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Seat
·noun Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. II. Seat ·vt To <<Fix>>; to set firm. III. Seat ·v...

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seat
A term often applied to the peculiar summit of a mountain, as the Queen of Spain's Seat near Gibralt...

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Country
·adv The rock through which a vein runs. II. Country ·adv Rural regions, as opposed to a city or to...

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country
A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered. ...

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Judgment seat
(Matt. 27:19), a portable tribunal (Gr. bema) which was placed according as the magistrate might dir...

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Mercy-seat
(Heb. kapporeth, a "covering;" LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or l...

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anchor-seat
An old term for the prow of a ship, still in use with eastern nations Chinese, Japanese, &c. ...

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caulker's seat
A box slung to a ship's side whereon a caulker can sit and use his irons; it contains his tools and ...

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seat-lockers
Accommodations fitted in the cabins of merchantmen for sitting upon, and stowing cabin-stores in. ...

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Country bank
·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city. ...

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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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Country cousin
·add. ·- A relative from the country visiting the city and unfamiliar with city manners and sights. ...

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Country-base
·noun ·same·as Prison base. ...

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Country-dance
·noun ·see <<Contradance>>. ...

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North country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...

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country harry
A waggoner. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
country put
An ignorant country fellow. ...

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summer country
n. In New Zealand (South Island), country which can be used in summer only; mountainland in Otago a...

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winter country
in New Zealand (South Island),land so far unaffected by snow that stock is wintered on it. ...

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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...

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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic. ...

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maritime country
A country which has its shores washed by the sea. ...

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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...

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seat of water
Applies to the line on which a vessel sits. ...

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Never, Never Country
or Never, Never Land See quotations. Mr. Cooper's explanation (1857 quotation) isnot generally acce...

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east-country ships
The same as easterlings. ...

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west-country parson
A fish, the hake (Gadus merluccius), is so called, from a black streak on its back, and from its abu...

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Samaria, Country Of
Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west...

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