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Quasi-public corporation
·add. ·- A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, ·etc., organize...
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Corporation
·noun A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endow...
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corporation
1) A large belly. He has a glorious corporation; he has a very prominent belly.
2) The magistrates,...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Public
·noun A public house; an <<Inn>>.
II. Public ·adj Open to common or general use; as, a public road;...
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Service
·noun The act of serving the ball.
II. Service ·- ·Alt. of Service.
III. Service ·noun Hence, a mu...
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service
The profession; as a general term, expresses every kind of duty which a naval or military man can be...
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Quasi corporation
·add. ·- A corporation consisting of a person or body of persons invested with some of the qualities...
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Scottish Corporation
See Scotch Hall.
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Public school
·add. ·- In the United States, a free primary, grammar, or high school maintained by the local gover...
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Public-hearted
·adj Public-spirited.
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Public-minded
·adj Public-spirited.
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Public-spirited
·adj Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure.
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Public Libraries
The principal public library within the City area is the Guildhall Library, containing a magnificent...
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public man
A bankrupt.
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public ledger
A prostitute: because, like that paper, she is open to all parties.
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Bond service
·- The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.
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Bord service
·- Service due from a bordar; bordage.
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Knight service
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Knight's service.
II. Knight service ·- A tenure of lands held by knights on cond...
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Knight's service
·add. ·- Service such as a knight can or should render; hence, good or valuable service.
II. Knight...
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Secret service
·add. ·- The detective service of a government. In the United States, in time of peace the bureau of...
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Service cap
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Service hat.
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Service hat
·add. ·- A cap or hat worn by officers or enlisted men when full-dress uniform, or dress uniform, is...
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Service uniform
·add. ·- The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dr...
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recruiting service
Robbing on the highway.
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service-berry
A wild fruit common to the British provinces in America, described by Sir Geo. Simpson as "a sort of...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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active service
Duty against an enemy; operations in his presence. Or in the present day it denotes serving on full-...
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divine service
Ordered by the articles of war, whenever the weather on a Sunday will allow of it.
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foreign service
Vessels or forces stationed in any part of the world out of the United Kingdom. The opposite of home...
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grab service
Country vessels first employed by the Bombay government against the pirates; afterwards erected into...
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home-service
The Channel service; any force, either naval or military, stationed in and about the United Kingdom....
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long-service
A cable properly served to prevent chafing under particular use.
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merchant service
The mercantile marine.
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preventive service
The establishment of coast-guards at numerous stations along the shores of the United Kingdom for th...
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short-service
Chafing geer put on a hemp cable for a short range.
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Civil Service Commission
·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...
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Civil Service Reform
·add. ·- The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of...
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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...
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mend the service
Put on more service to the cable, or any part of the rigging chafed.
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points of service
The principal details of duty, which ought to be executed with zeal and alacrity.
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training-ship for the merchant service
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...
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