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Snow
·vt To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
II. Snow ·vi To fall in or as snow;
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow
Common in Palestine in winter (Ps. 147:16). The snow on the tops of the Lebanon range is almost alwa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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snow
Linen hung out to dry or bleach. Spice the snow; to steal the linen.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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snow
A vessel formerly much in use. It differs slightly from a brig. It has two masts similar to the main...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Snow
This historical books of the Bible contain only two notices of snow actually falling- (2 Samuel 23:2...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Blind
·noun A halting place.
II. Blind ·adj Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.
III. Blind ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blind
Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (Matt. 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The blind are to be tre...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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blind
A feint, pretence, or shift.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind
I.
A name on the west coast of Scotland for the pogge, or miller's thumb (Cottus cataphractus).
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Snow banner
·add. ·- A bannerlike stream of snow blown into the air from a mountain peak, often having a pinkish...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-bound
·adj Enveloped in, or confined by, snow.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-broth
·noun Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-capped
·adj Having the top capped or covered with snow; as, snow-capped mountains.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow-white
·adj White as snow; very white.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Snow Hill
North-west out of Holborn Viaduct to the Central Meat Market in Smithfield, and to Farringdon Street...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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snow-grass
n.
Poa caespitosa,G. Forst., another name for Wiry grass (q.v.).See also Grass.
1875. Wood and Lap...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snow-line
n.
In pastoralists' language of NewZealand, «above the snow-line» is land covered by snow inwinter,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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snow-bones
remnants of snow after a thaw. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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snow-storm
a continued snow so long as it lies on the ground. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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snow-bird
See ivory gull
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Blind reader
·add. ·- A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Color-blind
·adj Affected with color blindness. ·see Color blindness, under Color, ·noun.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hoodman-blind
·noun An old term for blindman's buff.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sand-blind
·adj Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Star-blind
·adj Half blind.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stock-blind
·adj Blind as a stock; wholly blind.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Stone-blind
·adj As blind as a stone; completely blind.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Blind Harry or Henry the Minstrel
(fl. 1470-1492)
Is spoken of by John Major in his History of Scotland as a wandering minstrel, skil...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Blind, Mathilde
(1841-1896)
Poetess, b. at Mannheim, but settled in London about 1849, and pub. several books of po...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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blind cheeks
The breech. Buss blind cheeks; kiss mine a-se.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind excuse
A poor or insufficient excuse. A blind ale-house, lane, or alley; an obscure, or little known or fre...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind harpers
Beggars counterfeiting blindness, playing on fiddles, &c.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind cupid
The backside.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind shark
or Sand Shark
,n. i.q. Shovel-nose (q.v.).
1882. Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods `Fish and Fisheries of N...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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blind-worm
the snake called a slow-worm. N. and S.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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blind-bucklers
Those fitted for the hawse-holes, which have no aperture for the cable, and therefore used at sea to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-harbour
One, the entrance of which is so shut in as not readily to be perceived.
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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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The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-shell
One which, from accident or bad fuze, has fallen without exploding, or one purposely filled with lea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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blind-stakes
A sort of river-weir.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Blind Chapel Court
See Blanch Appleton Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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cupid, blind cupid
A jeering name for an ugly blind man: Cupid, the god of love, being frequently painted blind.
See b...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blind-your-eyes
n.
another name for the Milky Mangrove. See mangrove.
♣ ~, doing the
v. lounging in thefashionabl...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to go it blind
To accede to any object with out due consideration. Mr. Greeley, in speaking of General Taylor's cla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Sersyns Head, Snow Hill
See Saracen's Head Inn.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Inn, Snow Hill
See King's Arms Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.