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Dance
·vi A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, ·etc.
II. Dance ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dance
Found in Judg. 21:21, 23; Ps. 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; Jer. 31:4, 13, etc., as the translation of hul, w...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dance
a musical instrument of percussion, supposed to have been used by the Hebrews at an early period of ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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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Ghost dance
·add. ·- A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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contra dance
A dance where the dancers of the different sexes stand opposite each other, instead of side by side,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stag-dance
A dance performed by males only, in barrooms, &c. Also called a bull-dance.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bull-dance
At sea it is performed by men only, when without women. It is sometimes called a stag-dance.
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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-base
·noun ·same·as Prison base.
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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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dance upon nothing
To be hanged.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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