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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



14 words match “RASHER”

RASHER n. 2 definitions
A thin slice of bacon.
THRASHER; THRESHER n. 3 definitions
he European coasts. Called also fox shark, sea ape, sea fox, slasher, swingle-tail, and thrasher shark.
BROWN THRUSH n.
an singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.
CRISSAL a.
Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.
FOX n. 2 definitions
The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
FOXFISH n.
The fox shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
SAGE n.
inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. -- Sage thrasher (Zoöl.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. -- Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green le…
SEA APE n.
The thrasher shark.
SEA FOX n.
The thrasher shark. See Thrasher.
SHARK n.
ggcase of a shark; a sea purse. -- Shark ray. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel. -- Thrasher shark, or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. -- Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.…
SONG n.
rush (Turdus musicus), noted for its melodius song; -- called also mavis, throsite, and thrasher.
SWINGLETAIL n.
The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.
THRESHER n.
Same as Thrasher.
THRUSH n.
thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush. Ant thrush. See Ant thrush, Breve, and Pitta. -- Babbling thrush, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also babbler. -- Fruit thrush, any species of bulbul. -- Shrike thrus…