-
Hand
·noun Rate; price.
II. Hand ·vi To <<Cooperate>>.
III. Hand ·noun A bundle of tobacco leaves tied ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand
Called by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Ps. 9:16; Job 9:3...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
hand
A sailor. We lost a hand; we lost a sailor. Bear a hand; make haste. Hand to fist; opposite: the sam...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
hand
A phrase often used for the word man, as, "a hand to the lead," "clap more hands on," &c.
♦ To han...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-over-hand
Hauling rapidly upon any rope, by the men passing their hands alternately one before the other, or o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Four-in-hand
·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
II. Four-in...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
Black Hand
·add. ·- A lawless or blackmailing secret society, ·esp. among Italians.
II. Black Hand ·add. ·- A ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bloody hand
·- A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the Un...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Bow hand
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand.
II. Bow hand ·- The hand that draws the bow, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
First-hand
·adj Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an <<Ag...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Free-hand
·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand flus
·pl of <<Handful>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand staves
·pl of <<Hand>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand-hole
·noun A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, ·etc.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand-tight
·adj As tight as can be made by the hand.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand-winged
·adj Having wings that are like hands in the structure and arrangement of their bones;
— said of ba...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Hand-work
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Left-hand
·adj Situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-han...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
One-hand
·adj Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Red-hand
(·adj / ·adv) ·Alt. of Red-handed.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
II. Right-hand ·adj Situated or being on the right; n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Text hand
·add. ·- A large hand in writing;
— so called because it was the practice to write the text of a bo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Text-hand
·noun A large hand in writing;
— so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Two-hand
·adj Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. ·see <<Dactylology>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Left hand
Among the Hebrews, denoted the north (Job 23:9; Gen. 14:15), the face of the person being supposed t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Hand Alley
1) On Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) Sou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand Court
1) West out of Philip Lane in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
Also called : "...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
old hand
Knowing or expert in any business.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
spoon hand
The right hand.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
hand-fish
n.
a Tasmanian fish, Brachionichthys hirsutus, Lacep., family Pediculati. The name is used in the n...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
hand, old
n.
one who has been a convict.
1861. T. McCombie, `Australian Sketches,' p. 141:
«The men who hav...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
iron hand
a term of Victorian politics. It was a new Standing Order introducing what has since been called the...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
The Anti-Sabbath meeting, so long talked...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
car-hand
the left hand. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
gaulish-hand
the left hand. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
nigh-hand
hard by. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
hand-grenade
A small shell for throwing by hand. (See grenade.)
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-gun
An old term for small arms in the times of Henry VII. and VIII.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-lead
A small lead used in the channels, or chains, when approaching land, and for sounding in rivers or h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-line
A line bent to the hand-lead, measured at certain intervals with what are called marks and deeps fro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-pump
The common movable pump for obtaining fresh water, &c., from tanks or casks.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-saw
The smallest of the saws used by shipwrights, and used by one hand.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-screw
A handy kind of single jack-screw.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand-tight
A rope hauled as taut as it can be by hand only.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
old hand
A knowing and expert person.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
taut hand
A strict disciplinarian.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Double Hand Court
See Double Hood Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
The Hand and Still
In Houndesditch at the boundary of Bishopsgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 94, and in 1755 ed.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand Alley, Bishopsgate
See New Street9, Bishopsgate.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand Alley, Houndsditch
South-west out of Houndsditch, near the northern boundary of the ward. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
hand basket portion
A woman whose husband receives frequent presents from her father, or family, is said to have a hand-...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
hand and glove
Intimate, familiar; i. e. as closely united as a hand and its glove. 'They are hand and glove togeth...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
hand to mouth
'To live from hand to mouth,' is said of a person who spends his money as fast as he gets it, who ea...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hand mast-spar
A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
lend a hand
A request to another to help.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
washing the hand
A common hint on leaving a ship disliked.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Bird in Hand Alley, Court
South out of Cheapside at No.76 (P.O. Directory). West of Bucklersbury, in Cheap Ward.
First mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Office
·vt To perform, as the duties of an office; to <<Discharge>>.
II. Office ·noun Any service other th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
office
To give the office; to give information, or make signs to the officers to take a thief.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
Fire
·vt To drive by fire.
II. Fire ·vt To <<Cauterize>>.
III. Fire ·vi To be irritated or inflamed wit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fire
1) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
to fire
To fling with the hand, as a stone or other missile.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
fire!
The order to put the match to the priming, or pull the trigger of a cannon or other fire-arm so as t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Fire
is represented as the symbol of Jehovah's presence and the instrument of his power, in the way eithe...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Hand Alley, Philip Lane
See Hand Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand and Crown Alley
North out of Holborn, opposite Holborn Bridge, between King's Arms Inn and Swan Inn, in Farringdon W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand and Crown Court
1) North-east out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27-Boyle, 1799).
Remo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand and Pen Alley
On Great Tower Hill, within the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Not named in the map...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand and Pen Court
1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
The site is now o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Stable Yard, Hand Alley
South out of Hand Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
Demolished towards the end of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
hand and pocket shop
An eating house, where ready money is paid for what is called for.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
-
in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
-
in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
-
-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Bird and Hand Alley, Court
In Cheapside (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
"Bird in Hand Alley" in Boyle.
See Bird in Hand Alley, Court...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hand Yard, Chequer Yard, Dowgate
See Hand Court2.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Booking office
·- An office where passage tickets are sold.
II. Booking office ·- An office where passengers, bagg...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Crown office
·- The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Alienation Office
On the eastern side of King's Bench Walk in the Inner Temple (Horwood, 1799). An office under the Lo...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Ballast Office
See Old Trinity House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Exchequer Office
On the west side of Ivy Lane (Leake, 1666).
After the Fire it seems to have been kept in the Temple...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Excise Office
In Bartholomew Lane prior to 1666, when it was destroyed in the Great Fire. It was then removed to B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Faculty Office
At the east corner of Paul's Bakehouse next to Little Carter lane is the Faculty Office, for the gra...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Fen Office
In Tanfield Court, Temple, at No. 3 on the south side (Lockie, 1810 and 1816).
No further reference...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Jewel Office
In the Tower of London (q.v.).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Navy Office
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Pay Office
On the west side of Broad Street, at the corner of Winchester Street, in Broad Street Ward (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Prerogative Office
Now in Somerset House.
In O. and M. at the south end of Prerogative Court leading out of St. Paul's...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Record Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane (P.O. Directory).
Erected 1856-70 as a depository for the Public ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Rolls' Office
On the east side of Chancery Lane on part of the site now occupied by the Record Office (O.S. 1880)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Secondary's Office
In the Inner Temple (Horwood 1799).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Transport Office
See Plough Yard, Lombard Street, Seething Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Victualling Office
On Tower Hill, near King Street (Dodsley, 1761).
First mention: 1665 (H. MSS. Com. 15th Rep. II. 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
crown office
The head. I fired into her keel upwards; my eyes and limbs Jack, the crown office was full; I s--k-d...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
navy office
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
victualling office
The stomach.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
loan office
A public office in which loans of money are negotiated for the public, or in which the accounts of l...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
hydrographical office
A department of the admiralty where the labours of the marine surveyors of the Royal Navy are collec...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
transport office
Formerly a department under government directed by commissioners, who chartered vessels and appointe...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Anthony's Fire
·- ·see Saint Anthony's Fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Ash-fire
·noun A low fire used in chemical operations.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Back fire
·add. ·- A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that whe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Back-fire
·add. ·vi To have or experience a back fire or back fires;
— said of an internal-combustion engine....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Elmo's fire
·- ·see <<Corposant>>; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fire beetle
·- A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fire-fanged
·adj Injured as by fire; burned;
— said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fire-new
·adj Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Fire-set
·noun A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Knobbling fire
·- A bloomery fire. ·see <<Bloomery>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pin-fire
·add. ·adj Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Rapid-fire
·add. ·adj ·Alt. of Rapid-firing.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Rim-fire
·add. ·adj Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
fire priggers
Villains who rob at fires under pretence of assisting in removing the goods.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
fire shovel
He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
spit fire
A violent, pettish, or passionate person.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
bush-fire
n.
forests and grass on fire in hotsummers.
1868. C. Dilke, `Greater Britain,' vol. ii. part iii. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fire-stick
n.
name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
fire-tree
n.
a tree of New Zealand; anothername for Pohutukawa (q.v.). For QueenslandFire-tree, see Tulip-tre...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
to fire away
To begin; to go on. An expression borrowed from the language of soldiers and sailors.
A well-known ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
fire-cracker
A little paper cylinder filled with powder or combustible matter, imported from China. It receives i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
fire-new
New from the forge; brand-new.--Johnson. This old and nearly obsolete expression is sometimes used b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
shel fire
electric sparks, often seen on clothes at night. Kent.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
fire-elding
The word Fire is redundant; for Elding itself means fuel.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
fire-flaughts
lightning, or the northern lights. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
fire-potter
a poker. Lane.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
concentrated fire
The bringing the whole or several guns to bear on a single point.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
curved fire
A name coming into use with the increasing application of the fire of heavy and elongated shells to ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
direct fire
One of the five varieties into which artillerists usually divide horizontal fire (which see).
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
enfilade fire
Is that which sweeps a line of works or men from one end to the other; it is on land nearly the equi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-flaire
See fiery-flaw
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-arms
Every description of arms that discharge missiles by gunpowder, from the heaviest cannon to a pistol...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-arrows
Missiles in olden times carrying combustibles; much used in the sea-fights of the middle ages.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-away
Go on with your remarks.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-ball
In meteorology, a beautiful phenomenon seen at times, the origin of which is as yet imperfectly acco...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-balls
Are used for destroying vessels run aground, and firing buildings. They are made of a composition of...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-bare
An old term from the Anglo-Saxon for beacon.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-bars
The range fronting a steam-boiler.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-bill
The distribution of the officers and crew in case of the alarm of fire, a calamity requiring judicio...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-booms
Long spars swung out from a ship's side to prevent the approach of fire-ships, fire-stages, or vesse...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-box
A space crossing the whole front of the boiler over the furnace doors, opposite the smoke-box.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-buckets
Canvas, leather, or wood buckets for quarters, each fitted with a sinnet laniard of regulated length...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-door
An access to the fire-place of an engine.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-drake
A meteor, or the Corpo Santo. Also, a peculiar fire-work, which Shakspeare in Henry VIII. thus menti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-eater
One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-flaughts
The aurora borealis, or northern lights.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-hearth
The security base of the galley-range and all its conveniences.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-hoops
A combustible invented by the knights of Malta to throw among their besiegers, and afterwards used i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-lock
Formerly the common name for a musket; the fire-arm carried by a foot-soldier, marine, or small-arm ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-rafts
Timber constructions bearing combustible matters, used by the Chinese to destroy an enemy's vessel.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-rails
See rails.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-roll
A peculiar beat of the drum to order people to their stations on an alarm of fire. Summons to quarte...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-screens
Pieces of fear-nought, a thick woollen felt put round the hatchways in action.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-swab
The bunch of rope-yarns sometimes secured to the tompion, saturated with water to cool the gun in ac...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
fire-works
See pyrotechny.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
galling-fire
A sustained discharge of cannon, or small arms, which by its execution greatly annoys the enemy.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
grazing-fire
That which sweeps close to the surface it defends.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
gun-fire
The morning or evening guns, familiarly termed "the admiral falling down the hatchway."
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hang-fire
When the priming burns without igniting the cartridge, or the charge does not rapidly ignite after p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
horizontal fire
From artillery, is that in which the piece is laid either direct on the object, or with but small el...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
plunging fire
A pitching discharge of shot from a higher level, at such an angle that the shot do not ricochet.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
port-fire
A stick of composition, generally burning an inch a minute, used to convey fire from the slow-match ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
vertical fire
In artillery, that directed upward at such an angle as that it will fall vertically, or nearly so, t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Hand and Hatchet Alley, Tower Hill
See Hatchet Alley.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
to have one's fat in the fire
is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
-
Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In antis
·- Between antae;
— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In esse
·- In being; actually existing;
— distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In loco
·- In the place; in the proper or natural place.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In posse
·- In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass;
— contradistinguished f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In rem
·add. ·- Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In situ
·- In its natural position or place;
— said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In transitu
·- In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In vacuo
·- In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language