Bristly-sarsaparilla
a coarse plant, Aralia hispida, of the ginseng family, of eastern North America, having a loose cluster of small, greenish flowers and black fruit.
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a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary. a city in central Connecticut. a city in NE Tennessee, contiguous with but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia. a town in E Rhode Island. a city in SW Virginia. a town in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware […]
- Bristol-board
a fine, smooth pasteboard that is sometimes glazed. Historical Examples Harper’s Young People, February 24, 1880 Various The Building of a Book Various Letters and Lettering Frank Chouteau Brown The Valiants of Virginia Hallie Erminie Rives Bright Ideas for Entertaining Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov […]
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an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, extending to the mouth of the Severn estuary. 85 miles (137 km) long. Historical Examples Hazlitt on English Literature Jacob Zeitlin noun an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
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in good order; trim: shipshape and Bristol fashion. Historical Examples Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Edward A. Freeman Pike & Cutlass George Gibbs adverb, adjective (postpositive) (nautical) clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc shipshape and Bristol fashion, in good order; efficiently arranged
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a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary. a city in central Connecticut. a city in NE Tennessee, contiguous with but politically independent of Bristol, Virginia. a town in E Rhode Island. a city in SW Virginia. a town in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware […]