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Dove
·- of <<Dive>>.
II. Dove ·noun A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
III. Dove...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dove
In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dove
n.
a well-known English bird-name,applied in Australia to the – – Barred-shouldered Dove – – Geopel...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dove
Dived. Very common among seamen.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Dove
The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove's rapidity of flight is alluded to in (Psal...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Plant
·noun The sole of the foot.
II. Plant ·noun A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
III. Plant ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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plant
The place in the house of the fence where stolen goods are secreted. Any place where stolen goods ar...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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plant
v. tr. and n.
common in Australiafor to hide, and for the thing hidden away. As remarkedin the quot...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant
A stock of tools, &c. Also, the fixtures, machinery, &c., required to carry on a business.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dove-eyed
·adj Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea dove
·- The little auk, or rotche. ·see ·Illust. of Rotche.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dove Court
1) East out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dove-tail
A species of regular answer, which fits into the subject, like the contrivance whence it takes its n...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dove-petrel
n.
a well-known English bird-name.The species in the-Southern Seas are – – Prion turtur, Smith.
♣ ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ground-dove
n.
1) Tasmanian namefor the Spotted Ground-bird (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dove-tail
The fastening or letting in of one timber into another by a dove-tailed end and score, so that they ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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greenland dove
The puffinet; called scraber in the Hebrides; about the size of a pigeon.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Air plant
·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flax-plant
·noun A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Host plant
·add. ·- A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-cane
·noun A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Plant-eating
·adj Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Telegraph plant
·add. ·- An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water plant
·- A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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butterfly-plant
n.
a small flowering plant, Utricularia dichotoma, Lab., N.O. Leutibularina.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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caustic-plant
or Caustic-Vine
,n.
Sarcostemma australis, R. Br., N.O.Asclepiadea. Cattle and sheep are poisoned ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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coffee plant
or Coffee Berry
n.
namegiven in Tasmania to the Tasmanian Native Holly (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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guitar plant
a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatiatinctoria, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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honey-plant
n.
name given in Tasmania to Richea scoparia Hook., N.O. Epacris.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ink-plant
n.
another name for the «toot,» a New Zealand shrub, Coriaria thymifolia, N.O.Coriarieae. Called In...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jelly-plant
a sea-weed, Eucheuma speciosum,J. Agardh, N.O. Algae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-plant
n.
i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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officer plant
n.
another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pea-plant
n.
The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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plant-caterpillar
n.
name given in Australasiato species of caterpillars which are attacked by spores ofcertain fungi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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trigger-plant
n.
i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Turtle, Turtle-dove
Its peculiar peaceful and gentle habit its often referred to in Scripture. A pair was offered in sac...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Four Dove Court
1) Out of Noble Street, Foster Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) West...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Dove Court
In St. Martin le Grand (W. Stow, 1722). Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dove-tail plates
Metal plates resembling dove-tails in form, let into the heel of the stern-post and the keel, to bin...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bird-catching plant
n.
a New Zealand shrub ortree, Pisonia brunoniana, Endl., N.O. Nyctagineae; Maori name, Parapara.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dove Court, Pavement, Moorfields
West out of the Pavement at No. 5 four doors south from Ropemakers Street. In Coleman Street Ward (L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.