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forty-spot
n. name for a bird,a Pardalote (q.v.). Pardalote itself meansspotted «like the pard.» See also Diam...

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Forty
·adj Four times ten; thirty-nine and one more. II. Forty ·noun The sum of four tens; forty units or...

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Spot
·vi To become stained with spots. II. Spot ·add. ·adj Lit., being on the spot, or place;. III. Spo...

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Eye-spot
·noun An eyelike spot of color. II. Eye-spot ·noun A simple visual organ found in many invertebrate...

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Forty-niner
·add. ·noun One of those who went to California in the rush for gold in 1849; an <<Argonaut>>. ...

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Spot cash
·add. ·- Cash paid or ready for payment at once upon delivery of property purchased. ...

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Spot stroke
·add. ·- The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave t...

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forty-legs
n. name given to a millipede, Cermatia smithii. ...

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forty-thieves
A name given to forty line-of-battle ships ordered by the Admiralty at one fell swoop, to be built b...

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