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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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Bull's-eye
·noun The center of a target.
II. Bull's-eye ·noun A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
III. Bul...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bull's eye
A crown-piece.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull's feather
A horn: he wears the bull's feather; he is a cuckold.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull's-eye
n.
a fish of New South Wales, Priacanthus macracanthus, Cuv.and Val. Priacanthus, says Guenther, is...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bulls-wool
n.
colloquial name for the innerportion of the covering of the Stringybark-tree (q.v.).This is a dr...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull's eyes
n. A coarse sweetmeat mixed with flour, and streaked various colors, greedily devoured by children.-...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bull's-eye
A sort of block without a sheave, for a rope to reeve through; it is grooved for stropping. Also, th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bottle-nose
·noun The <<Puffin>>.
II. Bottle-nose ·noun A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, a...
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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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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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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Bull's Head Court
East out of Cow Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-L.C.C. List, 1912).
See Bloomfield...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bull's Head Passage
1) East out of Gracechurch Street at No. 81 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within. Leading in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bull's-eye cringle
A piece of wood in the form of a ring, which answers the purpose of an iron thimble; it is seldom us...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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coguing the nose
Making comfortable over hot negus or grog.
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The Sailor's Word-Book