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Base
·noun The housing of a horse.
II. Base ·adj Not classical or correct.
III. Base ·adj Low in place ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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base
A game of hand-ball.
TO BASE
To lay the foundation of an argument. This word is not in the English...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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base
a perch. Cumb. ; in Hampshire, a sea-perch.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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base
The breech of a gun. Also, the lowest part of the perimeter of a geometrical figure. When applied to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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country
A term synonymous with station. The place whither a ship happens to be ordered.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Base viol
·- ·see Bass viol.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Base-burner
·noun A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Base-court
·noun An inferior court of law, not of record.
II. Base-court ·noun The secondary, inferior, or rea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sub-base
·noun The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the lik...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wheel base
·add. ·- The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, ·etc., ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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base-line
In strategy, the line joining the various points of a base of operations. In surveying, the base on ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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base-ring
In guns of cast-metal, the flat moulding round the breech at that part where the longitudinal surfac...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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rim-base
The shoulder on the stock of a musket.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Country bank
·add. ·- A national bank not in a reserve city.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Country seat
·- A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Country-dance
·noun ·see <<Contradance>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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North country
A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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country harry
A waggoner. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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country put
An ignorant country fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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summer country
n.
In New Zealand (South Island), country which can be used in summer only; mountainland in Otago a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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old country
A term applied to Great Britain, originally by natives from that country, but now understood and use...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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east-country
A term applied to the regions bordering on the Baltic.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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maritime country
A country which has its shores washed by the sea.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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old country
A very general designation for Great Britain among the Americans. The term is never applied to any p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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base of operations
In strategy, one or a series of strategic points at which are established the magazines and means of...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Never, Never Country
or Never, Never Land
See quotations. Mr. Cooper's explanation (1857 quotation) isnot generally acce...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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east-country ships
The same as easterlings.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Samaria, Country Of
Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary