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Poor-will
·noun A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Will
·v That which is strongly wished or desired.
II. Will ·v Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpos...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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will
A term on our northern shores for a sea-gull.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Poor
·superl Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
II. Poor ·superl Inadequate; insuffi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poor
The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important.
1) They had the right of gleaning...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Poor
The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Whip
·vt The long pennant. ·see Pennant (a).
II. Whip ·vt To hoist or purchase by means of a whip.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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whip
I.
A single rope rove through a single block to hoist in light articles. Where greater and steadie...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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whip upon whip
A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Free will
·- A will free from improper coercion or restraint.
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Ill-will
·- ·see under Ill, ·adj.
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Self-will
·noun One's own will, ·esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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Poor-john
·noun A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.
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Poor-spirited
·adj Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
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Poor-willie
·noun The bar-tailed godwit.
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Poor Jewry
"Pauperum Judaismum "in parish of St. Olave near the Friars of the Holy Cross in 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 5...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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poor-soldier
or Soldier-Bird (q.v.),
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.),and so named from its cry.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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poor soldier
See soldier-birdI.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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poor body!
i. e. Poor Creature. Durham.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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poor john
Hake-fish salted and dried, as well as dried stock-fish, and bad bacalao, or cod, equally cheap and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Sea whip
·- A gorgonian having a simple stem.
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Whip-shaped
·adj Shaped like the lash of a whip; long, slender, round, and tapering; as, a whip-shaped root or s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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whip jacks
The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to whip off
To run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch. He whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, wher...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stock-whip
n.
whip for driving cattle.See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
«The s...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-bird
n.
See coach-whip bird.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-snake
n.
or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-stick
n.
variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub.
1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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whip-tail
n.
1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation.
2) A Tasmanian fish; see unde...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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penny-whip
very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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coach-whip
The pendant.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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double-whip
A whip is simply a rope rove through a single block; a double whip is when it passes through a lower...
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whip-staff
See whipII
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whip-jack
An old term, equivalent to fresh-water sailor, or a sham-shipwrecked tar. (See turnpike-sailors.)
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whip-ray
A ray with a long tail ending in a very fine point. It is armed with a dangerous serrated spine, jag...
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whip-saw
The largest of that class of useful instruments, being that generally used at the saw-pit.
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Free-will offering
A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in c...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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will, with a
With all zeal and energy.
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with a will
Pull all together.
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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.).
Earliest mention found in record...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Poor Jewry Lane
See Jewry Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Whip-tom-kelly
·noun A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida;
— called also black-whisker...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to whip the cock
A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whip-belly vengeance
or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share. Weak or sour beer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coach-whip bird
n.
Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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little whip-snake
See snake
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Will-o'-the-wisp
·noun ·see Ignis fatuus.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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blow over, (it will)
Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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knight of the whip
A coachman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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give way with a will
Pull heartily together.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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Stable Yard, Poor Jewry Lane
West out of Poor Jewry Lane. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by bonded warehouses...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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