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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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whip
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A single rope rove through a single block to hoist in light articles. Where greater and steadie...
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Shaped
·p.p. of <<Shape>>.
II. Shaped ·Impf of <<Shape>>.
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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...
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Sea whip
·- A gorgonian having a simple stem.
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whip jacks
The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few sea terms, beg with counterfeit...
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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...
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stock-whip
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whip for driving cattle.See quotations.
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. i. p. 100:
«The s...
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whip-bird
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See coach-whip bird.
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whip-snake
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or Little Whip-Snake.See under snake.
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whip-stick
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variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub.
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whip-tail
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1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation.
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penny-whip
very small beer. Lane, a penny per quart.
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coach-whip
The pendant.
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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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Awl-shaped
·adj Shaped like an <<Awl>>.
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Bell-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate.
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Boat-shaped
·adj ·see <<Cymbiform>>.
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Bristle-shaped
·adj Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf.
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Club-shaped
·adj Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects.
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Comb-shaped
·adj <<Pectinate>>.
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Diamond-shaped
·adj Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
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Egg-shaped
·adj Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.
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Fiddle-shaped
·adj Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side.
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Globe-shaped
·adj Shaped like a globe.
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Halberd-shaped
·adj <<Hastate>>.
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Helmet-shaped
·adj Shaped like a helmet; galeate. ·see ·Illust. of Galeate.
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Kidney-shaped
·adj Having the form or shape of a kidney; reniform; as, a kidney-shaped leaf.
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Lath-shaped
·adj Having a slender elongated form, like a lath;
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Linear-shaped
·adj Of a linear shape.
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Lozenge-shaped
·adj Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.
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Pear-shaped
·adj Of the form of a pear.
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Saddle-shaped
·adj Shaped like a saddle.
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Salver-shaped
·adj Tubular, with a spreading border. ·see <<Hypocraterimorphous>>.
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Spindle-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a spindle.
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Strap-shaped
·adj Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
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Sword-shaped
·adj Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
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Thread-shaped
·adj Having the form of a thread; filiform.
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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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Top-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.
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Trumpet-shaped
·adj Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
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U-shaped
·add. ·adj Having the form of the letter U;.
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Urn-shaped
·adj Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules of some mosses.
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Vase-shaped
·adj Formed like a vase, or like a common flowerpot.
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Wedge-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
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Wheel-shaped
·adj Shaped like a wheel.
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Worm-shaped
·adj Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shap...
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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker;
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Whip-tom-kelly
·noun A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida;
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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 ...
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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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coach-whip bird
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Psophodes crepitans,V. and H. (see Gould's `Birds of Australia,' vol. iii. pl. 15);Black-throate...
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little whip-snake
See snake
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wedge-shaped gulf
One which is wide at its entrance, and gradually narrows towards its termination, as that of Califor...
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knight of the whip
A coachman.
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