DEVIL'S DAUGHTER'S PORTION

Meaning of DEVIL'S DAUGHTER'S PORTION in English

Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The Devil gave with his daughter in marriage; And, by a codicil to his will, He added Helvoet and the Brill; a saying occasioned by the shameful impositions practised by the inhabitants of those places, on sailors and travellers.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAUGHTER — filia. ~-IN-LAW: belfilia
English interlingue dictionary
DAUGHTER — anak babae;anak nga babaye
English-Visayan vocabulary
DAUGHTER — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter ~, Greek thygatēr Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEVIL — I Spirit or power of evil. Though sometimes used to refer to demon s, the term more often designates the …
Английский словарь Британика
PORTION
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEVIL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAUGHTER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — (n.) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Английский словарь Webster
DAUGHTER — ( n. ) A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PORTION — — portionable , adj. — portionless , adj. /pawr"sheuhn, pohr"-/ , n. 1. a part of any whole, either separated …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEVIL — /dev"euhl/ , n. , v. , deviled, deviling or ( esp. Brit. ) devilled, devilling . n. 1. Theol. a. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — — daughterless , adj. — daughterlike , adj. /daw"teuhr/ , n. 1. a female child or person in relation to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — adj. created or developed from something else; (Biology) of or pertaining to a cell or organism resulting from division (i.e.: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PORTION — I. ˈpȯr-shən noun Etymology: Middle English porcioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin portion-, portio; akin to Latin part-, pars part Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEVIL
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAUGHTER — I. ˈdȯ-tər, ˈdä- noun Etymology: Middle English, doughter, from Old English dohtor; akin to Old High German tohter daughter, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PORTION — noun a wife's fortune; a dowry. 2. portion ·noun a part assigned; allotment; share; fate. 3. portion ·vt to endow …
Webster English vocab
DEVIL — noun an evil spirit; a demon. 2. devil ·noun a very wicked person; hence, any great evil. 3. devil ·noun …
Webster English vocab
DAUGHTER — noun a female descendant; a woman. 2. daughter ·noun a son's wife; a daughter-in-law. 3. daughter ·noun a term of …
Webster English vocab
PORTION — [por.tion] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L portion-, portio; akin to L part-, pars part] (14c) 1: an individual's part …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEVIL
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAUGHTER — [daugh.ter] n [ME, doughter, fr. OE dohtor; akin to OHG tohter daughter, Gk thygater] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEVIL — (from Greek diabolos, slanderer, or accuser), the spirit or power of evil. Though sometimes used for minor demonic spirits, the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PORTION — portion BrE AmE ˈpɔːʃ ə n AmE \ ˈpɔːrʃ ə n ˈpoʊrʃ- ▷ portion|ed d ▷ portion|ing ɪŋ ▷ portion|less …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — daughter BrE AmE ˈdɔːt ə AmE \ ˈdɔːt̬ ə r ˈdɑːt̬- ▷ daughter|ly li ▷ daughter|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PORTION — / ˈpɔːʃn; NAmE ˈpɔːrʃn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. one part of sth larger : a substantial / significant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEVIL — / ˈdevl; NAmE / noun 1. the Devil ( in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions ) the most powerful …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — / ˈdɔːtə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a person's female child : We have two sons and a daughter. They have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORTION — I. por ‧ tion 1 AC /ˈpɔːʃ ə n $ ˈpɔːr-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEVIL — dev ‧ il S3 /ˈdev ə l/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: deofol , from Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAUGHTER — daugh ‧ ter S1 W1 /ˈdɔːtə $ ˈdɒːtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: dohtor ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEVIL — n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DAUGHTER — n. 1 a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents. 2 a female descendant. 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEVIL — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — n. 1 a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents. 2 a female descendant. 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEVIL — n. & v. --n. 1. (usu. the Devil) (in Christian and Jewish belief) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
DAUGHTER — n.1 a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents. 2 a female descendant. 3 (foll. …
Oxford English vocab
PORTION — ( portions) 1. A portion of something is a part of it. Damage was confined to a small portion of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEVIL — ( devils) 1. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the Devil is the most powerful evil spirit. = Satan N-PROPER : …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — ( daughters) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Someone’s daughter is their female …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PORTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sizeable proportion/portion/minority (of sth) ▪ Part-time students make up a sizeable proportion of the college …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEVIL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAUGHTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby son/daughter/brother/sister ▪ We’d like a baby brother or sister for Ben. elder brother/son/sister/daughter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PORTION — out phrasal [verb] [M]If you portion something out you share it out.We'll have to portion the money out among/between the …
Cambridge English vocab
DEVIL — [noun] [C] - an evil being, often represented in human form but with a tail and hornsHieronymus Bosch was a …
Cambridge English vocab
DAUGHTER — [noun] [C] - someone's female childLiz and Phil have a daughter and three sons.(figurative) Monserrat Caballe is probably Barcelona's most …
Cambridge English vocab
PORTION — Synonyms and related words : Friday, Friday the thirteenth, adjunct, administer, allocate, allocation, allot, allotment, allowance, amount, antepast, appanage, appointed …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEVIL — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, FULL OF THE OLD NICK or FULL OF THE DEVIL, GIVE …
Slang English vocab
DEVIL
Slang English vocab
PORTION — noun 1 part/share ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , good , huge , large , major , significant , sizeable , substantial …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DAUGHTER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ baby , infant , newborn ▪ little , small , young ▪ adolescent , teenage ▪ adult …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PORTION — n. 25B6; noun the upper portion of the chimney : PART, piece, bit, section, segment. her portion of the allowance …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PORTION — n. 1 segment, part, section, division, subdivision, parcel, piece, hunk, chunk, lump, wedge, slice, sliver, fraction, fragment, bit, morsel, scrap …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DEVIL
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DEVIL — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, FULL OF THE OLD NICK or FULL OF THE DEVIL, GIVE …
Словарь английских идиом
DAUGHTER — The word is used in Scripture not only for daughter, but for granddaughter or other female descendant. (Genesis 24:48) It …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PORTION — 1. сущ. 1) доза, порция, часть Syn : helping, part, lot, plot 2) а) доля (как часть каких-либо владений); доля …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEVIL
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAUGHTER — сущ. дочь to adopt a daughter ≈ удочерить to marry off a daughter ≈ выдать дочь замуж an only daughter …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PORTION — portion.ogg 1. ʹpɔ:ʃ(ə)n n 1. часть, доля the larger portion of the population - большая часть населения to sell in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEVIL
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DAUGHTER — daughter.ogg ʹdɔ:tə n 1. дочь, дочка daughter child - дочь daughter of the soil - дочь природы 2. 1> порождение; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PORTION — часть || делить на части - belly portion - cut portion - display portion - doped portion - elongated welt …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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