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Language
·noun A race, as distinguished by its speech. II. Language ·vt To communicate by language; to expre...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Sea language
·- The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Chaldee language
Employed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan. 2:4-7, 28; Ezra ...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hebrew language
The language of the Hebrew nation, and that in which the Old Testament is written, with the exceptio...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
billingsgate language
Foul language, or abuse. Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; a...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Hebrew Language
The books of the Old Testament are written almost entirely in the Hebrew language. It is a branch of...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Canaan, the language of
Mentioned in Isa. 19:18, denotes the language spoken by the Jews resident in Palestine. The language...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose