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baro
bāro, ōnis m. [kindr. with bardus, q. v.; cf. also Varro, varo], a simpleton , blockhead , dunce ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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baro
bārō ōnis, m a simpleton, blockhead.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Knight
·noun A champion; a partisan; a lover.
II. Knight ·noun A young servant or follower; a military att...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Net
·adj Without spot; pure; shining.
II. Net ·vt To inclose or cover with a net; as, to net a tree.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Net
In use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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net
In commerce, is the weight of a commodity alone, without the package.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ale-knight
·noun A pot companion.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight bachelor
·- A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight banneret
·- A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight marshal
·- An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight service
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Knight's service.
II. Knight service ·- A tenure of lands held by knights on cond...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight Templar
·- ·see <<Commandery>>, ·noun, 3, and also Templar, ·noun, 1 and 3.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight-errant
·noun A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiti...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight-errantries
·pl of Knight-errantry.
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Knight-errantry
·noun The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventure...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight-errants
·pl of Knight-errant.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight, Charles
(1791-1873)
Publisher and writer, b. at Windsor, where his f.. was a bookseller. After serving his ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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carpet-knight
A man who obtains knighthood on a pretence for services in which he never participated.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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knight-heads
Two large oak timbers, one on each side of the stem, rising up sufficiently above it to support the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lance-knight
A foot-soldier of old.
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Bag net
·- A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow net
·- A net for catching birds.
II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bramble net
·- A net to catch birds.
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Day-net
·noun A net for catching small birds.
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Net-veined
·adj Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net-veined wing or leaf.
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Tuck-net
·noun ·see <<Tuck>>, ·noun, 2.
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kangaroo-net
n.
net made by the natives tocatch the kangaroo.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 45...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mosquito net
A net or curtain, which, in the Southern States and in the West Indies, is placed over the bed to pr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cleaching net
A hand-net with a hoop and bar, used by fishermen on the banks of the Severn.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dipping-net
A small net used for taking shad and other fish out of the water.
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drag-net
A trawl or net to draw on the bottom for flat-fish.
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draw-net
Erroneously used for drag-net.
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drift-net
A large net, with meshes of one inch, used in the pilchard fishery in August; also, for herrings and...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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gaff-net
A peculiar net for fishing.
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halve-net
A standing net used in the north to prevent fishes from returning with the falling tide.
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harry-net
A net with such small meshes, and so formed, as to take even the young and small fish.
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kettle-net
A net used in taking mackerel.
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mosquito net
A light curtain spread over a cot or bed in warm climates, to protect the sleeper from mosquitoes.
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purse-net
A peculiar landing-net in fishing. It is used in the seine and trawl to bewilder the fish, and preve...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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raise-net
A kind of staked net on our northern shores, so called from rising and falling with the tide.
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shackle-net
The northern term for flue-net.
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sheen-net
A large drag-net.
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shot-net
A mackerel-net.
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spake-net
A peculiar net for catching crabs.
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Knight-er-ratic
·adj Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knight, Henry Gally
(1786-1846)
A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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ban-net tree
a walnut-tree. Glo.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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net and coble
The means by which sasses or flood-gates are allowed in fishings on navigable rivers.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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knight of the blade
A bully.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the post
A false evidence, one that is ready to swear any thing for hire.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the rainbow
A footman: from the variety of colours in the liveries and trimming of gentlemen of that cloth.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the road
A highwayman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the sheers
A taylor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the thimble
A taylor or stay-maker.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the whip
A coachman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight of the trencher
A great eater.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knight and barrow pig
more hog than gentleman. A saying of any low pretender to precedency.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose