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Five
·adj Four and one added; one more than four.
II. Five ·noun A symbol representing this number, as 5...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf
·vi To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to <<Leave>>; as, the trees leaf in May.
II. Leaf ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf
Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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leaf
To go off with the fall of the leaf; to be hanged: criminals in Dublin being turned off from the out...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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leaf
The side of a lock-gate.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Five-finger
·noun ·see <<Cinquefoil>>.
II. Five-finger ·noun A starfish with five rays, ·esp. Asterias rubens.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Five-leafed
·adj ·Alt. of Five-leaved.
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Five-leaved
·adj Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
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Five-twenties
·noun ·pl Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '6...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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High five
·add. ·- ·see Cinch (the game).
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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five shillings
The sign of five shillings, i.e. the crown. Fifteen shillings; the sign of the three crowns.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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five-corners
n.
name given to the fruit of anAustralian tree and to the tree itself, Syphelia triflora,Andr., N....
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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five-fingers
The name given to the Asterias, or star-fish, found on our shore. Cocker in 1724 describes it thus: ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bay leaf
·- ·see under 3d Bay.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf-footed
·adj Having leaflike expansions on the legs;
— said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Le...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf-nosed
·noun Having a leaflike membrane on the nose;
— said of certain bats, ·esp. of the genera Phyllosto...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Lion's leaf
·- A South European plant of the genus Leontice (L. leontopetalum), the tuberous roots of which cont...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Strip-leaf
·noun Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
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Sumatra leaf
·add. ·- A thin, elastic, uniformly light-colored tobacco leaf, raised in Sumatra and extensively us...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Leaf, Walter
Litt.D.
(b. 1852)
Scholar and translator. The Iliad of Homer translated into English Prose (with A...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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bitter-leaf
n.
a Tasmanian name for the Native Hop. See hops and hop-bush.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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broad-leaf
n.
a settlers' name for Griselinia littoralis, Raoul; Maori name, Paukatea.
1879. W. N. Blair, `Bu...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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flax-leaf
n.
the blade of the New ZealandFlax (q.v.).
1884. T. Bracken, `Lays of Maori' p. 69:
«Zephyrs sti...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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jelly-leaf
n.
i.q. Queensland hemp (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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leaf-insect
n.
See phasmid.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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walking-leaf
n.
See phasmid.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Leaf, Leaves
The word occurs in the Authorized Version either in singular or plural number in three different sen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Five Bell Alley
In Little Moorfields (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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Five Bell Court
Out of Leadenhall Street, in Aldgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Also called "Cup and Fan Court."...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Five Foot Lane
1) See Fye Foot Lane.
2) Out of Bread Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Qy. = Fye Foot Lane (q.v.).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Five Inkhorn Court
West out of Middlesex Street, south of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746).
Site occupied...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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five-share men
In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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silver-leaf boree
n.
i.q. boree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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sign of the: five shillings
The crown. TEN SHILLINGS. The two crowns. FIFTEEN SHILLINGS. The three crowns.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Five Foot Court, Old Fish Street Hill
See Five Foot Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.