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Cream
·vt To furnish with, or as with, cream.
II. Cream ·vt To take off the best or choicest part of.
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cream
to cream, to mantle or froth, spoken of beer, a metaphor taken from milk. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Laid
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lay>>.
II. Laid ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lay>>.
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laid
A fisherman's name for the pollack. Also, a term in rope-making, the twist being the lay; single-lai...
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Cream-colored
·adj Of the color of cream; light yellow.
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Cream-faced
·adj White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
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Cream-fruit
·noun A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.
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Cream-slice
·noun A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.
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Cream-white
·adj As white as cream.
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french cream
Brandy; so called by the old tabbies and dowagers when drank in their tea.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Deep-laid
·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
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Hawser-laid
·adj Made in the manner of a hawser. ·cf. Cable-laid, and see ·Illust. of Cordage.
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Plain-laid
·adj Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. ·see ·Illust...
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Shroud-laid
·adj Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center;
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Water-laid
·adj Having a left-hand twist;
— said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope.
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laid aback
See aback.
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laid to
A term used sometimes for hove to, but when a vessel lays to the sails are kept full. As in a gale o...
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laid up
A vessel dismantled and moored in a harbour, either for want of employment, or as unfit for further ...
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shroud-laid
The combination in the larger cordage, also known as hawser-laid.
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twice-laid
Rope made from a selection of the best yarns of old rope.
Also, a sea-dish made of the salt-fish l...
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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.
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cream-pot love
Such as young fellows pretend to dairymaids, to get cream and other good things from them.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cable-laid rope
Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope. Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand rope...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hawser-laid rope
Is rope made in the usual way, being three or four strands of yarns laid up right-handed, or with th...
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water-laid rope
The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.
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cream of tartar tree
n. i.q. baobab (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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laid on the shelf
Pawned.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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laid up in lavender
Pawned.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose