A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
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A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.
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A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
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A tiring-room. The room or place where players dress for the stage.
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A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
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A votary of the turf, or race course; hence, sometimes, a blackleg.
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A Whig; -- a cant term applied in contempt to Scotch Presbyterians.
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A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.
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A yardland, or measure of land varying from fifteen to forty acres.
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An avenger. One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.
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