·noun One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other.
·adj ·see Couple-close. II. Couple ·v To join in wedlock; to <<Marry>>. III. Couple ·adj Two of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun One who makes it his business to ask alms. II. Beggar ·vt To cause to seem very poor and inad...
Begging The poor among the Hebrews were much favored. They were allowed to glean in the fields, and...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. II. ...
·pl of Couple-close. ...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Thermoelectric pair. ...
To bend two hawsers together; coupling links of a cable; coupling shackles. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A publican, or ale-house keeper. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An imaginary being with which children are threatened by servants and nurses, like raw head and bloo...
An old superannuated fumbler, whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them. ...
A contemptuous term for the missiles which were thrown by the galley-slaves at an approaching enemy....