davy : Idioms & Phrases

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davy crockett

  • noun United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
    David Crockett; Crockett.
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davy jones

  • noun the bottom of a sea or ocean
    Davy Jones; sea floor; ocean bottom; sea bottom; ocean floor; seabed.
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Da"vy Jones"
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  1. The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
    This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett.
Webster 1913

davy jones's locker

  • noun the bottom of a sea or ocean
    Davy Jones; sea floor; ocean bottom; sea bottom; ocean floor; seabed.
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davy lamp

  • noun an oil lamp that will not ignite flammable gases (methane)
    safety lamp.
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Da"vy lamp`
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  1. See Safety lamp, under Lamp.
Webster 1913

davy's gray

  • noun slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
    steel grey; iron blue; Davy's gray; steel gray.
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davy's grey

  • noun slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
    steel grey; iron blue; Davy's gray; steel gray.
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humphrey davy

  • noun English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
    Humphrey Davy; Davy.
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john davys

  • noun English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
    Davys; Davis; John Davis.
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sir humphrey davy

  • noun English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
    Humphrey Davy; Davy.
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