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Spoon
·noun Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.
II. Spoon ·vi ·see <<Spoom>>.
III. Spoon ·vt To take up in, or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Heart
·noun Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
II. Heart ·noun Vital part; secret meaning; real intenti...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Heart
According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the opera...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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heart
A block of wood forming a peculiar sort of triangular dead-eye, somewhat resembling the shape of a h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Spoon-billed
·adj Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
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Spoon-meat
·noun Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food.
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spoon hand
The right hand.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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wooden spoon
(Cambridge.) The last junior optime.
See wranglers, optime.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spoon-drift
A showery sprinkling of the water swept from the tops of the waves in a brisk gale. Driving snow is ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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spoon-ways
In slave-ships, stowing the poor wretches so closely locked together, that it is difficult to move w...
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False-heart
·adj False-hearted.
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Heart-eating
·adj Preying on the heart.
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Heart-robbing
·adj Depriving of thought; ecstatic.
II. Heart-robbing ·adj Stealing the heart or affections; winni...
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Heart-whole
·adj Of a single and sincere heart.
II. Heart-whole ·adj With unbroken courage; undismayed.
III. H...
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Heart-wounded
·adj Wounded to the heart with love or grief.
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Lion-heart
·noun A very brave person.
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Pseudo-heart
·noun Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially...
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White-heart
·noun A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
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Heart Street
See Hart Street, Cripplegate.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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sweet heart
A term applicable to either the masculine or feminine gender, signifying a girl's lover, or a man's ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bleeding-heart
n.
another name for the kennedya (q.v.).
1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53:
«The trailing sc...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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heart-pea
n.
i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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pea, heart
n.
i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bowsprit-heart
The heart or block of wood used to secure the lower end of the fore-stay, through which the inner en...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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heart-yarns
The centre yarns of a strand. Also, the heart-yarn or centre, on which four-stranded rope is formed....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bleeding Heart Yard
In Fetter Lane (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Golden Heart Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 83 (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward.
First mention: Lockie,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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wa-ist heart
I woe is me! N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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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...
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