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Pad
·vi To rob on foot.
II. Pad ·noun A footpath; a road.
III. Pad ·vi To wear a path by walking.
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pad
The highway, or a robber thereon; also a bed. Footpads; foot robbers. To go out upon the pad; to go ...
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pad
, or pad-piece.
In ship-building, a piece of timber placed on the top of a beam at its middle part...
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Tongue
·noun Any small sole.
II. Tongue ·noun The clapper of a bell.
III. Tongue ·noun ·same·as <<Reed>>,...
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tongue
Tongue enough for two sets of teeth: said of a talkative person. As old as my tongue, and a little o...
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tongue
[Anglo-Saxon tunga]. The long tapered end of one piece of timber made to fay into a scarph at the en...
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Pad elephant
·add. ·- An elephant that is furnished with a pad for carrying burdens instead of with a howdah for ...
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Sea pad
·- The <<Puffin>>.
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high pad
A highwayman. CANT.
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pad borrowers
Horse stealers.
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rum pad
The highway. CANT.
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Adder's-tongue
·noun The yellow dogtooth violet.
II. Adder's-tongue ·noun A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose s...
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Bird's-tongue
·noun The knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
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Deer's-tongue
·noun A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla.
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Dog's-tongue
·noun Hound's-tongue.
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Double-tongue
·noun Deceit; duplicity.
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Earth-tongue
·noun A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.
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Hart-tongue
·noun A common British fern (Scolopendrium vulgare), rare in America.
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Hound's-tongue
·noun A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odo...
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Long-tongue
·noun The <<Wryneck>>.
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Snake's-tongue
·noun ·same·as Adder's-tongue.
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Tongue-shaped
·adj Shaped like a tongue; specifically (Bot.), linear or oblong, and fleshy, blunt at the end, and ...
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Tongue-shell
·noun Any species of Lingula.
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Tongue-tie
·vt To deprive of speech or the power of speech, or of distinct articulation.
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Tongue-tied
·adj Unable to speak freely, from whatever cause.
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loll tongue
He has been playing a game at loll tongue; he has been salivated.
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dog's tongue
n.
name given to the plant Cynoglossum suaveolens, R. Br., N.O. Asperifoliae.
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calve's tongue
A sort of moulding usually made at the caps and bases of round pillars, to taper or hance the round ...
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dog-tongue
A name assigned to a kind of sole.
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horse-tongue
A name applied to a kind of sole.
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ice-tongue
See tongue.
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to pad the hoof
See to beat the hoof.
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buttock and tongue
A scolding wife.
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tongue of a bevel
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken.
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