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Diver
·noun One who, or that which, dives.
II. Diver ·noun Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, stud...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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diver
A pickpocket; also one who lives in a cellar.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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diver
n.
common bird-name used in Australiafor a species of Grebe.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,'...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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diver
One versed in the art of descending under water to considerable depths and abiding there a competent...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hell
·vt A gambling house.
II. Hell ·vt To <<Overwhelm>>.
III. Hell ·vt A place where outcast persons o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell
Derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hell
A taylor's repository for his stolen goods, called cabbage: see CABBAGE. Little hell; a small dark c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hell
In the Old Testament this is the word generally and unfortunately used by our translators to render ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Devil-diver
·noun ·Alt. of Devil bird.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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rum diver
A dextrous pickpocket. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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top diver
A lover of women. An old top diver; one who has loved old hat in his time.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dun-diver
A name for the goosander (Mergus merganser) in immature plumage.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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northern diver
The Colymbus glacialis, a large diving-bird.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hell-cat
·noun A witch; a hag.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hell-haunted
·adj Haunted by devils; hellish.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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floating hell
The hulks.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell cat
A termagant, a vixen, a furious scolding woman.
See termagant and vixen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell hound
A wicked abandoned fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell-afloat
A vessel with a bad name for tyranny.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hell-born babe
A lewd graceless youth, one naturally of a wicked disposition.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell fire dick
The Cambridge driver of the Telegraph. The favorite companion of the University fashionables, and th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose