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Wave
·vi Water; a body of water. II. Wave ·noun <<Woe>>. III. Wave ·vt ·see <<Waive>>. IV. Wave ·vi Un...

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wave
[from the Anglo-Saxon wæg]. A volume of water rising in surges above the general level, and elevated...

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Cold
·vi To become cold. II. Cold ·noun Not pungent or acrid. III. Cold ·noun Not sensitive; not acute....

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cold
You will catch cold at that; a vulgar threat or advice to desist from an attempt. He caught cold by ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Wave offerings
Parts of peace-offerings were so called, because they were waved by the priests (Ex. 29:24, 26, 27; ...

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storm-wave
A wave which tumbles home without being accompanied by wind. Sometimes the result of a gale elsewher...

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tidal wave
The wave caused by the combined action of the sun and moon: its greatest influence is felt some time...

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Wave Offering
This rite, together with that of "heaving" or "raising" the offering was an inseparable accompanimen...

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Cold-blooded
·adj Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted. II. Cold-blooded ·adj Not thoroughbred; — ...

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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. ...

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Cold-short
·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron. II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...

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Cold-shut
·noun An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding. II. Cold-shut ·adj Closed while too cold...

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Key-cold
·adj Cold as a metallic key; lifeless. ...

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Stone-cold
·adj Cold as a stone. ...

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Cold Abbeye
A tenement so called in Wendageynes Lane held under the Fraternity of St. Katherine in the Church of...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
cold pye
A punishment inflicted on any person sleeping in company: it consists in wrapping up cotton in a cas...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cold burning
A punishment inflicted by private soldiers on their comrades for trifling offences, or breach of the...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cold cook
An undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter. See carrion hunter. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cold iron
A sword, or any other weapon for cutting or stabbing. I gave him two inches of cold iron into his be...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cold meat
A dead wife is the beat cold meat in a man's house. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cold pig
To give cold pig is a punishment inflicted on sluggards who lie too long in bed: it consists in pull...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cold pudding
This is said to settle one's love. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bitter cold
Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America. Those who say it...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York. ...

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cold-chisel
A stout chisel made of steel, used for cutting iron when it is cold. ...

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cold-eel
The Gymnotus electricus. ...

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coom of a wave
The comb or crest. The white summit when it breaks. ...

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cold as presbyterian charity
I know not the origin of this saying, and am not aware that there is less charity in this sect than ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.