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Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
Hegg Memorial Health Center Avera Health(health)
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Nitrofurantoin (health) and dead man (iou)


Nitrofurantoin (health)


Nitrofurantoin is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in Other countries. Active ingredient(s): nitrofurantoin.





dead man (iou)



dead man noun phr. , pl. deadmen. OE.
[from DEAD adjective + MAN noun.]
I. lit.
A man who is dead. OE.
II. transf. & fig.
In pl. Empty liquor bottles. slang. L17.
A loaf charged to a customer but never delivered. slang. M18-L19.
A dummy at whist etc. Only in L18.
Nautical. In pl. Reef- or gasket-ends left dangling when a sail is furled. E19.
Any of various objects buried in or secured to the ground for the purpose of providing anchorage or leverage. M19.
A scarecrow. dial. M19.
Phrases: dead man's bells, dead men's bells Scot. the foxglove. dead man's eye = deadeye s.v. DEAD adjective etc. dead man's fingers, dead men's fingers (a) any of various orchids, esp. the early purple orchid; (b) a soft coral, Alcyonium digitata; (c) the divisions of the gills in a crab or lobster. dead man's hand (a) = dead man's fingers (a), (b) above; (b) the male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas. dead man's handle, dead man's pedal, etc., a control in an electric train etc. which acts as a safety device by automatically cutting off the current if released; an emergency brake in a motor lorry etc. dead man's thumb (a) the early purple orchid; (b) = dead man's fingers (b) above. dead men's bells, dead men's fingers: see dead man's bells, dead man's fingers above. dead men's shoes: see SHOE noun.