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Mother
·noun An old woman or matron.
II. Mother ·noun Hysterical passion; hysteria.
III. Mother ·vi To be...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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mother
or the mother
A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mother
The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is stron...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Eel
·noun An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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eel
n.
The kinds present in Australia are – – Common Eel – – Anguilla australis, Richards.
♣ Conger E....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eel
A well-known fish (Anguilla vulgaris), of elongated form, common in rivers and estuaries, and esteem...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mother-naked
·adj Naked as when born.
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pheasant's mother
n.
an old name of an Australian bird. See orthonyx.
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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el-mother
a step-mother. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hoe-mother
, or homer.
The basking shark, Squalus maximus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Lamper eel
·- ·see <<Lamprey>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea eel
·- The conger eel.
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eel-fish
n.
Plotosus tandanus,Mitchell. Called also Catfish (q.v.), and Tandan (q.v.).
1838. T. L. Mitchell...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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eel-grass
(Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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eel-spear
A sort of trident for catching eels.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lamper-eel
The lamprey. A common name for lampreys in New England. It is provincial in England and Scotland.--F...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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e'el-thing
i. e. ill-thing ; St. Anthony's fire. Ex.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cold-eel
The Gymnotus electricus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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eel-fares
A fry or brood of eels.
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eel-grass
A name for the sea-wrack (Zostera marina); it is thrown ashore by the sea in large quantities.
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eel-pout
A name for the burbot (Molva lota), a fresh-water fish.
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eel-skuyt
See dutch eel-skuyt.
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eel-spear
A sort of trident with ten points for catching eels, called in Lincolnshire an eel-stang.
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eve-eel
A northern name for the conger; from the Danish hav-aal, or sea-eel.
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lamper-eel
A common corruption of lamprey.
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ramper-eel
A name of the lamprey, Petromyzon marinus.
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salt-eel
A rope's-end cut from the piece for starting the homo delinquens.
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sea-eel
The conger (which see).
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spanker-eel
A northern term for the lamprey.
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Mother-in-law
·noun The mother of one's husband or wife.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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mother cary's chicken
The stormy petrel, Procellaria pelagica.
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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother-of-pearl
The iridescent nacreous inner layer of several species of shells, especially the "pearl-oyster" (Mel...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dutch eel-skuyt
A flat-bottomed somewhat cutter-rigged sea-boat, carrying lee-boards, fitted with two water-tight bu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of st. patrick
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of the maids
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mary, Mother Of Mark
(Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary