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Big
·noun ·Alt. of <<Bigg>>.
II. Big ·vt ·Alt. of <<Bigg>>.
III. Big ·superl Having largeness of size;...
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big
barley, to big, to build. Cumb.
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Bend
·noun Hard, indurated clay; bind.
II. Bend ·noun A <<Band>>.
III. Bend ·noun Turn; purpose; inclin...
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bend
1) a border of a woman's cap. N.; perhaps from BAND.
2) see ben
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bend
The chock of the bowsprit.
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State
·noun Estate, possession.
II. State ·noun A person of high rank.
III. State ·adj <<Stately>>.
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state
To lie in state; to be in bed with three harlots.
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Big-bellied
·adj Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.
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Big-wigged
·adj characterized by pomposity of manner.
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
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big-bugs
People of consequence.
Then we'll go to the Lord's house--I don't mean to the meetin' house, but wh...
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big-wigs
People of consequence. The same as the last.
Demagogues and place-hunters make the people stare by ...
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big figure
To do things on the big figure, means to do them on a large scale. This vulgar phrase is used at the...
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big knives
A term applied to Europeans and their descendants, by the North American Indians. It signifies weare...
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great big
Very large. Often used by children.
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big-wigs
A cant term for the higher officers.
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yarra-bend
n.
equivalent to the English word Bedlam. The first lunatic asylum of the colony ofVictoria stood n...
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bend-kitt
a kind of great can with a cover. N.
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bend, to
To fasten one rope to another, or to an anchor. The term is also applied to any sudden or remarkable...
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bend-mould
A mould made to form the futtocks in the square body, assisted by the rising-square and floor-hollow...
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bend-roll
A rest formerly used for a heavy musket.
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bowline-bend
The mode of bending warps or hawsers together by taking a bowline in the end of one rope, and passin...
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carrick-bend
A kind of knot, formed on a bight by putting the end of a rope over its standing part, and then pass...
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fisherman's bend
A knot, for simplicity called the king of all knots. Its main use is for bending studding-halliards ...
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granny's bend
The slippery hitch made by a lubber.
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sheet-bend
A sort of double hitch, made by passing the end of one rope through the bight of another, round both...
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slip-bend
When a man makes a false step, and slips down a hatchway, or overboard.
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Badger State
·add. ·- Wisconsin;
— a nickname.
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Bay State
·add. ·- Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay;
— a nickname.
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Bayou State
·add. ·- Mississippi;
— a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
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Bear State
·add. ·- Arkansas;
— a nickname, from the many bears once inhabiting its forests.
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Beaver State
·add. ·- Oregon;
— a nickname.
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Blackwater State
·add. ·- Nebraska;
— a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the p...
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Centennial State
·add. ·- Colorado;
— a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the cente...
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Chinook State
·add. ·- Washington — a nickname. ·see <<Chinook>>, ·noun.
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Cotton State
·add. ·- Alabama;
— a nickname.
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Coyote State
·add. ·- South Dakota;
— a nickname.
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Cracker State
·add. ·- Georgia;
— a nickname. ·see <<Cracker>>, ·noun 5.
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Creole State
·add. ·- Louisiana;
— a nickname. ·see <<Creole>>, ·noun & a.
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Diamond State
·add. ·- Delaware;
— a nickname alluding to its small size.
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Empire State
·add. ·- New York;
— a nickname alluding to its size and wealth.
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Evergreen State
·add. ·- Washington;
— a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees.
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Flower State
·add. ·- Florida;
— a nickname, alluding to sense of ·Lat. floridus, from florida flowery. ·see <<F...
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Golden State
·add. ·- California;
— a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.
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Gopher State
·add. ·- Minnesota;
— a nickname alluding to the abundance of gophers.
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Granite State
·- New Hampshire;
— a nickname alluding to its mountains, which are chiefly of granite.
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Hawkeye State
·add. ·- Iowa;
— a nickname of obscure origin.
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Hoosier State
·add. ·- Indiana;
— a nickname of obscure origin.
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Keystone State
·add. ·- Pennsylvania;
— a nickname alluding to its having been the central one of the 13 original ...
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Lumber State
·add. ·- Maine;
— a nickname.
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Mountain State
·add. ·- Montana;
— a nickname.
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Palmetto State
·add. ·- South California;
— a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation ...
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Panhandle State
·add. ·- West Virginia;
— a nickname.
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Pelican State
·add. ·- Louisiana;
— a nickname alluding to the device on its seal.
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Peninsula State
·add. ·- Florida;
— a nickname.
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Prairie State
·add. ·- Illinois;
— a nickname.
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Sagebrush State
·add. ·- Nevada;
— a nickname.
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Silver State
·add. ·- Nevada;
— a nickname alluding to its silver mines.
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Sioux State
·add. ·- North Dakota;
— a nickname.
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Sooner State
·add. ·- Oklahoma;
— a nickname.
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State socialism
·add. ·- A form of socialism, ·esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of privat...
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Sucker State
·add. ·- Illinois;
— a nickname.
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Sunflower State
·add. ·- Kansas; a nickname.
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Turpentine State
·add. ·- North Carolina;
— a nickname alluding to its extensive production of turpentine.
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Volunteer State
·add. ·- Tennessee;
— a nickname.
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Wolverene State
·add. ·- Michigan;
— a nickname.
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bay state
The State of Massachusetts. The original name of the Colony was Massachusetts Bay. Hence, among the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bear state
A name by which the State of Arkansas is known at the West. I once asked a Western man if Arkansas a...
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bullion state
The State of Missouri; so called in consequence of the exertions made by its Senator, Mr. Benton, in...
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empire state
The State of New York; so called from the enterprise of its people, its wealth, population, extent o...
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granite state
The State of New Hampshire, so called from the abundance of this material found in it.
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keystone state
The State of Pennsylvania. So called from its being the central State of the Union at the time of th...
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palmetto state
The State or capital of South Carolina; so called from the arms of the State, which contain a palmet...
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state-room
A small room in a ship or steam-vessel for one or two passengers.--Worcester.
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state-room
A sleeping cabin, or small berth, detached from the main cabin of merchantmen or saloon of passenger...
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above one's bend
Out of one's power; beyond reach. A common expression in the Western States.
I shall not attempt to...
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Blue Hen State
·add. ·- The State of Delaware;
— a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to...
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Blue-grass State
·add. ·- The Sate of Kentucky;
— a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses ar...
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Lone-Star State
·add. ·- Texas;
— a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms, being the device used...
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North Star State
·add. ·- Minnesota;
— a nickname.
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Old Line State
·add. ·- Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's ...
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Pine-tree State
·add. ·- Maine;
— a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms.
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green mountain state
The State of Vermont.
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to go the big figure
To do things on a large scale.
Why, our senators go the big figure on fried oysters and whisky punc...
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bend on the tack
In hoisting signals, that piece of rope called the distant line which keeps the flags so far asunder...
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too big for his breeches
is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty.
Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...
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Empire State of the South
·add. ·- Georgia;
— a nickname.
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Empire State of the West
·add. ·- Missouri;
— a nickname.
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side out for a bend, to
The old well-known term to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side, in order to m...
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try back for a bend, to
To pay back some of the bight of a cable, in order to have sufficient to form the bend.
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