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Rush
·noun A perfect recitation. II. Rush ·noun The merest trifle; a straw. III. Rush ·noun The act of ...

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Rush
The papyrus (Job 8:11). (See Bulrush.) The expression "branch and rush" in Isa. 9:14; 19:15 means "u...

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rush
I. v. 1) Of cattle: to charge a man.Contraction for to rush-at. 1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sk...

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Club
·vt To beat with a club. II. Club ·vi To drift in a current with an anchor out. III. Club ·vt To t...

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club
A meeting or association, where each man is to spend an equal and stated sum, called his club. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Rush-bearing
·noun A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes t...

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flowering rush
n. name given to the rush or reed, Xyris operculata, Lab., N.O. Xyrideae. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
rush-broom
n. Australian name for theindigenous shrub Viminaria denudata, Sm., N.O. Leguminosae. The flowers a...

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Club-shaped
·adj Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects. ...

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Country club
·add. ·- A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to o...

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Glee club
·add. ·- A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, ·etc...

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catch club
A member of the patch club; a bum bailiff. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
club law
Argumentum bacculinum, in which an oaken stick is a better plea than an act of parliament. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
pizzy club
A society held, A. D, 1744, at the sign of the Tower, on Tower Hill: president, Don Pizzaro. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
spouting club
A meeting of apprentices and mechanics to rehearse different characters in plays: thus forming recru...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
club-tail
(Genus alosa.) The common shad, the fatter portion of which have the tail swollen, and on the coast ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
club-law
The rule of violence and strength. ...

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City Carlton Club
On the east side of St. Swithin Lane, at Nos. 24-27 (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook Ward. The City Con...

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New City Club
On the east side of George Yard, Lombard Street. In Langbourn Ward (O.S.). Site now occupied by off...

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calves head club
A club instituted by the Independents and Presbyterians, to commemorate the decapitation of King Cha...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
kill care club
The members of this club, styled also the Sons of Sound Sense and Satisfaction, met at their fortres...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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
club-haul, to
A method of tacking a ship by letting go the lee-anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, whi...

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royal yacht club
A very useful and honourable association. (See yacht club, royal.) ...

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yacht club, royal
An institution embodied by a number of noblemen and gentlemen about the year 1820, to which certain ...

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City of London Club
On the east side of Old Broad Street, at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Broad Street Ward. Erected 183...

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