Choke pear

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• Choke

  ·noun The tied end of a cartridge. II. Choke ·noun A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of...

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• choke

  the nip of a rocket. ...

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• Pear

  ·noun The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties ...

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• pear, native

  name given to a timber-tree, Xylomelum pyriforme, Sm., N.O. Proteaceae(called also Wooden Pear), and...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Choke damp

  ·- ·see Carbonic acid, under <<Carbonic>>. ...

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• Choke-full

  ·adj Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full. ...

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• Choke-strap

  ·noun A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in plac...

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• to choke off

  A figurative expression borrowed from the act of choking a dog to make him loosen his hold. To arres...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• choke-cherry

  The popular name of the prunus Virginiana, so called from its astringent properties. ...

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• choke-full

  Entirely full; top full. ...

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• Anchovy pear

  ·- A West Indian fruit like the mango in taste, sometimes pickled; also, the tree (Grias cauliflora)...

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• Pear-shaped

  ·adj Of the form of a pear. ...

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• Sea pear

  ·- A pedunculated ascidian of the genus Boltonia. ...

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• choak pear

  Figuratively, an unanswerable objection: also a machine formerly used in Holland by robbers; it was ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pear making

  Taking bounties from several regiments and immediately deserting. The cove was fined in the steel fo...

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• native pear

  n. See hakeaand pear. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pear, wooden

  i.q. native pear. See above. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• wooden pear

  n. a tree peculiar to New SouthWales and Queensland, Xylomelum pyriforme, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae; c...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• choke the luff

  To place suddenly the fall of a tackle close to the block across the jaw of the next turn of the rop...

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• Pear Tre Court

  At the east end of Angel Alley, Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.