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Skin
·vi To become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
II. Skin ·noun A vessel made of skin, used...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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skin
1) In a bad skin; out of temper, in an ill humour. Thin-skinned: touchy, peevish.
2) A purse. Frisk...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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skin
This term is frequently used for the inside planking of a vessel, the outside being the case.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Deep
·superl Muddy; boggy; sandy;
— said of roads.
II. Deep ·adv To a great depth; with depth; far down...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep
Used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (P...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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deep
A word figuratively applied to the ocean. On the coast of Germany, to the northward of Friesland, it...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blue skin
A person begotten on a black woman by a white man. One of the blue squadron; any one having a cross ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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skin flint
An avaricious man or woman,
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kangaroo-skin
n.
either the leather for thetanned hide, or the complete fur for rugs and wraps.
1806. `History o...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wallaby-skin
the skin, with the hair on it,of the wallaby, prized as a warm and ornamental fur for rugs.
1890. `...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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skin-flint
A niggardly, close-fisted person--one so parsimoniously mean, that he would perform that operation w...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cat's-skin
A light partial current of air, as with the cat's-paw.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Breast-deep
·adj Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-fet
·adj Deeply fetched or drawn.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-laid
·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-mouthed
·adj Having a loud and sonorous voice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-read
·adj Profoundly book- learned.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-sea
·adj Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (·i.e., a line to take sou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep-waisted
·adj Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the de...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Knee-deep
·adj Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water.
II. Knee-deep ·adj Rising to the knees; knee-hi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Deep Ditch
The western boundary of Bethlehem Hospital as set out in Simon Fitz Mary's Charter of Foundation-to ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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deep-one
A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spit-deep
the depth of a spade only. Norf. and Suff. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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deep-waist
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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calf-skin fiddle
A drum. To smack calf's skin; to kiss the book in taking an oath. It is held by the St. Giles's casu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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deep yellow-wood
n.
Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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deep-sea line
Usually a strong and water-laid line. It is used with a lead of 28 lbs., and adapted to find bottom ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Skin, Coats made of
(Gen. 3:21). Skins of rams and badgers were used as a covering for the tabernacle (Ex. 25:5; Num. 4:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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tormenter of sheep skin
A drummer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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by the skin of one's teeth
When a man has made a narrow escape from any dilemma, it is a common remark to say, that he has save...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.