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Bramble
·noun The brambling or bramble finch.
II. Bramble ·noun Any plant of the genus Rubus, including the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bramble
1) Hebrew atad, Judg. 9:14; rendered "thorn," Ps. 58:9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bramble
See blackberry, native
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Net
·adj Without spot; pure; shining.
II. Net ·vt To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Net
In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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net
In commerce, is the weight of a commodity alone, without the package.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bramble bush
·- The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bramble, native
n.
See blackberry.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Bag net
·- A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow net
·- A net for catching birds.
II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Day-net
·noun A net for catching small birds.
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Net-veined
·adj Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.
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Tuck-net
·noun ·see <<Tuck>>, ·noun, 2.
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kangaroo-net
n.
net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mosquito net
A net or curtain, which, in the Southern States and in the West Indies, is placed over the bed to pr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cleaching net
A hand-net with a hoop and bar, used by fishermen on the banks of the Severn.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dipping-net
A small net used for taking shad and other fish out of the water.
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drag-net
A trawl or net to draw on the bottom for flat-fish.
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draw-net
Erroneously used for drag-net.
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drift-net
A large net, with meshes of one inch, used in the pilchard fishery in August; also, for herrings and...
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gaff-net
A peculiar net for fishing.
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halve-net
A standing net used in the north to prevent fishes from returning with the falling tide.
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harry-net
A net with such small meshes, and so formed, as to take even the young and small fish.
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kettle-net
A net used in taking mackerel.
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mosquito net
A light curtain spread over a cot or bed in warm climates, to protect the sleeper from mosquitoes.
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purse-net
A peculiar landing-net in fishing. It is used in the seine and trawl to bewilder the fish, and preve...
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raise-net
A kind of staked net on our northern shores, so called from rising and falling with the tide.
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shackle-net
The northern term for flue-net.
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sheen-net
A large drag-net.
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shot-net
A mackerel-net.
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spake-net
A peculiar net for catching crabs.
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Knight baro-net
·- ·see <<Baronet>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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ban-net tree
a walnut-tree. Glo.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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net and coble
The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers.
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