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Fool
·vt To <<Infatuate>>; to make foolish.
II. Fool ·noun One who acts contrary to moral and religious ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fool
A fool at the end of a stick; a fool at one end, and a maggot at the other; gibes on an angler.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fool
"He's no fool on a march," a phrase meaning that such a person is equal to what he undertakes.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Born
·p.p. of <<Bear>>.
II. Born ·vt Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fool-happy
·adj Lucky, without judgment or contrivance.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fool-hasty
·adj Foolishly hasty.
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Fool-large
·adj Foolishly liberal.
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Fool-largesse
·noun Foolish expenditure; waste.
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april fool
Any one imposed on, or sent on a bootless errand, on the first of April; which day it is the custom ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fool finder
A bailiff.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fool-fish
(Genus, monocanthus. Cuvier.) The popular name of the long-finned file-fish. "Our fishermen apply to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fool-fish
A name of the long-finned file-fish, and so called from its apparently whimsical manner of swimming....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sea-born
·adj Born at sea.
II. Sea-born ·adj Born of the sea; produced by the sea.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sigh-born
·adj Sorrowful; mournful.
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True-born
·adj Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.
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Well-born
·adj Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
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First-born
Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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born days
One's life-time ever since one was born; a vulgar expression used in various parts of the country. I...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hell-born babe
A lewd graceless youth, one naturally of a wicked disposition.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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First-born, Redemption of
From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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First-born, Sanctification of the
A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the f...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth.
Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says
She was one of th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened.
I just puts my finger to my nose, and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose