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Monkey
·noun Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
II. Monkey ·noun A small trading vessel of the ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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monkey
To suck the monkey; to suck or draw wine, or any other liquor, privately out of a cask, by means of ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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monkey
A machine composed of a long pig of iron, traversing in a groove, which is raised by a pulley, and l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cup
·vt To supply with cups of wine.
II. Cup ·noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.
III. Cup ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup
A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. Al...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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cup
A solid piece of cast-iron let into the step of the capstan, and in which the iron spindle at the he...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cup
The cups of the Jews, whether of metal or earthenware, were possibly borrowed, in point of shape and...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Monkey-bread
·noun The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. ·see <<Adansonia>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Monkey-pot
·noun The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for thei...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water monkey
·add. ·- A jar or bottle, as of porous earthenware, in which water is cooled by evaporation.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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powder monkey
A boy on board a ship of war, whose business is to fetch powder from the magazine.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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monkey-bear
or Monkey
n.
i.q. Native Bear. See Bear.
1853. C. St. Julian and E. K. Silvester, `TheProductions...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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monkey-shaft
n.
«A shaft rising from a lowerto a higher level (as a rule perpendicularly), and differingfrom a b...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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monkey-block
A small single block strapped with a swivel. Also, those nailed on the topsail-yards of some merchan...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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monkey-boat
A half-decked boat above-bridge on the Thames.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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monkey-jacket
A warm jacket for night-watches, &c.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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monkey-pump
Straws or quills for sucking the liquid from a cask, through a gimlet-hole made for the purpose a pr...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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monkey-spars
Reduced masts and yards for a vessel devoted to the instruction and exercise of boys.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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monkey-tail
A lever for training a carronade.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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powder-monkey
Formerly the boy of the gun, who had charge of the cartridge; now powder-man.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Acorn cup
·- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup shake
·add. ·- A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-gall
·noun A kind of oak-leaf gall. ·see <<Gall>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-moss
·noun A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Egg-cup
·noun A cup used for holding an egg, at table.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Loving cup
·add. ·- A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poison cup
·add. ·- A cup containing poison.
II. Poison cup ·add. ·- A cup that was supposed to break on havin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sneak-cup
·noun One who sneaks from his cups; one who balks his glass.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cup-bearer
An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stirrup cup
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butter-cup
The flower of the ranunculus ficarius. It seems to have obtained its name from a vulgar error, that ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cup o'sneeze
a pinch of snuff. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bleeding the monkey
The monkey is a tall pyramidal kid or bucket, which conveys the grog from the grog-tub to the mess s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
Or " King's H...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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suck the monkey, to
To rob the grog-can. (See monkey.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732).
Also called "Cap and Fan Court."
See Five Bell Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose