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Cheese
·noun A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese.
II. Cheese ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cheese
(A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three diff...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cheese
A circle of wads covered with painted canvas.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cheese
is mentioned only three times in the Bible, and on each occasion under a different name in the Hebre...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cloth
·noun The dress; raiment. [Obs.] ·see <<Clothes>>.
II. Cloth ·noun The distinctive dress of any pro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Brie cheese
·add. ·- A kind of soft French cream cheese;
— so called from the district in France where it is ma...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Camembert cheese
·add. ·- A kind of soft, unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert, near Argentan, Fr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Edam cheese
·add. ·- A Dutch pressed cheese of yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or fou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Filled cheese
·add. ·- An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gruyere cheese
·- A kind of cheese made at Gruyere, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Limburg cheese
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Limburger cheese.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Limburger cheese
·add. ·- A soft cheese made in the Belgian province of Limburg (Limbourg), and usually not eaten unt...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Roquefort cheese
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Roquefort>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Slipcoat cheese
·- A rich variety of new cheese, resembling butter, but white.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stilton cheese
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Stilton>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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cheese-toaster
A sword.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cheese it
Be silent, be quiet, don't do it. Cheese it, the coves are fly; be silent, the people understand our...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nip cheese
A nick name for the purser of a ship: from those gentlemen being supposed sometimes to nip, or dimin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cheese toaster
A sword.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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head-cheese
The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buckey-cheese
a sweet, rank cheese. Hamp. Perhaps from a rank, goatish taste ; BONC, in French, signifying a he-go...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gehezie cheese
very poor cheese, from which most of the cream has been taken away. Ess. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Bearing cloth
·- A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Carborundum cloth
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Carborundum paper.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Goring cloth
·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gunny cloth
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Henrietta cloth
·add. ·- A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lady's cloth
·add. ·- A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, ·etc.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Match-cloth
·noun A coarse cloth.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Thibet cloth
·- A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
II. Thibet cloth ·- A kind of fine woolen...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Top-cloth
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cloth Fair
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cloth Street
South out of
First mention: O.S. 188-51.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cloth Yard
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cloth market
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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broad cloth
Square sails.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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buntline-cloth
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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goring-cloth
See goring
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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table-cloth
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cloth Workers' Court
North out of White Friers, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
See Paved Alley and Ashentr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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devil's table-cloth
See table-cloth.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Back Alley, Cloth Fair
See Back Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Back Streate, Cloth Fair
See Back Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King Street, Cloth Fair
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair
South out of Cloth Fair, at No. 63, to Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without.
Renamed 1885....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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The Sailor's Word-Book