Pad elephant

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• Elephant

  ·noun Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. II. Elephant ·noun A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of whi...

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• Elephant

  Not found in Scripture except indirectly in the original Greek word (elephantinos) translated "of iv...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Pad

  ·vi To rob on foot. II. Pad ·noun A footpath; a road. III. Pad ·vi To wear a path by walking. IV....

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• pad

  The highway, or a robber thereon; also a bed. Footpads; foot robbers. To go out upon the pad; to go ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pad

  , or pad-piece. In ship-building, a piece of timber placed on the top of a beam at its middle part...

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• Sea elephant

  ·- A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It s...

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• Water elephant

  ·- The <<Hippopotamus>>. ...

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• White elephant

  ·add. ·- Something requiring much care and expense and yielding little profit; any burdensome posses...

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• Elephant Yard

  North out of Fore Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (L.C.C. List, 1901 and 1912). Not named in th...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• elephant-fish

  n. a fish of New Zealand, SouthAustralian, and Tasmanian waters, Callorhynchusantarcticus, Lacep., ...

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

• elephant-fish

  The Chimæra callorynchus, named from the proboscis-like process on its nose. Though inferior to many...

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• Sea pad

  ·- The <<Puffin>>. ...

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• Tongue-pad

  ·noun A great talker. ...

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• high pad

  A highwayman. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• low pad

  A footpad. ...

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• pad borrowers

  Horse stealers. ...

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• rum pad

  The highway. CANT. ...

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• pad-piece

  See pad ...

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• to see the elephant

  is a South-western phrase, and means, generally, to undergo any disappointment of high-raised expect...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to pad the hoof

  See to beat the hoof. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose