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Silver
·adj Precious; costly.
II. Silver ·adj Resembling silver.
III. Silver ·noun The color of silver.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Silver
Used for a great variety of purposes, as may be judged from the frequent references to it in Scriptu...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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silver
or Silver-fish
n.
a Tasmanian name for Caranx georgianus, Cuv. and Val., family Carangidae, the Wh...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Silver
In very early times silver was used for ornaments, (Genesis 24:53) and for vessels of various kinds....
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cat
·noun A cat o' nine tails. ·see <<Below>>.
II. Cat ·noun A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cat
A common prostitute. An old cat; a cross old woman.
to cat
To vomit from drunkenness.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat, native
n.
a small carnivorous marsupial,of the genus Dasyurus. The so-called native cat is nota cat at all...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cat
A ship formed on the Norwegian model, and usually employed in the coal and timber trade. These vesse...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ale silver
·- A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Free silver
·add. ·- The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio wit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rep-silver
·noun Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of rea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Silver certificate
·add. ·- A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a spec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Silver State
·add. ·- Nevada;
— a nickname alluding to its silver mines.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Silver-gray
·adj Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Shrines, Silver
Little models and medallions of the temple and image of Diana of Ephesus (Acts 19:24). The manufactu...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Silver Street
West from Wood Street at No. 8i into Falcon Square (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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silver laced
Replete with lice. The cove's kickseys are silver laced: the fellow's breeches are covered with lice...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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silver-fish
See silver
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-belly
n.
name given:
1) in New SouthWales, to the fish Silver-Bream (q.v.);
2) in Tasmania,to various s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-bream
or White-Bream
n.
a New South Wales fish, Gerres ovatus, Gunth.,family Percidae; also called Silve...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-eye
n.
a bird-name. Same as Wax-eye, White-eye, or Blight-bird (q.v.).
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of N...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-perch
n.
a fresh-water fish,i.q. Bidyan Ruffe (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-tail
n.
a bush term for a «swell» :a man who goes to the manager's house, not to the men's hut.See Hut.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-trevally
n.
See trevally.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver fox
A black fox, with white king-hairs interspersed on the back of it.--Cartwright's Labrador. Like the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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silver-cædua
A statute term for wood under twenty years' growth.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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silver-oar
One of the badges of the civil court afloat, conferring the power to arrest for debt if not less tha...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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silver-thaw
The term for ice falling in large flakes from the sails and rigging, consequent on a frost followed ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cat-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat-harpin
·noun ·see Cat-harping.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat-harping
·noun One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to gi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat-hole
·noun One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat-rigged
·adj Rigged like a catboat.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat-salt
·noun A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat-tail
·noun A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gib-cat
·noun A male cat, ·esp. an old one. ·see lst Gib. ·noun.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell-cat
·noun A witch; a hag.
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Sea cat
·- The wolf fish.
II. Sea cat ·- Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and Arinus feli...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tib-cat
·noun A female cat.
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Wild-cat
·adj Running without control; running along the line without a train; as, a wild-cat locomotive.
II...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cat Alley
North out of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). "Catt Alley" (Stryp...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cat-heads
A Woman's breasts.
SEA PHRASE.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat call
A kind of whistle, chiefly used at theatres, to interrupt the actors, and damn a new piece. It deriv...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat lap
Tea, called also scandal broth.
See scandal broth.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat match
When a rook or cully is engaged amongst bad bowlers.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat sticks
Thin legs, compared to sticks with which boys play at cat.
See trap sticks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat whipping
A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength, by laying a wager with ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cheshire cat
He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of anyone who shews his teeth and gums in laughing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gib cat
A northern name for a he cat, there commonly called Gilbert. As melancholy as a gib cat; as melancho...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell cat
A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman.
See termagant and vixen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat-bird
n.
In America the name is given to Mimus carolinensis, a mocking thrush, which like theAustralian b...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cat-fish
n.
The name is applied in the OldWorld to various fishes of the family Siluridae, andalso to the Wo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native cat
n.
See cat.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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tiger-cat
n.
special name appliedto the Common and Spotted-tailed Native Cat.See under Cat.
1832. J. Bischof...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cat-tails
Hares-tail rush (erophorum vaginatum). So called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. This name is ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cat-ham'd
fumbling, awkward, without dexterity. Exmoor.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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whern-cat
a queen-cat, or female cat. QUEEN, in Saxon, was used to signify the female ; ex. g. QUEEN FUGOL, a ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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wild-cat
the pole-cat. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cat-beam
This, called also the beak-head beam, is the broadest beam in the ship, and is generally made of two...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-block
A two or three fold block, with an iron strop and large hook to it, which is employed to cat or draw...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-fall
The rope rove for the cat-purchase, by which the anchor is raised to the cat-head or catted.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-fish
A name for the sea-wolf (Anarrhicas lupus).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-gut
A term applied to the sea-laces or Fucus filum. (See sea-catgut.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-harpings
, or catharpin legs
Ropes under the tops at the lower end of the futtock-shrouds, serving to brace...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-head
The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-holes
Places or spaces made in the quarter, for carrying out fasts or springs for steadying or heaving ast...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-hook
A strong hook which is a continuation of the iron strop of the cat-block, used to hook the ring of t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-lap
A common phrase for tea or weak drink.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-rig
A rig which in smooth water surpasses every other, but, being utterly unsuited for sea or heavy weat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-rope
A line for hauling the cat-hook about: also cat-back-rope, which hauls the block to the ring of the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-stopper
, or cathead-stopper
A piece of rope or chain rove through the ring of an anchor, to secure it for...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cat-tackle
A strong tackle, used to draw the anchor perpendicularly up to the cat-head, which latter is sometim...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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sea-cat
A name of the wolf-fish, Anarrhicas lupus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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thieves' cat
A cat o' nine tails having knots upon it, and only used for the punishment of theft.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Matthew Silver Street
Mentioned in Fabyan's Chronicle.
See St. Olave Silver Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave Silver Street
On the south side of Silver Street at its junction with Noble Street and Falcon Square. In Cripplega...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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silver jew-fish
n.
a New South Wales name forthe young of the fish called Teraglin, or of the true Jew-fish (q.v.);...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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silver-leaf boree
n.
i.q. boree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Piece Of Silver
I. In the Old Testament the word "pieces" is used in the Authorized Version for a word understood in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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(The) Cat and Fiddle
In the parish of St. Benet Sherehog, 1542 (L. and P. H. VIII. XVII. 393).
Earliest mention: "le Cat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cat harping fashion
Drinking cross-ways, and not, as usual, over the left thumb. SEA TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat in pan
To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn CATE or CAK...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whipping the cat
A trick often practised on ignorant country fellows, vain of their strength, by laying a wager with ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cherry-coloured cat
A black cat, there being black cherries as well as red.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kit-cat club
A society of gentlemen, eminent for wit and learning, who in the reign of queen Anne and George I. m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to shoot the cat
To vomit from excess of liquor; called also catting.
To vomit from drunkenness.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat-tail grass
Herds grass, or timothy.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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wild cat bank
One of the various terms applied at the West to some of the irresponsible banks of the country. A ba...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cat the anchor
When the cat is hooked and "cable enough" veered and stoppered, the anchor hangs below the cat-head,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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combing the cat
The boatswain, or other operator, running his fingers through the cat o' nine tails, to separate the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fore cat-harpings
See cat-harpings.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gold and Silver Wiredrawers
Incorporated 1623.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave Silver Street Churchyard
On the south side of Silver Street at its junction with Monkwell Street (Rocque, 1746).
It still oc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Silver Street, Bouverie Street
See Pleydell Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Silver Street, Bridgewater Square
East out of Charles Street to Collier's Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-O.S. 1880)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cat o' nine tails
·- ·see under <<Cat>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Cat and Fiddle Cheap
A shop called the "Catt and Fiddell" in the parish of St. Peter in Chepe, 4 Ed. VI. (Lond. I. p.m. I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cat and bagpipean society
A society which met at their office in the great western road: in their summons, published in the da...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat of nine tails
A scourge composed of nine strings of whip-cord, each string having nine knots.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cat-with-two-tails
an earwig. Northum.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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salt-cat, or gate
a cake of salt used to decoy pigeons. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cat o' nine tails
An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dudley Court, Silver Street, Cripplegate
See Red Lion Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cat and Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to see how the cat jumps
A metaphorical expression meaning, to discover the secrets or designs of others.
We also say, in th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth.
Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says
She was one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...
The Sailor's Word-Book