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Copper
·noun A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.
II. Copper ·noun the boilers in the gall...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Nose
·noun The power of smelling; hence, scent.
II. Nose ·vi To pry officiously into what does not conce...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Copper
Derived from the Greek kupros (the island of Cyprus), called "Cyprian brass," occurs only in the Aut...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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nose
1) As plain as the nose on your face; evidently to be seen. He is led by the nose; he is governed. T...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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copper
A copper coin, especially a British halfpenny or American cent.
My friends filled my pockets with c...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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nose
Often used to denote the stem of a ship. Also, a neck of land: naes, or ness.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Copper
Heb. nechosheth, in the Authorized Version always rendered "brass," except in (Ezra 8:27) and Jere 1...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Bottle-nose
·noun The <<Puffin>>.
II. Bottle-nose ·noun A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bull's-nose
·noun An external angle when obtuse or rounded.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Chessy copper
·- The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cone-nose
·add. ·noun A large hemipterous insect of the family Reduviidae, often found in houses, ·esp. in the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Copper works
·- A place where copper is wrought or manufactured.
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Copper-bottomed
·adj Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Copper-faced
·adj Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.
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Copper-fastened
·adj Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, ·etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.
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Copper-nickel
·noun <<Niccolite>>.
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Pug nose
·- A short, thick nose; a snubnose.
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Tut-nose
·noun A snub nose.
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Nose-jewels
Only mentioned in Isa. 3:21, although refered to in Gen. 24:47, Prov. 11:22, Hos. 2:13. They were am...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Copper Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 12 to the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lock...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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malmsey nose
A red pimpled snout, rich in carbuncles and rubies.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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nose bag
A bag fastened to the horse's head, in which the soldiers of the cavalry put the oats given to their...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pope's nose
The rump of a turkey.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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snub nose
A short nose turned up at the end.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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copper maori
This spelling has been influenced bythe English word Copper, but it is really a corruptionof a Maori...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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shovel-nose
n.
a New South Wales species ofRay-fish, Rhinobatus bougainvillei, Cuv.; called alsothe Blind Shark...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blue-nose
The slang name for a native of Nova Scotia.
"Pray, sir," said one of my fellow passengers, "can you...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bungtown-copper
The old English half-penny, or copper. So called in various parts of New England.
These flowers wou...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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copper-clouts
a kind of spatterdashes worn on the small of the leg. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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nose-gigg
a toe-piece on a shoe. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blue-nose
A general term for a native of Nova Scotia.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bottle-nose
, or bottle-nosed whale
A name applied to several of the smaller cetaceans of the northern seas, m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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copper, to
To cover the ship's bottom with prepared copper.
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copper-bolts
See copper-fastened.
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copper-bottomed
See coppered
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copper-fastened
The bolts and other metal work in the bottom of ships, made of copper instead of iron, so that the v...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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copper-nails
These are chiefly used in boat-building, and for plank nails in the vicinity of the binnacle, as iro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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galley-nose
The figure-head.
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sheet-copper
Copper rolled out into sheets, for the sheathing of ships' bottoms, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Nose-Jewel
(Genesis 24:22; Exodus 35:22) "earing;" (Isaiah 3:21; Ezekiel 16:12) "jewel on the forehead," a ring...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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to sky a copper
To toss up a cent.
Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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coguing the nose
Making comfortable over hot negus or grog.
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