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Mohock
▪ I. Mohock Hist. (ˈməʊhɒk) Also 8 mohack, 9 mohawk. [Transferred use of mohock Mohawk; now differentiated in spelling.] 1. One of a class of aristocratic ruffians who infested the streets of London at night in the early years of the 18th century.1711–12 Swift Jrnl. to Stella 8 Mar., Did I tell you ...
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Hawkubites
He goes on to write:
From Mohock and from Hawkubite,
Good Lord, deliver me!
Who wander through the streets at night,
Committing cruelty.
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mohdi
▪ I. Mohawk (ˈməʊhɔːk) Also 7–8 Mohock, Mohauk; and in various forms purporting to represent the native pronunciation, as 7 Mowha(w)ke, Mohaque, Mauquawog, Maquaw, Moqua, 7–8 Maqua. [North American Indian. The spelling Mohock, q.v., is now appropriated to a transferred use that survives only Hist.] ...
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Manituana
The novel is divided into three main sections entitled "Iroquireland", "Mohock Club" and "Cold Cold Heart". An East End street gang taking inspiration from Native American imagery and the Mohock Club.
Ethan Allen.
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yowling
yowling, vbl. n. (ˈjaʊlɪŋ) [f. yowl v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb yowl; esp. the uttering of a prolonged wailing cry.a 1225 Juliana 57 Ȝe, quoð eleusius, haldest tu ȝetten up o þi ȝuhelunge? a 1250 Owl & Night. 40 Me luste bet speten þane singe Of þine fule ȝoȝelinge [Jesus MS. howelynge]. Ibi...
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William Clark Russell
(1893)The Emigrant Ship (1893)The Tragedy of Ida Noble (1893)A Three-Stranded Yarn (1894)The Good Ship Mohock (1894)Heart of Oak (1895)The Convict Ship
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hayseed
ˈhay-seed, ˈhayseed [f. hay n.1] 1. a. The grass seed shaken out of hay.1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 44 b, Some doo cast Hey seede, geathered from the Heyloaft or the racks, over the grounde. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. 350 With rye grass and clovers..and what are term...
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screwdriver
screwdriver (ˈskruːdraɪvə(r)) 1. A tool for turning screws into or out of their places. It is shaped like a chisel, with a blunt end which fits into the nick in the head of the screw.1779 in Dict. Amer. Eng. (1944) IV. 2045/1, 1 doz. draw rings, screw driver, and gimlet. 1812 P. Nicholson Mech. Exer...
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rammish
▪ I. rammish, a.1 Now dial. (ˈræmɪʃ) Also 4–6 -issh, -yssch, etc., 6–8 ramish. [app. f. ram n.1] 1. a. Of smell, taste, etc.: Rank, strong, highly disagreeable.c 1386 Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 334 They stynken as a goot Hir sauour is so rammyssh and so hoot. 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 62 b, Samphari...
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spanker
▪ I. spanker1 (ˈspæŋkə(r)) [Related to spanking ppl. a. or (in later use) f. spank v.2] † 1. slang. A gold coin; usually in pl., coin, money. Obs.1663 Cowley Cutter Coleman St. ii. v, Mean time, thou pretty little Smith o' my good fortune, beat hard upon the Anvil of your Plot, I'l go and provide th...
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interlacery
interlacery (ɪntəˈleɪsərɪ) [f. interlace v. + -ery: cf. tracery.] Something interlaced; interlaced threads, tendrils, etc.; interlaced work.1865 Reader 28 Oct. 480/1 That produced in the boggy districts was full of minute fibrous interlacery. 1895 Clark Russell Good Ship Mohock viii. 176, I stood be...
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tumbler
tumbler (ˈtʌmblə(r)) [f. tumble v. + -er1.] 1. One who performs feats of agility and strength, somersaults, leaps, and gymnastics; an acrobat.a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxxix. 6 Hoppynge & daunceynge of tumblers and herlotis. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 352 Mynystrel or joȝelour, tumbler and harlot. c ...
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hull
▪ I. hull, n.1 (hʌl) Forms: α. 1 hulu, ? 2–3 *hule, (? 3) 4–6 hul, 4– hull, (4 hulle, 5 holl). β. 4–5 hole, 5 hoole, 8– hool, Sc. 8–9 huil, hule (ü). [OE. hulu husk, from ablaut grade hul- of helan to cover: cf. OHG. hulla, Ger. hülle covering, cloak, etc.:—*hulja, and OHG. hulsa, Ger. hülse (:—*hul...
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friar
▪ I. friar, n. (ˈfraɪə(r)) Forms: 3–6, 9 arch. frere, 3–5 frer, 5–6 freer(e, 6 Sc. freir, (freyr), 6 freare, freaȝour, frir, 6–7 fryer, 6–8 frier, fryar, 9 Sc. dial. freer, freir, 5, 7– friar. [ME. frere, a. OF. frere (mod.F. frère), earlier fredre:—Lat. frātrem, brother. In Fr. and Pr. the words fo...
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sentinel
▪ I. sentinel, n. (ˈsɛntɪnəl) Forms: 6–7 centinell, sentinell, 6 centrinel, (centronel, centernell, centonell, sentonell, sentnell), 7 sentronell, sentenel, 6–9 centinel, 6– sentinel. [a. F. sentinelle fem., sentinel, † watch-tower, ad. It. sentinella fem.; Sp. centinela, Pg. sentinella, are from It...
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