Wake-robin

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• Wake

  ·vt To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. II. Wake ·vt To rouse from sleep; to <<Awak...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• wake

  A country feast, commonly on the anniversary of the tutelar saint of the village, that is, the saint...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• wake

  the feast of the dedication of the parish church. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• wake

  The transient, generally smooth, track impressed on the surface-water by a ship's progress. Its bear...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Robin

  ·noun Any one of several Asiatic birds; as, the Indian robins. ·see Indian robin, below. II. Robin ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• robin

  n. The name, in consequence of theirexternal resemblance to the familiar English bird, is applied,i...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lake-wake

  watching a dead body. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Robin Goodfellow

  ·- A celebrated fairy; Puck. ·see <<Puck>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Sea robin

  ·- ·see under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix. ...

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• cock robin

  A soft, easy fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• round robin

  A mode of signing remonstrances practised by sailors on board the king's ships, wherein their names ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• satin-robin

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Satin Fly-catcher, Myiagra nitida, Gould. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• scrub-robin

  n. the modern name for any birdof the genus Drymodes. 1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. i...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• shrike-robin

  n. a genus of AustralasianShrikes, Eopsaltria (q.v.). The species are – – Grey-breasted Shrike-Robi...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Robin Hood Court

  1) South out of Thames Street, west of Trig Lane, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• crossing a ship's wake

  When a ship sails over the transient track which another has just passed, i.e. passes close astern o...

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• Robin-wood's Court, Shoe Lane

  See Robin Hood Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to

  To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...

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