Bird's-nest

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• Bird's nest

  ·noun ·Alt. of Bird's-nest. ...

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• bird's nest

  A round top at a mast-head for a look-out station. A smaller crow's nest. Chiefly used in whalers, w...

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• bird's-nest fungus

  n. a small fungus of thegenus Cyathus, four species of which occur inQueensland. ...

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

• Nest

  ·vi To build and occupy a nest. II. Nest ·vt To put into a nest; to form a nest for. III. Nest ·no...

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• nest

  See crow's nest. ...

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• Birds

  [Sparrow] ...

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• Crow's-nest

  ·noun A box or perch near the top of a mast, ·esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout. ...

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• Mare's-nest

  ·noun A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd. ...

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• mare's nest

  He has found a mare's nest, and is laughing at the eggs; said of one who laughs without any apparent...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hurra's nest

  A state of confusion. "Now just look at you, Mr. Jones! I declare! it gives me a chill to see you g...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• crow's nest

  A small shelter for the look-out man: sometimes made with a cask, at the top-gallant mast-head of wh...

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• Bird's-beak

  ·noun A molding whose section is thought to resemble a beak. ...

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• Bird's-eye

  ·adj Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple. II. Bird's-...

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• Bird's-foot

  ·noun A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, ...

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• Bird's-mouth

  ·noun An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of anot...

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• Bird's-nesting

  ·noun Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents. ...

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• Bird's-tongue

  ·noun The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). ...

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• Bird's Court

  West out of Philip Lane. In Cripplegarte Ward Within (Elmes, 1831), to Little Wood Street (Hatton,17...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bird's Wharf

  South out of Temple Street, west of White Fryers Stairs (Rocque, 1746-Dodsley, 1761). Site occupied...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Bird's Yard

  Out of Chick Lane, West Smithfield (P.C. I 732-Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the ma...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• jail birds

  Prisoners. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• queer birds

  Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• black-birds

  A slang term on the coast of Africa for a cargo of slaves. ...

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• ice-birds

  Small sea-fowl in the polar regions. ...

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• newgate birds

  The men sent on board ship from prisons; but the term has also been immemorially used, as applied to...

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• Swan's Nest Court

  On the west of Little Bell Alley, a new passage up steps into Great Swan Alley; well built and inhab...

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• to feather one's nest

  To enrich one's self. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to feather one's nest

  To collect riches together; alluding to birds which collect feathers, among other materials, for mak...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Bird's-eye maple

  ·- ·see under <<Maple>>. ...

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• birds of a feather

  Rogues of the same gang. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bird's-foot sea-star

  The Palmipes membranaceus, one of the Asterinidæ, with a flat thin pentagonal body, of a bright scar...

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