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Rock
·noun ·see <<Roc>>.
II. Rock ·noun The striped bass. ·see under <<Bass>>.
III. Rock ·noun That whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Staff
·noun The round of a ladder.
II. Staff ·noun An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
III. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock
(Heb. tsur), employed as a symbol of God in the Old Testament (1 Sam. 2:2; 2 Sam. 22:3; Isa. 17:10; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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rock
1) A piece of money. A slang term peculiar to the South.
Spare my feelings, Squire, and don't ask m...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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staff
'To have the staff in one's own hand,' is to keep possession of one's own property, and, consequentl...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rock
An extensive geological term, but limited in hydrographical parlance to hard and solid masses of the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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staff
A light pole erected in different parts of a ship, whereon to hoist and display the colours; as, the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bed rock
·- The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Cross-staff
·noun A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.
II. Cross-staff ·noun An instrument formerly u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pay rock
·add. ·- Earth, rock, ·etc., which yields a profit to the miner.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Rock shaft
·- A shaft that oscillates on its journals, instead of revolving, — usually carrying levers by means...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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lily, rock
n.
an orchid, Dendrobiumspeciosum, Smith, N.O. Orchideae. although not aLily, it is always so calle...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-cod
n.
called also Red-Cod in NewZealand, Pseudophycis barbatus, Gunth., family Gadidae. In New Zealand...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock lily
n.
See under lily.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-ling
n.
a marine fish. The AustralianR. is Genypterus australis, Castln., family Ophidiidae. The Europea...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-native
or Native
n.
a namegiven to the fish called a Schnapper when it hasceased to «school.» See Schnapp...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-parrakeet
n.
an Australian Grass-Parrakeet (q.v.), Euphema petrophila, Gould.It gets its name from its habita...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-pebbler
n.
another name for the Black-tailed Parrakeet. See Parrakeet.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-perch
n.
the name given in Melbourneto the fish Glyphidodon victoriae, Gunth., family Pomacentridae, or C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-shelter
n.
a natural cave-dwellingof the aborigines. See Gibber-Gunyah.
1891. R. Etheridge, jun., in `Reco...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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rock-wallaby
n.
the popular name for anyanimal of the genus Petrogale (q.v.). There are sixspecies – – Brush-tai...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bauk-staff
a quarter-staff. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gib-staff
1) a hook-stick, pronounced [GHIB]. York.
2) a quarter-staff. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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grain-staff
a quarter -staff, with a short pair of tines at the end, called grains. S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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rock led
rash and forward, in children. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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almacantars staff
An instrument formerly used at sea for observing the sun's amplitude, formed of an arc of about 15 d...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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back-staff
A name formerly given to a peculiar sea-quadrant, because the back of the observer was turned toward...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-rock
One lying just under the surface of the water, so as not to be visible in calms.
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cross-staff
See fore-staff.
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david's-staff
A kind of quadrant formerly used in navigation.
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dwang-staff
This is otherwise the wrain-staff (which see).
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flag-staff
In contradistinction to mast-head, is the staff on a battery, or on a ship's stern, where the colour...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fore-staff
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies. The fore-staff, call...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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futtock-staff
A short piece of wood or iron, seized across the upper part of the shrouds at equal distances, to wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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jack-staff
A short staff raised at the bowsprit-cap, upon which the union-jack is hoisted.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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jacob's staff
, or cross-staff.
A mathematical instrument to take altitudes, consisting of a brass circle, divid...
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rock-cod
A species of cod found on a rocky bottom.
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rock-hind
A large fish of tropical regions, Serranus catus.
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rock-scorpion
A name applied to persons born at Gibraltar.
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rule-staff
A lath about 4 inches in breadth, used for curves in ship-building.
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staff-captain
A designation conferred in 1863 upon masters of the fleet.
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staff-commanders
A designation conferred in 1863 on masters of fifteen years' seniority.
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staff-officer
On the general staff of the army, or of a combined force. See staff.
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sunken rock
That which lies beneath the surface of the sea, and is dangerous to navigation.
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whip-staff
See whipII
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wrain-staff
A stout billet of tough wood, tapered at its ends, so as to go into the ring of the wrain-bolt, to m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Ragged Staff Alley
In Fleet Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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black rock-cod
n.
an Australian fish, chieflyof New South Wales, Serranus daemeli, Gunth.; adifferent fish from th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red rock-cod
n.
name given in New South Walesto the fish Scorpaena cardinalis, Richards., family Scorpaenidae, m...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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regimental staff-officers
The surgeon, adjutant, paymaster, assistant-surgeon, and quarter-master of each regiment.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Etam, The Rock
a cliff or lofty rock, into a cleft or chasm of which Samson retired after his slaughter of the Phil...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Oreb, The Rock
the "raven's crag," the spot, east of Jordan, at which the Midianite chieftain Oreb with thousands o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Oreb, The rock of
The place where Gideon slew Oreb after the defeat of the Midianites (Judg. 7:25; Isa. 10:26). It was...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Bear and Ragged Staff
A tenement in the parish of St. John the Evangelist in Watling Street near St. Paul's Church now kno...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear and Ragged Staff Alley
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720).
The si...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bear and Ragged Staff Inn, West Smithfield
See Bear Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.