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plush
plush, a naval term to describe the amount of grog left over after the daily issue to the messes in a British warship. Official instructions were that any plush after the daily issue was to be poured into the scuppers and allowed to run overboard to prevent anyone getting more than his ration, but seamen were adept at saving such waste. In its strictest connotation, plush was the amount of grog left over after its issue as a result of short measure given to the seamen; it was later surreptitiously divided between the cooks of the messes who came to the daily issue to collect the grog for their mess in their monkeys. It involved a degree of conspiracy between the cooks, the purser's assistant (later the regulating petty officer) who measured out the allowances, and the officer who, by regulations, had to attend the issue to make sure that more grog was not issued to men than they were entitled to.
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"plush." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "plush." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-plush.html "plush." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-plush.html |
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plush / pləsh/ • n. a rich fabric of silk, cotton, wool, or synthetic fiber, with a long, soft nap: [as adj.] deep-buttoned plush upholstery. • adj. inf. richly luxurious and expensive: the plush chrome and leather office. DERIVATIVES: plush·ly adv. plush·ness n. plush·y (plush·i·er , plush·i·est ) adj. |
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"plush." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "plush." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-plush.html "plush." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-plush.html |
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plush kind of cloth having a longer nap than velvet. XVI. — F. †pluche, contr. of peluche, f. OF. peluchier PLUCK.
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T. F. HOAD. "plush." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "plush." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-plush.html T. F. HOAD. "plush." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-plush.html |
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Plush
Plush Dorset. Plyssch 891. ‘(Place at) the shallow pool’. OE *plysc.
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A. D. MILLS. "Plush." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Plush." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Plush.html A. D. MILLS. "Plush." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Plush.html |
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plush
plush •ablush, blush, brush, crush, flush, gush, hush, hush-hush, lush, mush, plush, rush, shush, slush, thrush, tush
•airbrush, hairbrush
•sagebrush • paintbrush • onrush
•song thrush • outrush • toothbrush
•woodrush • bulrush • uprush
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"plush." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "plush." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-plush.html "plush." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-plush.html |
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