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Straw
·vt To spread or scatter. ·see <<Strew>>, and <<Strow>>. II. Straw ·noun Anything proverbially wort...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Straw
Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25. ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
straw
A good woman in the straw; a lying-in woman. His eyes draw straw; his eyes are almost shut, or he is...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
straw!
A word of command, now obsolete, formerly given to dismiss soldiers who were to remain in readiness ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Straw
Both wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Cutter
·noun A boat used by ships of war. II. Cutter ·noun A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. III. Cutter ·...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
cutter
A one horse sleigh. And then - we'll go sleighing, in warm raiment clad, With fine horses neighing...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
cutter
to fondle or make much of, as a hen or goose of her young. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
cutter
A small single-masted, sharp-built broad vessel, commonly navigated in the English Channel, furnishe...

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Straw-colored
·adj Being of a straw color. ·see Straw color, under Straw, ·noun. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bang straw
A nick name for a thresher, but applied to all the servants of a farmer. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Hay-cutter
·noun A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sward-cutter
·noun A lawn mower. II. Sward-cutter ·noun A plow for turning up grass land. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
daisy cutter
A jockey term for a horse that does not lift up his legs sufficiently, or goes too near the ground, ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cutter-brig
A vessel with square sails, a fore-and-aft main-sail, and a jigger-mast with a smaller one. (See ket...

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pilot cutter
A very handy sharp-built sea-boat used by pilots. ...

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men of straw
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cutter-stay fashion
The turning-in of a dead-eye with the end of the shroud down. ...

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