Chuck-Will's-widow

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• chuck-will's-widow

  The common name of a bird of a bird of the whippoorwill family (capimulgus Caroniensis). Mr. Audubon...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• chuck! chuck!

  a word commonly used in calling swine. Hamps. ...

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

• Wills

  Under a system of close inheritance like that of the Jews, the scope forbid bequest in respect of la...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Widow

  ·vt To endow with a widow's right. II. Widow ·adj <<Widowed>>. III. Widow ·vt To become, or surviv...

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• Widow

  Under the Mosaic dispensation no legal provision was made for the maintenance of widows. They were l...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Chuck

  ·noun A sudden, small noise. II. Chuck ·noun A short throw; a toss. III. Chuck ·noun The chuck or ...

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• chuck

  My chuck; a term of endearment. to chuck To shew a propensity for a man. The mors chucks; the wenc...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to chuck

  To throw, by a quick and dexterous motion, a short distance.--Dorsetshire Glossary. Todd. This word ...

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• chuck

  a great chip. Suss. In other counties called a chunk, or junk. So a CHUNK of beef. ...

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

• chuck

  A sea-shell. Nickname for a boatswain, "Old chucks." Also, an old word signifying large chips of woo...

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• Wills, James

  (1790-1868) Poet and miscellaneous writer, younger s. of a Roscommon squire, was ed. at Trinity Col...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Widow bird

  ·- ·see Whidan bird. ...

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• Widow-hunter

  ·noun One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. ...

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• Widow-maker

  ·noun One who makes widows by destroying husbands. ...

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• Widow-wail

  ·noun A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe. ...

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• hempen widow

  One whose husband was hanged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• chuck farthing

  A parish clerk. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• chuck-full

  Entirely full. Common in familiar language as well as chock-full, which see for other examples. [At...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Wills, William Gorman

  (1828-1891) Dramatist, s. of above, b. in Dublin. After writing a novel, Old Times, in an Irish mag...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin