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Naked
·adj Mere; simple; plain.
II. Naked ·adj Having no means of defense or protection; open; unarmed; d...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Naked
This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Gen. 2:25; Job 1:21; Eccl. 5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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naked
State of a ship's bottom without sheathing. Also, a place without means of defence.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Mother
·noun An old woman or matron.
II. Mother ·noun Hysterical passion; hysteria.
III. Mother ·vi To be...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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mother
or the mother
A bawd. Mother abbess: the same. Mother midnight; a midwife. Mother in law's bit; a s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mother
The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is stron...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Eel-mother
·noun The <<Eelpout>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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pheasant's mother
n.
an old name of an Australian bird. See orthonyx.
1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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el-mother
a step-mother. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hoe-mother
, or homer.
The basking shark, Squalus maximus.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Naked Boy Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street, behind No.53, opposite Bread Street Hill (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Naked Boy Court
North out of Ludgate Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Horwood, 1799). Next the Seven S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mother-in-law
·noun The mother of one's husband or wife.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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mother cary's chicken
The stormy petrel, Procellaria pelagica.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother cary's goose
The name given by Captain Cook's people to an oceanic brown bird, Procellaria gigantea, which Pernet...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mother-of-pearl
The iridescent nacreous inner layer of several species of shells, especially the "pearl-oyster" (Mel...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Naked Boy Alley, Court
West out of Little Elbow Lane. In Vintry Ward (Rocque 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now occupied b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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mother of all saints
The Monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of all souls
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of st. patrick
The same. IRISH.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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mother of the maids
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Mary, Mother Of Mark
(Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, a...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary