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nine-killer
The popular name of the Northern Butcher-bird (lanius) of ornithologists. In Canada and the Eastern ...

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Killer
·noun One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills. II. Killer ·noun A voracious, toothe...

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killer
A name for the grampus, Orca gladiator, given on account of the ferocity with which it attacks and d...

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Nine
·noun A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix. II. Nine ·adj Eight and one more; one less than...

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Lady-killer
·noun A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. ...

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Mule killer
·add. ·- A wheel bug. II. Mule killer ·add. ·- A whip scorpion. III. Mule killer ·add. ·- A walkin...

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Nine-bark
·noun A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern Unit...

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Nine-eyes
·noun The <<Lamprey>>. ...

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Nine Gardens
On the north-east side of Tower Hill, near the boundary of the Tower Liberty (Haiward and Gascoigne'...

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nine lives
Cats are said to have nine lives, and women ten cats lives. ...

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nine-pin block
A block in that form, mostly used for a fair-leader under the cross-pieces of the forecastle and qua...

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Cat o' nine tails
·- ·see under <<Cat>>. ...

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cat of nine tails
A scourge composed of nine strings of whip-cord, each string having nine knots. ...

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cat o' nine tails
An instrument of punishment used on board ships in the navy; it is commonly of nine pieces of line o...

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