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buffle-headed
buffle-headed, a. (ˈbʌf(ə)lˌhɛdɪd) [f. prec. (or its elements) + -ed.] † 1. Having a head like a buffalo's. Obs.1697 Evelyn Numism. ix. 293 There are remarked the Goat and Buffle-headed. 1713 C'tess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 117 None but buffle-headed Trees. 2. transf. and fig. a. Large-headed. b. F...
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bufflehead
bufflehead (ˈbʌf(ə)lhɛd) [f. buffle + head.] 1. A fool, blockhead, stupid fellow.1659 Lady Alimony i. ii. in Hazl. Dodsley XIV. 278 What a drolling bufflehead is this! 1694 Echard Plautus 48 What makes ye stare so, Bufflehead? 1718 J. Fox Wanderer xiv. 90 Tho' my Forehead is broad, you Bufflehead, i...
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List of animals in the Bible
Buffle — Another word for buffalo, D.V., Deut., xiv, 5. This most majestic bird (Gyps fulvus), the type, as it seems, of the eagle-headed figures of Assyrian sculpture, is most likely referred to in Mich., i
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butter-ball
ˈbutter-ball 1. A ball of butter; butter moulded into a ball.1892 J. C. Harris Plantation Printer 58 She wur a fine cow too, ez fat ez a butter-ball. 1901 Greenough & Kittredge Words (1902) 177 Thus we have butterball, a ball that consists of butter. 1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings ix. 85 One m...
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marionette
marionette (mærɪəˈnɛt) Also 7 -onet, 9 -onnette, marrionette. [a. F. marionnette, f. Marion, dim. of Marie Mary: see -ette. Cf. OF. mariotte in the same sense.] 1. A puppet actuated by strings and used to represent persons (or animals) in action.c 1620 W. Browne Brit. Past. iii. i, A little spruce e...
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butter-box
ˈbutter-box 1. a. A box for holding butter.1756 Nugent Gr. Tour I. 44 The common people seldom go upon a journey without a butter-box in their pockets. 1874 Contemp. Rev. XXIV. 698 The wits declared that Denmark had sent a hundred thousand herrings, Holland a hundred thousand butter-boxes. b. transf...
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Robin
Robin1 (ˈrɒbɪn) Except in sense 1, usu. with lower-case initial. Forms: 4–5 Robyn, 6 Roben, Sc. Robene, Robeen, 7 Sc. Robein, 7, 9 Robbin, 5– Robin. [a. OF. Robin, a dim. or familiar form of the personal name Robert.] For several specific uses see round robin. I. 1. The personal name, in more or les...
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spirit
▪ I. spirit, n. (ˈspɪrɪt) Forms: α. 3– spirit, 4–6 -ite, 4–5 -itt, 4, 6 spiryte, 5 spiryt, 9 dial. spirut; 4–6 spyrite, 5 -itte, -id, -ut, -ete, 5–6 -it, 4–5 spyryt, 5–6 -yte. β. 5 sperete, -ite, 5–6 speryt, 5, 7, 9 sperit, 9 sperrit. See also spirt, spright, and sprite. [a. AF. spirit (espirit), sp...
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