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sea-lawyer 1. A shark, the tiger-shark. Also the grey or mangrove snapper.1811 Lex Balatron., Sea Lawyer, a shark. 1876 Goode Catal. Fishes Bermudas 54 Lutjanus Caxis... Gray Snapper... Its extreme cunning..has gained it the soubriquet of ‘Sea Lawyer’. 2. An argumentative sailor (see quot. 1867).182...
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English Harbour East
One such case was where the patrolling officer warned an offender named Hackett and reported in annoyance: “got a fair share of slang (abuse) here from sea-lawyer
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tin hat
tin hat slang. 1. a. A metal hat or helmet; spec. a steel helmet worn for protection against shrapnel. Chiefly Mil.1903 A. M. Binstead Pitcher in Paradise viii. 194 A Tommy in a tin hat as I squared with a couple o'blow. 1917 W. E. Molesworth Let. Mar. in A. J. L. Scott Sixty Squadron R.A.F. (1920) ...
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duffle
duffle, duffel (ˈdʌf(ə)l) Also 7–8 duffield, 7–9 duffil. [Named from Duffel, a town of Brabant, between Antwerp and Mechlin.] 1. a. A coarse woollen cloth having a thick nap or frieze.1677 Plot Oxfordsh. 279 These Duffields, so called from a Town in Brabant, where the trade of them first began..othe...
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dishing
▪ I. dishing, vbl. n. (ˈdɪʃɪŋ) [f. dish v.1 + -ing1.] a. The action of the verb dish.1679 Dryden Troilus & Cr. i. ii, The dishing, the setting on the table. 1691 Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 160 (L.) In the dishing out of whose Odcombian banquet, he had a considerable hand. c 1806 D. Wordsworth Tour Scotl. in...
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hostile
hostile, a. (n.) (ˈhɒstaɪl, -tɪl) Also 7 hostill. [ad. L. hostīlis, f. hostis enemy (see -ile): perh. through F. hostile (15–16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).] A. adj. 1. a. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an enemy; pertaining to or engaged in actual hostilities.1594 Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 236 (Q...
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outside
outside, n., adv., and prep. (aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtsaɪd) [f. out a., out- 3 + side n.; cf. inside. As to the varying stress, see inside.] A. n. 1. a. That side of anything which is without, or farther from the interior; the external surface.1505 Charter relat. to St. George's Chapel, Windsor in Rel. Ant. I...
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kit
▪ I. kit, n.1 (kɪt) Forms: 4–5 kyt, 4–7 kitt, 5–6 kytt(e, 6– kit. [app. a. MDu. kitte a wooden vessel made of hooped staves (Du. kit tankard): ulterior etymology uncertain.] 1. a. A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves; in different localities applied to vessels of various sizes, with or wi...
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rattle
▪ I. rattle, n.1 (ˈræt(ə)l) Also 6 rattell (Sc. -ill), ratell, -ille, 6–7 ratle, 7 rat(t)el. [f. rattle v. Cf. (in senses 1–3) Du. and LG. ratel, G. rassel.] I. 1. An instrument used to make a rattling noise, as: a. A case of some hard material containing small bodies which rattle when the instrumen...
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sea
▪ I. sea, n. (siː) Forms: 1 sǽ, (2 seo), 2–3 sæ, 2–6 se, see, 4 (Ayenb.) ze, (seo, sse), 4–5 cee, 4–6 Sc. sey, 6 Sc. seye, sie, 2– sea. pl. 1 sǽs, sǽas, sǽ, 4 sen, 4–5 sees, 4–6 (chiefly Sc.) seis, 6 seaes, sease, (saezes), seeis, Sc. seyis, seyes, 6– seas. [Common Teut.: OE. sǽ str. masc. and fem. ...
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