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Swimming
·noun The act of one who swims.
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Free
·adv Freely; willingly.
II. Free ·adj To <<Frank>>.
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free
Free of fumblers hall; a saying of one who cannot get his wife with child.
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free
A vessel is said to be going free when the bowlines are slacked and the sheets eased; beyond this is...
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Fancy-free
·adj Free from the power of love.
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Free coinage
·add. ·- In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender ...
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Free silver
·add. ·- The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio wit...
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Free will
·- A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
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Free-denizen
·vt To make free.
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Free-hand
·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...
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Free-handed
·adj Open-handed; liberal.
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Free-hearted
·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth.
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Free-liver
·noun One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking....
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Free-living
·noun Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
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Free-love
·noun The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage.
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Free-lover
·noun One who believes in or practices free-love.
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Free-martin
·noun An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male.
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Free-milling
·adj Yielding free gold or silver;
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Free-minded
·adj Not perplexed; having a mind free from care.
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Free-soil
·adj Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery;
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Free-spoken
·adj Accustomed to speak without reserve.
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Free-tongued
·adj Speaking without reserve.
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Scot-free
·adj Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe.
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Shot-free
·adj Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
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Free-Bench
In the will of Anketin de Betteville occurs the expression "saving to Matilda his wife her free benc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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free booters
Lawless robbers and plunderers: originally soldiers who served without pay, for the privilege of plu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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free-select
v. to take up land under the LandLaws. See Free-selector. This composite verb, derivedfrom the noun,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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free-selection
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1) The process of selectingor choosing land under the Land Laws, or the right to choose.Abbrevia...
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free-selector
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(abbreviated often to Selector), one who takes up a block of Crown land underthe Land Laws and b...
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bilge-free
A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...
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free, to
♦ To free a prisoner. To restore him to liberty.
♦ To free a pump. To disengage or clear it.
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free-board
See plank-sheer.
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free port
Ports open to all comers free of entry-dues, as places of call, not delivery.
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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes.
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free trader
Ships trading formerly under license to India independent of the old East India Company's charter. A...
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going free
When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam.
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wreck-free
Is to be exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels: a privilege which Edward I. gr...
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Free-will offering
A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in c...
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Metropolitan Free Hospital
On the east side of Devonshire Square (O.S. 1880). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
The site was former...
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free and easy johns
A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry.
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queen anne's free gift
A sum of money formerly granted to surgeons annually, in addition to their monthly twopences from ea...
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bung-up and bilge-free
A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds.
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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