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Witted
·adj Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
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Beef
·noun Applied colloquially to human flesh.
II. Beef ·adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
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beef
To cry beef; to give the alarm. They have cried beef on us. Cant.--To be in a man's beef; to wound h...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beef
A figurative term for strength.
♦ More beef! more men on.
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After-witted
·adj Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.
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Bird-witted
·adj Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention.
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Blunt-witted
·noun Dull; stupid.
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Dull-witted
·adj <<Stupid>>.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Lean-witted
·adj Having but little sense or shrewdness.
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Quick-witted
·adj Having ready wit.
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Ready-witted
·adj Having ready wit.
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Sharp-witted
·adj Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.
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Slow-witted
·adj Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence.
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Sodden-witted
·adj Heavy; dull.
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bird-witted
Inconsiderate, thoughtless, easily imposed on.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bully beef
·add. ·v Pickled or canned beef.
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Mess beef
·add. ·- Barreled salt beef, packed with about 80 pounds chuck and rump, two flanks, and the rest pl...
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Beef Market
In Leadenhall Market (P.C. 1732).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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beef eater
A yeoman of the guards, instituted by Henry VII. Their office was to stand near the bouffet, or cupb...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hung beef
A dried bull's pizzle. How the dubber served the cull with hung beef; how the turnkey beat the fello...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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beef-wood
n.
the timber of various Australiantrees, especially of the genus Casuarina, and some ofthe Banksia...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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albany beef
Sturgeon; a fish which abounds in the Hudson river; so called by the people in the State of New York...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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martlemas-beef
beef dried in the chimney like bacon, so called, because it is usual to kill the beef for this purpo...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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albany beef
A name for the sturgeon of the Hudson River, where it is taken in quantity for commerce.
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beef-kid
A mess utensil for carrying meat from the coppers.
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jerked beef
Charqui. Meat cured by drying in the open air, with or without salt. Also, the name of an American c...
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roast-beef dress
Full uniform; probably from its resemblance to that of the royal beef-eaters.
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roast beef of old england
A popular air, by which officers are summoned to the dinner-table.
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