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Tongue
·noun Any small sole.
II. Tongue ·noun The clapper of a bell.
III. Tongue ·noun ·same·as <<Reed>>,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tongue
Tongue enough for two sets of teeth: said of a talkative person. As old as my tongue, and a little o...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tongue
[Anglo-Saxon tunga]. The long tapered end of one piece of timber made to fay into a scarph at the en...
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Bird's nest
·noun ·Alt. of Bird's-nest.
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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-nest
·noun The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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Bird's-nesting
·noun Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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jail birds
Prisoners.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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queer birds
Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
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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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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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Adder's-tongue
·noun The yellow dogtooth violet.
II. Adder's-tongue ·noun A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose s...
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Deer's-tongue
·noun A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
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Dog's-tongue
·noun Hound's-tongue.
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Double-tongue
·noun Deceit; duplicity.
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Earth-tongue
·noun A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
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Hart-tongue
·noun A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.
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Hound's-tongue
·noun A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odo...
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Long-tongue
·noun The <<Wryneck>>.
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Snake's-tongue
·noun ·same·as Adder's-tongue.
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Tongue-pad
·noun A great talker.
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Tongue-shaped
·adj Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and ...
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Tongue-shell
·noun Any species of Lingula.
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Tongue-tie
·vt To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
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Tongue-tied
·adj Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
II. Tongue-tied ·adj Destitute of the power of di...
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loll tongue
He has been playing a game at loll tongue; he has been salivated.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog's tongue
n.
name given to the plant Cynoglossum suaveolens, R. Br., N.O. Asperifoliae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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calve's tongue
A sort of moulding usually made at the caps and bases of round pillars, to taper or hance the round ...
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dog-tongue
A name assigned to a kind of sole.
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horse-tongue
A name applied to a kind of sole.
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ice-tongue
See tongue.
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Bird's-eye maple
·- ·see under <<Maple>>.
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bird's-nest fungus
n.
a small fungus of thegenus Cyathus, four species of which occur inQueensland.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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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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tongue of a bevel
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken.
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