Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... species of Caribou confined almost entirely to the " Barren Grounds , " the north- eastern corner of North America . It occurs also in Greenland . — S. F. Baird . BASE . A game of ball much played in America BAR - BAR 23 When people try ...
... species of Caribou confined almost entirely to the " Barren Grounds , " the north- eastern corner of North America . It occurs also in Greenland . — S. F. Baird . BASE . A game of ball much played in America BAR - BAR 23 When people try ...
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... species of excellent sea and lake fish . See Black Bass , Sea Bass , Striped Bass . BASSWOOD . ( Tilia americana . ) A tree resembling the European lime or linden ; from the use of its inner bark for making mats or cordage , the tree is ...
... species of excellent sea and lake fish . See Black Bass , Sea Bass , Striped Bass . BASSWOOD . ( Tilia americana . ) A tree resembling the European lime or linden ; from the use of its inner bark for making mats or cordage , the tree is ...
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... species of the gum - tree from which beehives were made ; and now to beehives made of any kind of boards . See Gum ... species of Bidens whose seeds ( fruit ) adhere to the clothes . The term is also applied to a species of Desmodium ...
... species of the gum - tree from which beehives were made ; and now to beehives made of any kind of boards . See Gum ... species of Bidens whose seeds ( fruit ) adhere to the clothes . The term is also applied to a species of Desmodium ...
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... species of whortleberry . BILING . A vulgar pronunciation of boiling . The phrase the whole ( or more commonly hull ) kit and bilin , means the whole lot , applied to per- sons or things . BILL - FISH . ( Belone truncata . ) A small sea ...
... species of whortleberry . BILING . A vulgar pronunciation of boiling . The phrase the whole ( or more commonly hull ) kit and bilin , means the whole lot , applied to per- sons or things . BILL - FISH . ( Belone truncata . ) A small sea ...
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... species ; and as the use of it saves a circumlo- cution , instead of being proscribed , it should be received as a real im- provement . Letter to J. Pickering on his Vocabulary , p . 6 . The objection to this word is , that it is a ...
... species ; and as the use of it saves a circumlo- cution , instead of being proscribed , it should be received as a real im- provement . Letter to J. Pickering on his Vocabulary , p . 6 . The objection to this word is , that it is a ...
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