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Mar
·noun A small lake. ·see <<Mere>>. II. Mar ·v To <<Spoil>>; to <<Ruin>>. III. Mar ·noun A mark or ...

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mar
to spoil. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
mar
Latin mare, the sea: a prefix, as Margate, the sea-way, &c. ...

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Text
·vt To write in large characters, as in text hand. II. Text ·noun The four Gospels, by way of disti...

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Text hand
·add. ·- A large hand in writing; — so called because it was the practice to write the text of a bo...

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Text-book
·noun A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes. II. Text-book ·noun A volu...

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Text-hand
·noun A large hand in writing; — so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book ...

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puzzle-text
An ignorant blundering parson. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
tickle text
A parson. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
beech-le-mar
(Fr. biche de mer.) A kind of slug taken on the coast of some of the South sea islands, where it is ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.