Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bean-pod.
- noun A small fishing-vessel or pilot-boat used in the rivers of Portugal. It is sharp forward, and has its stem bent above into a great curve and plated with iron.
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Examples
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“Thou a gentleman!” said Lilias, who, as usual, was in attendance; “such a gentleman as I would make of a bean-cod with a rusty knife.”
The Abbot 2008
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For is it any wonder that as husband-men affirm, one ridge will bear soft and fruitful, and the very next to it hard and unfruitful corn or — which is stranger — that in the same bean-cod some beans are of this sort, some of the other, as more or less wind and moisture falls upon this or that?
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For is it any wonder that as husband-men affirm, one ridge will bear soft and fruitful, and the very next to it hard and unfruitful corn or — which is stranger — that in the same bean-cod some beans are of this sort, some of the other, as more or less wind and moisture falls upon this or that?
Symposiacs 2004
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_Tamerim_, [tamarinds,] as large as an English bean-cod, having a very sour taste, and reckoned good against the scurvy.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
chained_bear commented on the word bean-cod
"A small Portuguese fishing vessel with a sharply-curved bow." —A Sea of Words, 102
See bilander for a usage note.
February 27, 2008
bilby commented on the word bean-cod
Not tofu :-(
March 8, 2011
fbharjo commented on the word bean-cod
I've bean had-docked !-)
March 8, 2011
madmouth commented on the word bean-cod
I'm gonna cheat and put it on LAK on name alone
March 8, 2011
bilby commented on the word bean-cod
Were you looking for bean c.o.d.?
Well, maybe. My local Asian supermarket is all out of soybeans due to 'transport difficolty in supply'.
March 8, 2011
Prolagus commented on the word bean-cod
bean-cod in Italian: fagiolo merluzzo
March 8, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word bean-cod
Argent, three bean-cods transverse the escutcheon proper --coat-of-arms of HARDBEANE; Gules, three bean-cods pendent or --arms of BEANE.
October 11, 2011