| Apple-jack |
Apple brandy. |
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| Black-jack |
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende. |
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| Black-jack |
Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. |
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| Black-jack |
A large leather vessel for beer, etc. |
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| Black-jack |
The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. |
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| Black-jack |
The ensign of a pirate. |
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| Minute |
The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.) |
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| Minute |
The sixtieth part of a degree; sixty seconds (Marked thus ('); as, 10¡ 20'). |
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| Minute |
A nautical or a geographic mile. |
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| Minute |
A coin; a half farthing. |
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| Minute |
A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a tittle. |
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| Minute |
A point of time; a moment. |
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| Minute |
The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate. |
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| Minute |
A fixed part of a module. See Module. |
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| Minute |
Of or pertaining to a minute or minutes; occurring at or marking successive minutes. |
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| Minute |
To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of. |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
| Minute |
Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable. |
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| Minute |
Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation. |
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| Supple-jack |
A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. |
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| Supple-jack |
A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. |
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