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SALE a town on the S. coast of Thrace, near the W. mouth of the Hebrus, and nearly equidistant from ...

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sale
sălĕ, is, v. sal init. ...

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Sale
Săle, is, n., a lake in Lydia , Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 117. ...

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Sale
·noun ·see 1st Sallow. II. Sale ·vt Opportunity of selling; demand; market. III. Sale ·vt Public d...

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Wash
·adj Washy; weak. II. Wash ·noun A liquid dentifrice. III. Wash ·noun Ten strikes, or bushels, of ...

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wash
Paint for the face, or cosmetic water. Hog-wash; thick and bad beer. ...

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wash
An accumulation of silt in estuaries. Also, a surface covered by floods. Also, a shallow inlet or gu...

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Washed sale
·add. ·- ·same·as Wash sale. ...

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Sale, George
(1697?-1736) Orientalist, a Kentish man, and practising solicitor. In 1734 he pub. a translation of...

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hay-sale
hay-time. Norf. and Suff. See SALES. ...

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port-sale
A public sale of fish on its arrival in the harbour. ...

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Black wash
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>. ...

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By-wash
·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water. ...

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Wash drawing
·add. ·- In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from ...

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Wash stand
·add. ·- In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may b...

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Wash-off
·adj Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; — said of colors not fixed by steaming ...

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Wish-wash
·noun Any weak, thin drink. ...

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Wood-wash
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen. ...

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pan-wash
See pan ...

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sheep-wash
(used as verb) to wash sheep. The word isalso used as a noun, in its ordinary English senses of (1)...

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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up. ...

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by-wash
The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel. ...

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wash-strake
See wash-board ...

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wash-board
, or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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wash-boards
A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...

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wash-water
A ford. ...

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Commercial Sale Rooms
See London Commercial Sale Rooms. ...

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bill of sale
A widow's weeds. See house to let. ...

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bill of sale
A written document by which the property of a vessel, or shares thereof, are transferred to a purcha...

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sale of commissions
The regulated disposal of full-pay, unattached, retired, and half-pay commissions in the army. ...

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sale of effects
See effects, of dead men sold by auction "at the mast." ...

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Auction Mart Sale Rooms
On the west side of Tokenhouse Yard at No.19 (P.O. Directory). Built about 1865. Architect, S. Clar...

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London Commercial Sale Rooms
On the west side of Mark Lane at No. 20 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward (O.S.) extending to Mincing ...

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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar ...

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heave and a-wash
An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....

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