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bottle-nose
, or bottle-nosed whale
A name applied to several of the smaller cetaceans of the northern seas, m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Nose
·noun The power of smelling; hence, scent.
II. Nose ·vi To pry officiously into what does not conce...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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nose
1) As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is governed. T...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nose
Often used to denote the stem of a ship. Also, a neck of land: naes, or ness.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bottle
·noun A bundle, ·esp. of hay.
II. Bottle ·noun Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one's reason...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bottle
A vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1 Sam. 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bottle
The Arabs keep their water, milk and other liquids in leathern bottles. These are made of goatskins....
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bull's-nose
·noun An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cone-nose
·add. ·noun A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidae, often found in houses, ·esp. in the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Copper-nose
·noun A red nose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pug nose
·- A short, thick nose; a snubnose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tut-nose
·noun A snub nose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Nose-jewels
Only mentioned in Isa. 3:21, although refered to in Gen. 24:47, Prov. 11:22, Hos. 2:13. They were am...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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malmsey nose
A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nose bag
A bag fastened to the horse's head, in which the soldiers of the cavalry put the oats given to their...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pope's nose
The rump of a turkey.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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snub nose
A short nose turned up at the end.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shovel-nose
n.
a New South Wales species ofRay-fish, Rhinobatus bougainvillei, Cuv.; called alsothe Blind Shark...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue-nose
The slang name for a native of Nova Scotia.
"Pray, sir," said one of my fellow passengers, "can you...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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nose-gigg
a toe-piece on a shoe. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blue-nose
A general term for a native of Nova Scotia.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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galley-nose
The figure-head.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Nose-Jewel
(Genesis 24:22; Exodus 35:22) "earing;" (Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12) "jewel on the forehead," a ring...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bottle green
·- A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bottle-nosed
·adj Having the nose bottle-shaped, or large at the end.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Woulfe bottle
·noun A kind of wash bottle with two or three necks;
— so called after the inventor, Peter Woulfe, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bottle Lane
See Botolph's Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bottle-headed
Void of wit.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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phos bottle
A. bottle of phosphorus: used by housebreakers to light their lanthorns. Ding the phos; throw away t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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soldier's bottle
A large one.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bottle-brush
n.
name given to various speciesof Callistemon and Melaleuca, N.O. Myrtaceae; the Purple Bottle-bru...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bottle-gourd
n.
an Australian plant, Lagenaria vulgaris, Ser., N.O. Cucurbitaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bottle-swallow
n.
a popular name for the bird Lagenoplastis ariel, otherwise called the FairyMartin. See Martin. T...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bottle-tree
n. an Australian tree, variousspecies of Sterculia, i.q. Kurrajong (q.v.). Sonamed from its appearan...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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junk-bottle
The ordinary black glass porter-bottle.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bottle-bump
The bittern, so called on our east coast.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bottle-charts
Those on which the set of surface currents are exhibited, derived from papers found in bottles which...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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empty bottle
See marine officer.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-bottle
The pod or vesicle of some species of sea-wrack or Fucus gigantea of Cape Horn and the Straits of Ma...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bottle Alley, Bottle Yard, Bishopsgate
See Brittania Place.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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coguing the nose
Making comfortable over hot negus or grog.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bottle-neck frame
·add. ·- An inswept frame.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bawdy-house bottle
A very small bottle; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses, t...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bottle-nosed whale
See bottle-nose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cock and Bottle Court
East out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 122).
Not name...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.