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Fowl
·noun Any bird; ·esp., any large edible bird. II. Fowl ·vi To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or ...

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Fowl
Several distinct Hebrew and Greek words are thus rendered in the English Bible. Of these the most co...

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Game
·noun Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. II. Game ·noun To play at any sport or diversion. III. Game ·...

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game
1) Any mode of robbing. The toby is now a queer game; to rob on the highway is now a bad mode of act...

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Cochin fowl
·- A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam). ...

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Dorking fowl
·- One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There ar...

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Sea fowl
·- Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all ...

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mallee-fowl
n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). ...

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scrub-fowl
n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

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gair-fowl
A name of the great auk, Alca impennis. (See auk.) ...

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Badger game
·add. ·- The method of blackmailing by decoying a person into a compromising situation and extorting...

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Consolation game
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Consolation race. ...

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Make-game
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt. ...

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Match game
·add. ·- A game arranged as a test of superiority; also, one of a series of such games. ...

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Vantage game
·add. ·- The first game after the set is deuce. ·see <<Set>>, ·noun, 9. ...

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die game
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...

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game leg
A lame leg. A term not peculiar to America. ...

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game-leg
a lame leg. N. ...

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game-leg
A lame limb, but not so bad as to unfit for duty. ...

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barn-door fowl
The common fowl; also so called in Scotland.--Jamieson. Never had there been such slauthering of ca...

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