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Sneak
·noun A mean, sneaking fellow. II. Sneak ·vt To hide, ·esp. in a mean or cowardly manner. III. Sne...

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sneak
A pilferer. Morning sneak; one who pilfers early in the morning, before it is light. Evening sneak; ...

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sneak
1) a latch. North. 2) to smell. North. Thence perhaps SNEAKING about ; and a SNEAKER of punch. ...

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Cup
·vt To supply with cups of wine. II. Cup ·noun The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. III. Cup ·...

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Cup
A wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. Al...

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cup
A solid piece of cast-iron let into the step of the capstan, and in which the iron spindle at the he...

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Cup
The cups of the Jews, whether of metal or earthenware, were possibly borrowed, in point of shape and...

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Sneak current
·add. ·- A current which, though too feeble to blow the usual fuse or to injure at once telegraph or...

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jerry sneak
A henpecked husband: from a celebrated character in one of Mr. Foote's plays, representing a man gov...

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Acorn cup
·- The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed. ...

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Cup shake
·add. ·- A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots. ...

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Cup-gall
·noun A kind of oak-leaf gall. ·see <<Gall>>. ...

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Cup-moss
·noun A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia. ...

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Cup-rose
·noun Red poppy. ·see Cop-rose. ...

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Egg-cup
·noun A cup used for holding an egg, at table. ...

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Loving cup
·add. ·- A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand t...

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Monkey-cup
·noun ·see <<Nepenthes>>. ...

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Poison cup
·add. ·- A cup containing poison. II. Poison cup ·add. ·- A cup that was supposed to break on havin...

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Cup-bearer
An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the...

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cup-shot
Drunk. ...

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stirrup cup
A parting cup or glass, drank on horseback by the person taking leave. ...

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butter-cup
The flower of the ranunculus ficarius. It seems to have obtained its name from a vulgar error, that ...

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cup o'sneeze
a pinch of snuff. N. ...

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Three Cup Court
South out of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Or " King's H...

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Cup and Fan Court
In Leadenhall Street (P.C. 1732). Also called "Cap and Fan Court." See Five Bell Court. ...

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cup of the creature
A cup of good liquor. ...

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