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ducks
The general name for a sailor's dress in warm climates. Also, the military English of Bombay. See al...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Meat
·vt To supply with food.
II. Meat ·noun Specifically, dinner; the chief meal.
III. Meat ·noun The ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Meat
It does not appear that the word "meat" is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of eit...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Duck's-bill
·adj Having the form of a duck's bill.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Duck's-foot
·noun The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Duck's Court
West out of Castle Yard, and south to Cursitor's Alley. A small portion only in Farringdon Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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jemmy ducks
The ship's poulterer. A sobriquet which has universally obtained in a man-of-war.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Baked-meat
·noun A pie; baked food.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mince-meat
·noun Minced meat; meat chopped very fine; a mixture of boiled meat, suet, apples, ·etc., chopped ve...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Spoon-meat
·noun Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Meat-offering
(Heb. minhah), originally a gift of any kind. This Hebrew word came latterly to denote an "unbloody"...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cold meat
A dead wife is the beat cold meat in a man's house.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jerked meat
Beef and other kinds of fresh meat dried in the open air without salt. In Lower Canada and Newfoundl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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making meat
on the great Western prairies, consists in cutting into thin slices the boneless parts of the buffal...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dish-meat
spoon-meat. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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trig-meat
A western term for any kind of shell-fish picked up at low water.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Meat Offering
The law or ceremonial of the meat offering is described in (Leviticus 2:1) ... and Levi 6:14-23 It w...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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ducks and drakes
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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preserved meat and vegetables
The occasional use of such food and lime-juice at sea, is not only a great luxury, but in many cases...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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savage as a meat axe
Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States.
"Why, you ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.