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Shake
·- obs. ·p.p. of Shake. II. Shake ·noun A fissure in rock or earth. III. Shake ·noun A shook of st...

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shake
1) To shake one's elbow; to game with dice. To shake a cloth in the wind; to be hanged in chains. 2...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shake
v. tr. to steal. Very common Australianslang, especially amongst school-boys and bushmen. It wasori...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Cup
·vt To supply with cups of wine. II. Cup ·noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. III. Cup ·...

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Cup
A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. Al...

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cup
A solid piece of cast-iron let into the step of the capstan, and in which the iron spindle at the he...

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Cup
The cups of the Jews, whether of metal or earthenware, were possibly borrowed, in point of shape and...

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shake-bag
A poor sneaking fellow; a man of no spirit: a term borrowed from the cock-pit. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
fair shake
A fair trade; a satisfactory bargain or exchange. A New England vulgarism. ...

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shake, to
To cast off fastenings, as ♦ To shake out a reef. To let out a reef, and enlarge the sail. ♦ To ...

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Acorn cup
·- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed. ...

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Cup-gall
·noun A kind of oak-leaf gall. ·see <<Gall>>. ...

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Cup-moss
·noun A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia. ...

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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose. ...

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Egg-cup
·noun A cup used for holding an egg, at table. ...

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Loving cup
·add. ·- A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand t...

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Monkey-cup
·noun ·see <<Nepenthes>>. ...

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Poison cup
·add. ·- A cup containing poison. II. Poison cup ·add. ·- A cup that was supposed to break on havin...

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Sneak-cup
·noun One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass. ...

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Cup-bearer
An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the...

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cup-shot
Drunk. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
stirrup cup
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave. ...

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butter-cup
The flower of the ranunculus ficarius. It seems to have obtained its name from a vulgar error, that ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
cup o'sneeze
a pinch of snuff. N. ...

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tell-tale shake
The shake of a rope from aloft to denote that it wants letting go. ...

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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Or " King's H...

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to shake a stick at
A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732). Also called "Cap and Fan Court." See Five Bell Court. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shake out, a reef, to
See let out, a reef, to ...

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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails. ...

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