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Basket
·vt To put into a basket.
II. Basket ·noun The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
III. Basket...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Basket
There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version:
1) A basket (Heb. sal,...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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basket
An exclamation frequently made use of in cock-pits, at cock-fightings, where persons refusing or una...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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basket
In field-works, baskets or corbeilles are used, to be filled with earth, and placed by one another, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Basket
The Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal, so called from the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Buck
·noun The beech tree.
II. Buck ·noun A male Indian or negro.
III. Buck ·vi To copulate, as bucks a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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buck
A blind horse; also a gay debauchee.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buck
I.
v.
Used «intransitively of a horse, toleap vertically from the ground, drawing the feet togethe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buck
A frame or stand of peculiar construction on which wood is sawn for fuel. In New England it is calle...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buck
1) of a cart or waggon, the body. Hamp.
2) the breast. Suss.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Basket ball
·add. ·- A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Basket Makers
In 3 Ed. IV. they were allowed to have shops only in the Manor of Blanch Appleton (S. 151).
The 52n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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basket-making
The good old trade of basket-making; copulation, or making feet for children's stockings.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bawdy basket
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bread basket
The stomach; a term used by boxers. I took him a punch in his bread basket; i.e. I gave him a blow i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin basket
The youngest child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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basket-fence
n.
Local name for a stake-hedge. See quotation.
1872. G. S. Baden-Powell, `New Homes for the Old C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ballast-basket
Usually made of osier, for the transport and measure of shingle-ballast. Supplied to the gunner for ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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basket-fish
A name for several species of Euryale; a kind of star-fish, the arms of which divide and subdivide m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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basket-hilt
The guard continued up the hilt of a cutlass, so as to protect the whole hand from injury.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Buck bean
·- A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Buck fever
·add. ·- Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Buck-eyed
·adj Having bad or speckled eyes.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water buck
·- A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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buck bail
Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buck fitch
A lecherous old fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buck-jumper
See bucker
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buck-jumping
Bucking
verbal nouns.
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 43:
«At length it shoo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buck-shot
n.
a settlers' term for ageological formation. See quotation.
1851. `The Australasian Quarterly,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buck-eye
In the Western States, the people of each are known by certain nicknames. The natives of Ohio are ca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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haw-buck
A term used by the farmers in driving their oxen; and hence often applied to a rough and unpolished ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buck, to
To wash a sail.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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buck-weel
A bow-net for fish.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use.
Well, how d'ye do, any how?
So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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a buck of the first head
One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in L...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose