let | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

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Let
·Impf & ·p.p. of Let. II. Let ·vi To <<Forbear>>. III. Let ·noun A stroke in which a ball touches ...

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-let
·- A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet. ...

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Let-alone
·adj Letting alone. ...

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Let-off
·noun A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom....

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Let-up
·noun Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up. ...

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Re-let
·vt To let anew, as a house. ...

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to let on
To mention; to disclose; to betray a knowledge or consciousness of anything. 'He never let on,' i. e...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to let out
To begin a story or narrative. A Western expression. Tom squared himself for a yarn, wet his lips w...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to let slide
To let go; as, 'that fish you have hooked is not fit to eat; let him slide.' ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to let sliver
To let slip, let fly, i. e. to fire. Old Yelp smelled the bar; and as soon as I clapped peeper on h...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
let up
A let up is a release; a relief. An expression borrowed from pugilists. There was no let up in the ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
let draw!
The order to let the wind take the after-leeches of the jibs, &c., over to the lee-side, while tacki...

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let fall!
The order to drop a sail loosed from its gaskets, in order to set it. ...

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let-pass
Permission given by superior authority to a vessel, to be shown to ships of war, to allow it to proc...

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let run
, or let go by the run. Cast off at once. ...

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sign of a house to let
A widow's weeds. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
to let drive
to let fly; to let slip. To discharge; let loose a blow with the fist, a stone, a bullet from a gun,...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
let drive, to
To slip or let fly. To discharge, as a shot from a gun. ...

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let fly, to
To let go a rope at once, suddenly. ...

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let in, to
To fix or fit a diminished part of one plank or piece of timber into a score formed in another to re...

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let go and haul!
or afore haul! The order to haul the head-yards round by the braces when the ship casts on the oth...

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let go under foot
See under foot. ...

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fly the sheets, to let
To let them go suddenly. ...

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let out, a reef, to
, or shake out, a reef, to To increase the dimensions of a sail, by untying the points confining a...

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let go by the run
, or let go by the run. Cast off at once. ...

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