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Is
IS(Ἴς, Herod. i; 179), a town of Mesopotamia, eight days' journey N. of Babylon, situated, according...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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is
is, ĕa, id (m. eis, C. I. L. 1, 198; n. it, ib. 5, 875 al., and freq. in MSS. of Plaut.), gen. ējus ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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is
is ea, id, gen.ēius (sometimes monosyl. in poetry), dat.ēī (rarely eī or monosyl. ei), pron.demonst...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Is
·vi The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Is-
·- ·see Iso-.
II. Is- ·- Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but different pro...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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T
T, t. indecl. n. or (to agree with littera) f., the nineteenth letter of the Lat. alphabet (i and j ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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T
·- the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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‘T was
·- A contraction of it was.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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T cart
·- ·see under <<T>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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T connection
·add. ·- The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter T, chiefly used as a connection fo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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T iron
·- ·see under <<T>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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T rail
·- ·see under <<T>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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T square
·- ·see under <<T>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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t--d
There were four t--ds for dinner: stir t--d, hold t--d, tread t--d, and mus-t--d: to wit, a hog's fa...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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t-plates
Iron plates in the form of the letter T placed under the channels to add strength.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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the jig is up
i. e. the game is up; it is all over with me.
The time was when I could cut pigeon wings, and perfo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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C. G. T.
·add. ·- An abbreviation for Confederation Generale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union)....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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sh-t sack
A dastardly fellow: also a non-conformist. This appellation is said to have originated from the foll...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tom t--dman
A night man, one who empties necessary houses.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cats t kerd
cross, ill-conditioned. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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coming! so is christmas
Said of a person who has long been called, and at length answers, Coming!
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pauler, that is a
A closer or stopper; an unanswerable or puzzling decision.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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what ship is that?
A question often put when a jaw-breaking word has been intrusively uttered by savants.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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sh-t-ng through the teeth
Vomiting. Hark ye, friend, have you got a padlock on your a-se, that you sh-te through your teeth? V...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose