Reed-mace | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

reed-mace
n. See wonga and raupo. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Mace
·noun An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority. II. Mace ·noun A knobbed mallet used...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
mace
A war-club of old. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Reed
·adj <<Red>>. II. Reed ·noun An arrow, as made of a reed. III. Reed ·noun Straw prepared for thatc...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Reed
1) "Paper reeds" (Isa. 19:7; R.V., "reeds"). Heb. aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy pl...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
reed
the fundament of a cow. Derb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Reed
Under this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words: • Agmon occurs in (Job 40:12,16; Isaiah ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
mace cove
A swindler, a sharper, a cheat. On the mace; to live by swindling. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Sea reed
·- The sea-sand reed. ·see under <<Reed>>. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Reed, Henry
(1808-1854) Critic, was Prof. of English Literature in the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He d. in a shipwr...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin