Chief hare

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• Chief

  ·adj Very intimate, near, or close. II. Chief ·adj Highest in office or rank; principal; head. III...

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• chief

  See commander-in-chief. A common abbreviation. ...

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• Hare

  ·noun A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus. II. Hare ·vt To <...

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• Hare

  (Heb. arnebeth) was prohibited as food according to the Mosaic law (Lev. 11:6; Deut. 14:7), "because...

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• hare

  He has swallowed a hare; he is drunk; more probably a HAIR, which requires washing down, ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hare

  1) to affright, or make wild. S. Hence harum scarum, or starum. 2) her ; used also for she. Exm. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Hare

  (Heb. arnebeth) occurs only in (Leviticus 11:6) and Deuteronomy 14:7 Amongst the animals disallowed ...

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• Chief baron

  ·- The presiding judge of the court of exchequer. ...

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• Chief justice

  ·- The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. ...

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• Chief-justiceship

  ·noun The office of chief justice. ...

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• Chief priest

  See Priest. ...

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• Musician, Chief

  (Heb. menatstseah), the precentor of the Levitical choir or orchestra in the temple, mentioned in th...

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• maori-chief

  n. name given to a New ZealandFlathead-fish, Notothenia maoriensis, or coriiceps. The name arises f...

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• chief officer

  See chief mate ...

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• chief mate

  , or chief officer The next to a commander in a merchantman, and who, in the absence of the latter...

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• Hare-hearted

  ·adj Timorous; timid; easily frightened. ...

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• Sea hare

  ·- Any tectibranchiate mollusk of the genus Aplysia. ·see <<Aplysia>>. ...

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• Water hare

  ·- A small American hare or rabbit (Lepus aquaticus) found on or near the southern coasts of the Uni...

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• Hare Court

  1) West out of Inner Temple Lane to Middle Temple Lane, west of the Temple Church, within the Temple...

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• Hare Place

  South out of Fleet Street, at No. 46, to Mitre Court (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without. ...

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• hare-kangaroo

  n. a small Kangaroo, resemblingthe British hare. Called also Hare-Wallaby. Thescientific name is La...

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• hare-wallaby

  n. See hare-kangaroo, wallaby, and lagorchestes. ...

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• hare-brain'd

  heedless. S. ...

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• hare-supper

  the harvest-home. Derb. ...

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• sea-hare

  ♦ Aplysia, a molluscous animal. ...

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• commander-in-chief

  The senior officer in any port or station appointed to hold command over all other vessels within th...

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• Hare, Augustus William

  (1792-1834) Was the s. of Francis Hare-Naylor, who m. a cousin of the famous Duchess of Devonshire,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hare, Julius Charles

  (1795-1855) Essayist, etc., younger brother of the above, was b. at Vicenza. When two years old his...

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• Hare Court Buildings

  Within the Temple precincts, on the west side of the Temple Gardens (Strype, ed. 1755-Elmes, 1831). ...

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• Chief of the three

  A title given to Adino the Eznite, one of David's greatest heroes (2 Sam. 23:8); also called Jashobe...

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• Hare, Augustus John Cuthbert

  (1834-1903) Youngest s. of Francis H., and nephew of Aug. and Julius H. (q.v.), b. at Rome, practic...

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• Black Horse and Hare Inn

  South out of Hart Street, with a passage into Fell Street (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755). In O. and M. ...

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• mad as a march hare

  A common simile, used alike in England and America. The whole's to be fourpence a quart-- 'Odswing...

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