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Green
·vt To make green.
II. Green ·vi To become or grow green.
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green
1) Doctor Green; i.e. grass: a physician, or rather medicine, found very successful in curing most d...
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green
Uncouth, raw, inexperienced, applied to persons, a metaphor derived from green or unripe fruit; vege...
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green
raw, not done enough. The same as REAR. North.
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green
Raw and untutored; a metaphor from unripe fruit thus Shakspeare makes Pandulph say:
"How green are...
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Grass
·vi To produce grass.
II. Grass ·noun The season of fresh grass; spring.
III. Grass ·vt To cover w...
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Grass
1) Heb. hatsir, ripe grass fit for mowing (1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Ps. 104:14). As the herbage rapi...
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grass
n.
In Australia, as elsewhere, the name Grass is sometimes given to plants which are not of thenatu...
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grass
A vulgar contraction of sparrow-grass, i. e. asparagus. Further than this the force of corruption ca...
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grass
A term applied to vegetables in general. (See feed of grass.)
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Bottle green
·- A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass.
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Brunswick green
·- An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed...
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Green-broom
·noun A plant of the genus Genista (G. tinctoria); dyer's weed;
— called also greenweed.
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Green-eyed
·adj Having green eyes.
II. Green-eyed ·adj Seeing everything through a medium which discolors or d...
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Green-leek
·noun An Australian parrakeet (Polytelis Barrabandi);
— called also the scarlet-breasted parrot.
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Green-stall
·noun A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
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Kendal green
·- ·Alt. of <<Kendal>>.
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Lincoln green
·- A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.
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Mitter's green
·- A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.
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Oyster-green
·noun A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, ...
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Pistachio green
·add. ·- A light yellowish green color resembling that of the pistachio nut.
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Putting green
·add. ·- The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole.
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Salt-green
·adj Sea-green in color.
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Scheele's green
·- ·see under <<Green>>.
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Sea green
·- The green color of sea water.
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Sea-green
·adj Of a beautiful bluish green color, like sea water on soundings.
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Green, Matthew
(1696-1737)
Poet, is known as the author of The Spleen, a lively and original poem in octosyllabic ...
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Green Acre
There was a house in Gracechurch Street so called (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 155).
Not further ident...
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Green Court
In Little Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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The Green Dragon
A messuage called the Green Dragon in parish of St. Martin Ludgate, 25 Eliz. 1582 (Lond. I. p.m. III...
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Green Gate
Messuage called the "Greene Gate" next Ledenhall and garden, etc., in parish of St. Andrew the Apost...
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Green Market
See Leadenhall.
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(The) Green Yard
See City Greenyard.
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green bag
An attorney: those gentlemen carry their clients' deeds in a green bag; and, it is said, when they h...
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green gown
To give a girl a green gown; to tumble her on the grass.
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green sickness
The disease of maids occasioned by celibacy.
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green(-)leek
n.
an Australian Parrakeet. See quotation.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. v. pl. 15:
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green lizard
n.
sometimes called the Spotted Green Lizard, a New Zealand reptile, Naultinus elegans, Gray.
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green oyster
n.
name given in Queensland to the sea-weed Ulva lactuca, Linn., N.O. Algae.From being frequently f...
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green-tops
n. Tasmanian name for the Orchid, Pterostylis pedunculata, R. Br.
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green-drake
the May-fly, of which trout are peculiarly fond. N.
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green-swerd
grass, turf. S.
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fidler's green
A sort of sensual Elysium, where sailors are represented as enjoying, for "a full due," those amenit...
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green-bone
The trivial name of the viviparous blenny, or guffer, the backbone of which is green when boiled; al...
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green-fish
Cod, hake, haddock, herrings, &c., unsalted.
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green-hands
Those embarked for the first time, and consequently inexperienced.
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green-horn
A lubberly, uninitiated fellow. A novice of marked gullibility.
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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...
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green sea
A large body of water shipped on a vessel's deck; it derives its name from the green colour of a she...
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green-slake
The sea-weed otherwise called lettuce-laver (which see).
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green turtle
The common name for the edible turtle, which does not yield tortoise-shell.
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sea-green
The colour which in ancient chivalry denoted inconstancy.
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Aleppo grass
·add. ·- One of the cultivated forms of Andropogon Halepensis (syn. Sorghum Halepense). ·see <<Andro...
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Alfa grass
·noun A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.
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Arrow grass
·noun An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as...
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Bent grass
·- ·same·as <<Bent>>, a kind of grass.
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Bermuda grass
·- A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a na...
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Blue grass
·- A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire...
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Brome grass
·- A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.
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Bunch grass
·- A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scab...
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Couch grass
·- ·see Quitch grass.
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Doob grass
·- A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, ...
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Doub grass
·- Doob grass.
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Flyaway grass
·add. ·- The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great...
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Gama grass
·- A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in...
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Grama grass
·- The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, ·esp. the Boutel...
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Grass tree
·- A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).
II. Grass tree ·- An Australian plant of the genu...
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Grass-grown
·adj Overgrown with grass; as, a grass-grown road.
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Guatemala grass
·- ·see <<Teosinte>>.
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Hair grass
·- A grass with very slender leaves or branches; as the Agrostis scabra, and several species of Aira...
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Hard grass
·- A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the spe...
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Hariali grass
·- The East Indian name of the Cynodon Dactylon; dog's-grass.
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Johnson grass
·- A tall perennial grass (Sorghum Halepense), valuable in the Southern and Western States for pastu...
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Lyme grass
·- A coarse perennial grass of several species of Elymus, ·esp. E. Canadensis, and the European E. a...
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Melic grass
·- A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance.
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Para grass
·add. ·- Piassaba fiber.
II. Para grass ·- A valuable pasture grass (Panicum barbinode) introduced ...
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Quack grass
·- ·see Quitch grass.
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Quitch grass
·- A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly ...
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Randall grass
·- The meadow fescue (Festuca elatior). ·see under <<Grass>>.
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Ray grass
·- A perennial European grass (Lolium perenne);
— called also rye grass, and red darnel. ·see <<Dar...
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Scutch grass
·- A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). ·see Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.
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Sea grass
·- <<Eelgrass>>.
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Sisal grass
·- ·Alt. of Sisal hemp.
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Squitch grass
·- Quitch grass.
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Timothy grass
·- A kind of grass (Phleum pratense) with long cylindrical spikes;
— called also herd's grass, in E...
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Tussac grass
·- Tussock grass.
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Twitch grass
·- ·see Quitch grass.
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Water grass
·add. ·- Manna grass.
II. Water grass ·add. ·- Velvet grass.
III. Water grass ·add. ·- The water c...
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bamboo-grass
n.
an Australian cane-like grass, Glyceria ramigera, F. v. M. ; also called CaneGrass. Largely used...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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barcoo-grass
n.
an Australian grass, Anthistiria membranacea, Lindl. One of the best pasturegrasses in Queenslan...
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bent-grass
. n.
See grass.
1835. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 65:
«Agrostis virginica. Virginian Agrosti...
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button-grass
n.
Schaenussphaerocephalus, Poiret, N.O. Cyperaceae. The grassis found covering barren boggy land i...
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cane-grass
n.
i.q. bamboo-grass (q.v.).
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cutting-grass
n.
Cladium psittacorum,Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae. It grows very long narrowblades whose thin rigid e...
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fibrous grass
n.
a Tasmanian grass(see Grass), Stipa semiibarbata, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae.
1862. W. Archer, `Pro...
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grass-bird
n.
In New Zealand, Sphenoeacus//sic. otherwhere Sphenaeacus GJC// punctatus, Gray, thesame as Fern-...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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grass-parrakeet
n.
a bird of the genus Euphema. The Australian species are – – Blue-winged Parrakeet Euphema aurant...
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grass-tree
n.
1) The name applied to treesof the genus Xanthorrhoea, N.O. Liliaceae, of whichthirteen species ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kangaroo-grass
n.
a name given to severalspecies of grasses of the genera Anthistiria and Andropogon, chiefly from...
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landsborough grass
n.
a valuable Queenslandfodder grass of a reddish colour, Anthistiriamembranacea, Lindl., N.O. Gram...
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manna-grass
See grass.
...
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mitchell-grass
n.
an Australian grass, Astrebla elymoides, A. triticoides, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. Two other spe...
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mulga-grass
n.
an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M.; also Neurachnemitchelliana, Nees. See also...
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nut-grass
n.
an Australian plant, Cyperus rotundus, Linn., N.O. Cyperaceae. The specific andthe vernacular na...
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oat-grass
n.
Anthistiria avenacea,F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae. A species of Kangaroo-Grass (q.v.). See also Gras...
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porcupine-grass
n.
the name given to certainspecies of Triodia, of which the more important are T. mitchelli, Benth...
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snow-grass
n.
Poa caespitosa,G. Forst., another name for Wiry grass (q.v.).See also Grass.
1875. Wood and Lap...
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spear-grass
n.
name given to several grasseswhose spear-like seeds spoil the wool of sheep, but which areyet ex...
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sugar-grass
n.
an Australian grass, Erianthus fulvus, Kunth., N.O. Gramineae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nati...
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sword-grass
n.
In New Zealand, Arundoconspicua; in Australia, Cladium psittacorum,Labill. It is not the same as...
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tolmer's grass
n.
a fibrous plant, Lepidosperma gladiatum, Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae,suitable for manufacture of pa...
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travellers' grass
i.q. settler's twine (q.v.).
...
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tussock-grass
n.
Tussock is an English wordfor a tuft of grass. From this a plant of the lily family, Lomandra lo...
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umbrella-grass
i.q. Native Millet, Panicumdecompositum, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae. See Millet. It is called Umbrella-g...
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wallaby-grass
n.
an Australian grass, Danthonia penicillata, F. v. M., N.O. Gramineae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Usef...
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wiry-grass
and Wiry-grass
See grass.
1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...
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wire-grass
and Wiry-grass
See grass.
1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...
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bent grass
(Genus, agrostis.) The popular name in the Northern States for a common grass, sometimes called red-...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buffalo grass
A species of short grass from two to four inches high, covering the boundless prairies on which the ...
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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
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eel-grass
(Zostera marina.) A plant thrown ashore in large quantities by the sea. It is also called Sea-wrack....
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guinea grass
A species of grass cultivated in the West Indies, used as fodder for horses.--Carmichael's W. Indies...
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sparrow grass
A vulgar pronunciation of asparagus both in England and America. Hence the celebrated charade by a c...
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timothy grass
(Phleum pratense.) The common name for the Herd's Grass; said to be derived from Timothy Hanson, one...
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toothache grass
(Lat. monocera aromatica.) A singular kind of grass which grows in Florida, with a naked stalk four ...
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goose-grass
goose-tansy, argentina, or auscrina. N.
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scrooby-grass
scurvy-grass. N.
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twitch-grass
a long and rank sort of grass. North.
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beach-grass
♦ Alga marina thrown up by the surf or tide.
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combers, grass
Men who volunteer from the plough-tail, and often prove valuable seamen.
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eel-grass
A name for the sea-wrack (Zostera marina); it is thrown ashore by the sea in large quantities.
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grass-combers
A galley-term for all those landsmen who enter the naval service from farming counties. Lord Exmouth...
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Green, John Richard
(1837-1883)
Historian, was the s. of a tradesman in Oxf., where he was ed., first at Magdalen Coll....
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Green, Thomas Hill
(1836-1882)
Philosopher, was b. at Birken Rectory, Yorkshire, and ed. at Rugby and Balliol Coll., O...
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Green Arbour Court
1) West out of Little Moorfields (Rev. of London, 1728-O.S. 1880). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
In ...
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Green Dragon Court
1) West out of St. Andrew's Hill at No. 11 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First menti...
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Green Dragon Inn
West out of Bishopsgate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-51).
Earliest ...
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Green Dragon Tavern
Vault under the Chapter House of St. Paul's let to keeper of Green Dragon Tavern on the other side o...
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Green Dragon Yard
On the south side of Long Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"Green Drago...
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Green Lettice Court
North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
In O. and M. 1677...
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Green Lettice Lane
The northern portion of Laurence Pountney Hill from Cannon Street to the church of St. Lawrence was ...
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Green Man Yard
West out of Coleman Street, a little south from London Wall (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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Green Nutters Lane
In Cannon Street (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of Lond. 1728).
Not named in the maps.
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Green School Court
South out of London Wall. In Cripplegate Ward Within (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is covere...
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Wood Green Court
South-east out of Harrow Alley, Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-O.S...
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green-tree ant
n.
common Queensland Ant.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 294:
«It was at the lowe...
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green tree-snake
n.
See under snake.
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green mountain state
The State of Vermont.
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shipping green seas
When heavy seas tumble over the gunwale either to windward or leeward; sometimes resulting from bad ...
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Blue-eyed grass
·- a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.
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Blue-grass State
·add. ·- The Sate of Kentucky;
— a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses ar...
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Dog's-tail grass
·noun A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is we...
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Water star grass
·- An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms.
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grass-leaved fern
n.
Vittaria elongata,Swartz, N.O. Filices.
1883. F. M. Bailey, `Synopsis of Queensland Flora,' p. ...
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meadow rice-grass
n.
See grass.
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porcupine-grass ant
n.
popular name given to Hypoclinea flavipes, Kirby, an ant making its nest roundthe root of the Po...
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rat-tail grass
n.
name given to – – (1) Ischaemum laxum, R. Br., N.O. Gramineae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Nati...
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roly-poly grass
or Roley-poley, n.
name given to Panicum macractinium, Benth., N.O. Gramineae; and also to Salsola ...
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woolly-headed grass
n.
an indigenousAustralian grass, Andropogon bombycinus, R. Br.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native...
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cat-tail grass
Herds grass, or timothy.
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feed of grass
A supply of any kind of vegetables.
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sea-wrack grass
♦ Zostera marina; used in Sweden and Holland for manuring land. At Yarmouth it is thrown on shore in...
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Everett-Green, Miss Evelyn
(b. 1856)
Novelist, etc. Last of the Dacres (1886), Dare Lorimer's Heritage (1892), French and Engl...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Green Arbour, Old Bailey
See Green Arbour Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Court, Coleman Street
See Basinghall Avenue.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Court, Old Jewry
See Green Dragon Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Coach Office
On the south side of Fleet Street at No. 56, east of Serjeants' Inn, in Farringdon Ward Without (Loc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Green Arbour Court
West out of Little Old Bailey, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-P.C. 1732).
The site is o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Arbour Court, Seething Lane
See Catherine Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Dragon Inn, Long Lane
See Green Dragon Yard, Long Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Church Yard, St. Katherine's Precinct
See St. Katherine's Churchyard, East Smithfield.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.