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touch-me-not
(Lat. impatiens noli tangere.) A plant found about brooks, and in moist places.--Michaux, Sylva. A p...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Forget-me-not
·noun A small herb, of the genus Myosotis (M. palustris, incespitosa, ·etc.), bearing a beautiful bl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Not
·adj Shorn; shaven.
II. Not ·- Wot not; know not; knows not.
III. Not ·adv A word used to express ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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not
1) smooth, polled or shorn ; not-sheep, sheep without horns. Ess. That field is not, that field is w...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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me
me, for mihi, v. ego init.
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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me
mē acc.and abl.of ego.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Me
·pron One. ·see <<Men>>, ·pron
II. Me (·pron·pers) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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me
for I. The objective case of pronouns is often used for the nominative by the illiterate. In New Yor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Touch
·noun A boys' game; tag.
II. Touch ·v An emotion or affection.
III. Touch ·v A slight and brief es...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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touch
To touch; to get money from any one; also to arrest. Touched in the wind; broken winded. Touched in ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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touch
No touch to it, i. e. not to compare with it. A common expression in vulgar language.
The children ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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touch
In ship-building, the broadest part of a plank worked top-and-butt. Also, the angles of the stern-ti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Not-pated
·adj ·Alt. of Nott-pated.
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Why-not
·noun A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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what not
In New York a piece of furniture usually placed in a parlor, consisting of several shelves, upon whi...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Me-jarkon
Waters of yellowness, or clear waters, a river in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:46). It has been identi...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dear me
An exclamation of surprise, used in the same sense as "Oh dear!"
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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deary me
An exclamation of surprise, used in the same sense as "Oh dear!"
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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wa's me!
woe is me! Var. Dial.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Touch-box
·noun A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Touch-needle
·noun A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Touch-paper
·noun Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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touch-box
The receptacle for lighted tinder when match-locks were used.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch-hole
The small aperture at the end of a musket or pistol, by which the fire of the priming was communicat...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Noli-me-tangere
·noun The squirting cucumber. ·see under <<Cucumber>>.
II. Noli-me-tangere ·noun Any plant of a gen...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pick-me-up
·add. ·noun A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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knock me down
Strong ale or beer, stingo.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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kiss-me-quick
A homemade quilted bonnet which does not extend beyond the face. They are chiefly used to cover the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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jaw-me-down
An arrogant, overbearing, and unsound loud arguer.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch-and-go
Said of anything within an ace of ruin; as in rounding a ship very narrowly to escape rocks, &c., or...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch-and-take
An old proverb which Nelson applied to a ship about to encounter her opponent. A Nelsonian maxim.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch bun for luck
See bun.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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luff and touch her!
Try how near the wind she will come. (See touching.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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tar-brush, touch of the
A nautical term applied to those who are slightly darkened by mixed blood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch of the tar-brush
A nautical phrase expressive of those officers who are seamen as well as quarter-deckers. Also said ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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touch up in the bunt, to
To mend the sail on the yard; figuratively, to goad or remind forcibly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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looking as if one could not help it
Looking like a simpleton, or as if one could not say boh! to a goose.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened.
I just puts my finger to my nose, and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.