Morning-glory

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• Glory

  ·noun Pride; boastfulness; arrogance. II. Glory ·noun To <<Boast>>; to be proud. III. Glory ·noun ...

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• Glory

  (Heb. kabhod; Gr. doxa). 1) Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honour (Ps. 49:12); glory (Gen. ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Morning

  ·adj Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day; being in the early part of the day; as, ...

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• glory pea

  See glory flower i.q. clianthus (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• glory flower

  or Glory Pea ,i.q. clianthus (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pea, glory

  n. another namefor the Clianthus (q.v.). ...

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• Yester-morning

  ·noun The morning of yesterday. ...

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• Star, Morning

  A name figuratively given to Christ (Rev. 22:16; comp. 2 Pet. 1:19). When Christ promises that he wi...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• morning drop

  The gallows. He napped the king's pardon and escaped the morning drop; he was pardoned, and was not ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• morning gun

  The gun fired from the admiral's or senior officer's ship, to announce day-break, which is answered ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• morning star

  An offensive weapon of the mediæval times, consisting of a staff, to which was attached an iron ball...

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• morning watch

  Those of the crew on watch from 4 to 8 A.M. ...

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• cob-web morning

  a misty morning. Norf. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• grey of the morning

  twilight, from day-break to clear light. S. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• pride of the morning

  A misty dew at sunrise; a light shower; the end of the land breeze followed by a dead calm in the tr...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.

  Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose