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Beetle
·vt To beat with a heavy mallet.
II. Beetle ·vt A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavement...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Beetle
(Heb. hargol, meaning "leaper"). Mention of it is made only in Lev. 11:22, where it is obvious the w...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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beetle
A shipwright's heavy mallet for driving the wedges called reeming irons, so as to open the seams in ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bark
·vt To girdle. ·see <<Girdle>>, ·vt, 3.
II. Bark ·noun ·Alt. of <<Barque>>.
III. Bark ·vi To make ...
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bark
a box for receiving the ends or pieces of candles. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bark
I.
The exterior covering of vegetable bodies, many of which are useful in making paper, cordage, c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ambrosia beetle
·add. ·- A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
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Beetle brow
·- An overhanging brow.
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Beetle-browed
·- Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.
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Beetle-headed
·adj Dull; stupid.
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Click beetle
·- ·see <<Elater>>.
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Colorado beetle
·- A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has...
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Fire beetle
·- A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central ...
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Flea-beetle
·noun A small beetle of the family Halticidae, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and ...
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Goliath beetle
·- Any species of Goliathus, a genus of very large and handsome African beetles.
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Tapestry beetle
·add. ·- A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, ...
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Water beetle
·- Any one of numerous species of aquatic beetles belonging to Dytiscus and allied genera of the fam...
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beetle-browed
One having thick projecting eyebrows.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beetle-headed
Dull, stupid.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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reeming-beetle
A caulker's largest mallet.
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Angostura bark
·- An aromatic bark used as a tonic, obtained from a South American of the rue family (Galipea cuspa...
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Angustura bark
·- ·see Angostura bark.
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Bark louse
·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines.
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Calisaya bark
·- A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related s...
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Lace-bark
·noun A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia);
— so called from the lacelike layers of its i...
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Mancona bark
·- ·see Sassy bark.
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Nine-bark
·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...
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Quillaia bark
·- The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili. The bark is finely laminated,...
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Sassy bark
·- The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an o...
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Winter's bark
·- The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in S...
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bitter-bark
n.
an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fever-bark
n.
another name for Bitter-bark (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lacey-bark
See lace-bark
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lace-bark
Lacey-bark, or Lacewood
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names for Ribbonwood (q.v.). The inner bark of thetree is like fine la...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ring-bark
v. tr.
Same meaning as Ring(1).
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204:
«The selector in a timb...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stringy-bark
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n.
1) any one of various Gums, with a tough fibrous bark used for tying,for cordage, for roofs ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wattle-bark
n. the bark of the wattle;much used in tanning, and forms a staple export.
1875. `Spectator' (Melbo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cramp-bark
(Viburnum oxycoccus.) The popular name of a medicinal plant; its properties anti-spasmodic. It bears...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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candle-bark
A cylindrical tin box for candles.
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water-bark
A small decked vessel or tank, used by the Dutch for carrying fresh water.
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dover court beetle
A heavy mallet. There is an old proverb: "A Dover court; all speakers and no hearers."
"A Dover co...
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paper-bark tree
or Paper-barked Tea-tree
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Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to bark off squirrels
A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle, in the Western States, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to bark one's shins
To knock the skin off the shins by stumbling or striking against something.
Mr. Hortshorne calls th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to bark up the wrong tree
A common expression at the West, denoting that a person has mistaken his object, or is pursuing the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.