a scolding match, N.
·noun The husk or glume of oats. II. Flight ·noun A series of steps or stairs from one landing to a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A Dutch vessel or passage-boat on canals. In ship-building, a sudden rising, or a greater curve than...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, — about the fifth of a mile. ...
·add. ·- Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power. ...
The trajectory formed between the muzzle of the gun and the first graze. ...
As their ends gradually close downwards on approaching the keel, they describe a curve somewhat simi...