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Hearted
·adj Shaped like a heart; cordate.
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Dog
·noun A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
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Dog
Frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch fo...
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dog
An old dog at it; expert or accustomed to any thing. Dog in a manger; one who would prevent another ...
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to dog
To hunt as a dog, insidiously and indefatigably.--Johnson.
I have been pursued, dogged, and way-lai...
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dog
The hammer of a fire-lock or pistol; that which holds the flint, called also dog-head. Also, a sort ...
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Dog
an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses,...
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Black-hearted
·adj Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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Broken-hearted
·adj Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
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Chicken-hearted
·adj Timid; fearful; cowardly.
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Cold-hearted
·adj Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent.
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Dead-hearted
·adj Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
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Earthen-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.
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False-hearted
·adj Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious.
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Flint-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted.
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Free-hearted
·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.
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Full-hearted
·adj Full of courage or confidence.
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Gentle-hearted
·adj Having a kind or gentle disposition.
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Great-hearted
·adj High-spirited; fearless.
II. Great-hearted ·adj Generous; magnanimous; noble.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
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Hard-hearted
·adj Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
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Hare-hearted
·adj Timorous; timid; easily frightened.
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Hen-hearted
·adj Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted.
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High-hearted
·adj Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled.
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Hollow-hearted
·adj Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
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Iron-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master.
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Kind-hearted
·adj Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-heart...
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Large-hearted
·adj Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
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Light-hearted
·adj Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
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Lion-hearted
·adj Very brave; brave and magnanimous.
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Open-hearted
·adj Candid; frank; generous.
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Pigeon-hearted
·adj Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
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Plain-hearted
·adj Frank; sincere; artless.
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Public-hearted
·adj Public-spirited.
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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition.
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Shallow-hearted
·adj Incapable of deep feeling.
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Simple-hearted
·adj Sincere; inguenuous; guileless.
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Single-hearted
·adj Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
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Soft-hearted
·adj Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; ...
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Stiff-hearted
·adj Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
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Stone-hearted
·adj Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
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Stout-hearted
·adj Having a brave heart; courageous.
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Tender-hearted
·adj Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensi...
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True-hearted
·adj Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend.
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Warm-hearted
·adj Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
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Weak-hearted
·adj Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.
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Wise-hearted
·adj Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent.
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chicken-hearted
Fearful, cowardly.
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hen-hearted
Cowardly.
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Curtail dog
·- A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the fo...
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Dog bee
·- A male or drone bee.
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Dog day
·- ·Alt. of <<Dogday>>.
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Dog days
·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...
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Dog fancier
·- One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
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Dog Star
·- Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in th...
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Dog-brier
·noun The dog-rose.
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Dog-eared
·adj Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage;
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Dog-fox
·noun A male fox. ·see the Note under Dog, ·noun, 6.
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
— said of certain baboons.
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Dog-legged
·adj Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform ...
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Dog-rose
·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
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Dog-weary
·adj Extremely weary.
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Red dog
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Red-dog flour.
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Sea dog
·- The common seal.
II. Sea dog ·- An old sailor; a salt.
III. Sea dog ·- The <<Dogfish>>.
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Skittle-dog
·noun The piked dogfish.
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Spitz dog
·- A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white;
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Water dog
·- The <<Menobranchus>>.
II. Water dog ·- A sailor, ·esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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dog booby
An awkward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow.
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butcher's dog
To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to m...
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dog buffers
Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed the remaining dogs ...
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dog latin
Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings.
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dog vane
A cockade.
SEA TERM.
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hunt's dog
He is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to church nor stay at home. One Hunt, a labouring man at a sm...
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jolly dog
A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to b...
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sad dog
A wicked debauched fellow; one of the ancient family of the sad dogs. Swift translates it into Latin...
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salesman's dog
A barker. Vide BARKER.
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dog-fish
n.
The name belongs to variousfishes of distinct families, chiefly sharks. In Australia,it is used ...
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kangaroo-dog
n.
a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo.
1806. `History of ...
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native dog
n.
Another name for the dingo (q.v.).
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
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wild dog
n.
i.q. dingo (q.v.).
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dog cheap
Anything exceedingly cheap; or, as Dr. Johnson says, as cheap as dog's meat.
Good store of harlots,...
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dog sick
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
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prairie-dog
(Aretomys ludovicianus.) Called by the Indians Wistonwish. A variety of the marmot. It has received ...
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dog-whipper
a church beadle. North,
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long dog
a greyhound. Derb.
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angle-dog
, or angle-twitch
A large earth-worm, sought for bait.
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bull-dog
, or muzzled bull-dog
The great gun which stands "housed" in the officer's ward-room cabin. Genera...
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dog-bolt
A cap square bolt.
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dog-drave
A kind of sea-fish mentioned in early charters.
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dog-fish
A name commonly applied to several small species of the shark family.
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dog-shores
Two long square blocks of timber, resting diagonally with their heads to the cleats. They are placed...
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dog-sleep
The uncomfortable fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
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dog-stopper
Put on before all to enable the men to bit the cable, sometimes to fleet the messenger.
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dog-tongue
A name assigned to a kind of sole.
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dog-vane
A small vane made of thread, cork, and feathers, or buntin, fastened on the end of a half-pike, and ...
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dog-watch
The half-watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6, and from 6 to 8, in the evening. By this arrangemen...
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raft-dog
A broad flat piece of iron, having a sharp point at each end, with the extremities bent at right ang...
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sea-dog
A name of the common seal.
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water-dog
See water-gall.
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Red-dog flour
·add. ·- The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured ...
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Black Dog Alley
1) In East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Dog Tavern Court
See Dog Tavern Yard.
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Dog Tavern Yard
North out of Thames Street. In Billingsgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former names : "Dog Taver...
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noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors.
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bull-dog ant
n.
(frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant)
an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-dog shark
i.q. bull-head1 (q.v.).
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
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muzzled bull-dog
See bull-dog
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dog-bitch-thimble
An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...
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Shepheard and Dog Alley, Shepherd and Dog Alley
See Red Lyon Yard, Houndsditch.
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Dog and Bear Inn
See Carpenter's Buildings.
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dog in a doublet
A daring, resolute fellow. In Germany and Flanders the boldest dogs used to hunt the boar, having a ...
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old dog at it
Expert, accustomed.
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
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dirty dog and no sailor
or soldier.
A mean, spiritless, and utterly useless rascal.
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