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Brown
·vi To become brown.
II. Brown ·vt To make brown or dusky.
III. Brown ·vt To make brown by scorchi...
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Nut
·vi To gather nuts.
II. Nut ·noun The tumbler of a gunlock.
III. Nut ·noun A projection on each si...
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nut
n.
1) Slang. Explained in quotation.
1882. A. J. Boyd, `Old Colonials,' p. 60:
«The peculiar type...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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nut
A small piece of iron with a female screw cut through the middle of it, for screwing on to the end o...
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Brown race
·add. ·- The Malay or Polynesian race;
— loosely so called.
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Brown thrush
·- A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird;
— also called ...
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Cassel brown
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Cassel earth.
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Hair-brown
·adj Of a clear tint of brown, resembling brown human hair. It is composed of equal proportions of r...
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Seal-brown
·adj Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
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Whity-brown
·adj Of a color between white and brown.
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Brown, Thomas
(1778-1820)
Metaphysician, s. of the Rev. Samuel B., minister of Kirkinabreck, practised for some t...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Tom
(1663-1704)
Satirist, was ed. at Oxf., and there composed the famous epigram on Dr. Fell. He was fo...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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brown bess
A soldier's firelock. To hug brown Bess; to carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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brown george
An ammunition loaf, A wig without powder; similar to the undress wig worn by his majesty.
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brown madam, or miss brown
The monosyllable.
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brown study
Said of one absent, in a reverie, or thoughtful.
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brown snake
n. See under snake.
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brown-tail
n.
bird-name for the TasmanianTit. See Tit.
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii, pl. 54...
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brown study
Deep thought; absence of mind. "He is in a brown study," i. e. in deep thought, or intent upon his b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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brown thrasher
(Ferruginous thrush. Audubon Ornith.) The popular name of the brown thrush. It is also called the gr...
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done brown
Thoroughly, effectually cheated, bamboozled. Of recent origin.
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brown bread
For RAVEL-BREAD, see Cowel's Interpreter in voce PANIS.
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brown bess
A nickname for the old government regulation bronzed musket, although till recently it was brightly ...
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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brown george
A hard and coarse biscuit.
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brown janet
A cant phrase for a knapsack.
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Becuiba nut
·add. ·- The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for ...
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Ben nut
·- The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. ·see <<Moringa>>.
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Betel nut
·- The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and sh...
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Brazil nut
·- An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the Bertholletia excelsa; the cream nut.
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Cola nut
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Cola seed.
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Coquilla nut
·- The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.).
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Kola nut
·add. ·- ·same·as <<Cola>>, Cola nut.
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Neckar nut
·- ·see Nicker nut.
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Nickar nut
·- ·Alt. of Nickar tree.
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Nicker nut
·- A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or blui...
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Para nut
·- The Brazil nut.
II. Para nut ·add. ·- The Brazil nut.
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Penang nut
·- The betel nut.
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Queensland nut
·- The nut of an Australian tree (Macadamia ternifolia). It is about an inch in diameter, and contai...
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Sawarra nut
·- ·see Souari nut.
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Souari nut
·- The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same n...
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Taqua-nut
·noun A Central American name for the ivory nut.
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Vomic nut
·- ·same·as Nux vomica.
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bonduc nut
n.
a name in Australia for the fruit of the widely distributed plant Caesalpinabonducella, Flem., N...
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candle-nut
n.
The name is given in Queenslandto the fruit of Aleurites moluccana, Willd., N.O. Euphorbiaceae. ...
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nut, bonduc
n.
See bonduc nut.
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nut, burrawang
n.
See burrawang.
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nut, candle
n.
See candle-nut.
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nut, nicker
n.
See bonduc nut.
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nut, Queensland
n.
See Queensland nut.
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nut, union
n.
See union nut.
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nut-grass
n.
an Australian plant, Cyperus rotundus, Linn., N.O. Cyperaceae. The specific andthe vernacular na...
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nut-palm
n.
a tree, Cycas media,R. Br., N.O. Cycadeae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 21:
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palm nut
n.
See under nut.
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Queensland nut
n.
a wild fruit-tree, Macadamia ternifolia, F. v. M., N.O. Proteaceae.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful...
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union nut
n.
a fine cabinet timber, Bosistoa sapindiformis, F. v. M., N.O. Rutaceae.
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dough-nut
A small roundish cake, made of flour, eggs, and sugar, moistened with milk, and boiled in lard.--Web...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pea-nut
The common name for the fruit of the arachis hypogea. It is also called the ground nut and earth nut...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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peccan nut
The nut of the peccan tree, the carys oliviormia of the Southern States.
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pig-nut
(Lat. juglans porcina.) A small species of walnut.--Michaux, Sylva.
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cob-nut
a game, which consists in pitching at a row of nuts piled up in heaps of four, that is, three at bot...
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deaf-nut
a nut whose kernel is decayed. N.
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Brown, Charles Brockden
(1771-1810)
Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, George Douglas
(1869-1902)
Novelist, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined pict...
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Brown, Dr. John
(1810-1882)
Physician and essayist, s. of John B., D.D., a distinguished dissenting minister in Edi...
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Brown, Thomas Edward
(1830-1897)
Poet, b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, s. of a clergyman, and ed. there and at Oxf., entered...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Brown, Peter Hume
LL.D.
(b. 1850)
Historian. George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer (1890), Early Travellers in Scot...
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brown tree-lizard
n.
of New Zealand, Naultinus pacificus.
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whity-brown bread
See ravel-bread before.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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whity-brown paper
See ravel-bread before.
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brown-paper warrant
See warrant.
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cocoa-nut tree
The Palma cocos yields toddy; the nut, a valuable oil and milky juice; the stem, bark, branches, &c....
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double cocoa-nut
See sea cocoa-nut
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sea cocoa-nut
, or double cocoa-nut.
The fruit of the Lodoicea seychellarum, a handsome palm growing in the Seyc...
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Brown Bear Alley or Court
North out of Upper East Smithfield, at No. 1, in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate (L.C.C. List, 19...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.