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Gable
·noun A <<Cable>>. II. Gable ·noun The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or r...

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gable
, or gabulle. A term in early voyagers for cable. Thus, "Softe, ser, seyd the gabulle-rope, Me...

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End
·vt To <<Destroy>>; to put to death. II. End ·noun One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brusse...

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End-
·- A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean. ...

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End
In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It...

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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c. To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...

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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. ...

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End-all
·noun Complete termination. ...

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Rope's-end
·vt To punish with a rope's end. ...

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Week-end
·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...

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fiddlestick's end
Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express...

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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
pugging-end
(of a house) the gable end. Devonsh. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
tacking-end
shoemaker's end. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
t'on-end
upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern. ...

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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...

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bitter-end
That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...

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butt-end
The shoulder part of a fire-lock. ...

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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...

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fag-end
Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted....

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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...

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rope's end
The termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishme...

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well-end
See pump-foot. ...

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Pope Lane End
According to Stow the parish church of saint Anne in the willowes lay on the north side of this lane...

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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course. ...

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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be. ...

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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened. ...

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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...

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little end of the horn
'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention. Named after an owner or builder. ...

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