bargains; a worthless soldier, a malingeror. See malingeror. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bad box

  To be in a bad box, is to be in a bad predicament. I began to be afraid now I'd got into rather a b...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bad-berth

  A foul or rocky anchorage. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bad-name

  This should be avoided by a ship, for once acquired for inefficiency or privateer habits, it require...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bad-relief

  One who turns out sluggishly to relieve the watch on deck. (See one-bell.) ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• «unlock the lands.»

  A political cry in Victoria,meaning open up for Free-selection (q.v.) the landsheld by squatters on ...

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

• king's bad bargain

  One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• make bad weather, to

  A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• king's bargain: good or bad

  ; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book