·noun The language of Spain.
II. Spanish ·adj Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards.
1) or An ass when braying. 2) The spanish; ready money. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·add. ·- One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumag...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Fair words and compliments. ...
The sun. ...
The pox. ...
A kind of girdle contrived by jealous husbands of that nation, to secure the chastity of their wives...
A nail: so called by carpenters when they meet with one in a board they are sawing. ...
A specious method of hiding defects in timber, by chopping it in pieces. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The single is rove with three single blocks, or two single blocks and a hook in the bight of one of ...
An epithet given to the sudden armament on the Nootka Sound affair, in 1797, an epoch from which man...
An old Cornish name for the tunny, or a scomber, larger than the horse-mackerel. ...
The yards lowered on the cap. Also, a knot tied in the head of the jib. ...
A wooden roller, or heaver, having a rope wound about it, through the bight of which an iron bolt is...
In Middlesex Street in James I.'s time. Demolished 1844. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
To quit duty without leave; to desert. ...
On the south side of Bevis Marks and west side of Heneage Lane (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. F...