- skip - Brewer’s

Figure-head

.

A figure on the head or projecting cutwater of a ship.

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Fight
Fight Shy (To)
Fighting-cocks
Fighting Fifth (The)
Fighting Kings [Chen-kuo]
Fighting Prelate
Fighting the Tiger
Fighting with Gloves on
Figure
Figure
Figure-head
Figure of Fun (A)
Figures
Filch
File
Filia Dolorosa
Filibuster
Filioque Controversy (The)
Fill-dyke
Fillet
Filomena