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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker; — so called ...

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Will
·v That which is strongly wished or desired. II. Will ·v Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpos...

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will
A term on our northern shores for a sea-gull. ...

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Poor
·superl Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek. II. Poor ·superl Inadequate; insuffi...

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Poor
The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important. 1) They had the right of gleaning...

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Poor
The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7...

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Free will
·- A will free from improper coercion or restraint. ...

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Ill-will
·- ·see under Ill, ·adj. ...

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Self-will
·noun One's own will, ·esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy. ...

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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land. ...

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Poor-john
·noun A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality. ...

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Poor-spirited
·adj Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. ...

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Poor-willie
·noun The bar-tailed godwit. ...

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Poor Jewry
"Pauperum Judaismum "in parish of St. Olave near the Friars of the Holy Cross in 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 5...

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poor-soldier
or Soldier-Bird (q.v.), n. another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.),and so named from its cry. ...

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poor soldier
See soldier-birdI. ...

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poor body!
i. e. Poor Creature. Durham. ...

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poor john
Hake-fish salted and dried, as well as dried stock-fish, and bad bacalao, or cod, equally cheap and ...

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Free-will offering
A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in c...

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tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse. ...

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will, with a
With all zeal and energy. ...

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with a will
Pull all together. ...

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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.). Earliest mention found in record...

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Poor Jewry Lane
See Jewry Street. ...

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Will-o'-the-wisp
·noun ·see Ignis fatuus. ...

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blow over, (it will)
Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly. ...

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poor as job's turkey
A common simile. The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...

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give way with a will
Pull heartily together. ...

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Stable Yard, Poor Jewry Lane
West out of Poor Jewry Lane. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746). Site now occupied by bonded warehouses...

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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...

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