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Gall
·noun The gall bladder.
II. Gall ·noun Impudence; brazen assurance.
III. Gall ·noun A wound in the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Gall
(1) Heb. mererah, meaning "bitterness" (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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gall
His gall is not yet broken; a saying used in prisons of a man just brought in, who appears dejected....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gall
Mereerah, denoting "that which is bitter;" hence the term is applied to the "bile" or "gall" (the fl...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Cup
·vt To supply with cups of wine.
II. Cup ·noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
III. Cup ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup
A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. Al...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cup
The cups of the Jews, whether of metal or earthenware, were possibly borrowed, in point of shape and...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Water gall
·- A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout.
II. Water gall ·- A watery appearan...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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gall-wind
See wind-gall.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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water-gall
A name of the wind-gall (which see). Shakspeare, in the Rape of Lucrece, uses the term thus:
"And ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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weather-gall
"A weather-gall at morn,
Fine weather all gone."
(See wind-gall.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wind-gall
A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Acorn cup
·- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup shake
·add. ·- A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-moss
·noun A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Egg-cup
·noun A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Loving cup
·add. ·- A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Monkey-cup
·noun ·see <<Nepenthes>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poison cup
·add. ·- A cup containing poison.
II. Poison cup ·add. ·- A cup that was supposed to break on havin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sneak-cup
·noun One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-bearer
An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stirrup cup
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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.
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cup o'sneeze
a pinch of snuff. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732).
Also called "Cap and Fan Court."
See Five Bell Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose