shirt-band | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

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Shirt
·vt & ·vi To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. II. Shirt ·noun A loose under-garmen...

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Band
·vt A bond. II. Band ·- imp. of Bind. III. Band ·vt A belt or strap. IV. Band ·vt Pledge; securit...

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band
a string of any kind. North. ...

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band
The musicians of a band are called idlers in large ships. Also a small body of armed men or retainer...

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Band
The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth part of a le...

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Shirt waist
·add. ·- A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children;...

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purser's shirt
"Like a purser's shirt on a handspike;" a comparison for clothes fitting loosely. ...

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Band fish
·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. ...

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Reef-band
·noun A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for ...

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Augustus band
(Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour ...

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Italian band
The name of the Roman cohort to which Cornelius belonged (Acts 10:1), so called probably because it ...

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band-kitt
a kind of great can with a cover; called in Yorkshire a BOW-KITE. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
calling-band
a leading string, or back-string, for children. Sometimes called only a CAL. York, - West Riding. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
band-fish
, or ribbon-fishes A popular name of the Gymnetrus genus. ...

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belly-band
A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them....

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coral-band
See sand and coral bank or islet. ...

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humla-band
A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole. ...

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middle band
One of the bands of a sail, to give additional strength. ...

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reef-band
A narrow band of canvas sewed on the reef-line to support the strain of the reef-points. It is pierc...

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Augustus Band
(Acts 27:1) [Army] ...

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Italian Band
[Army] ...

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Troop, Band
These words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud, which has invariably the sense of an ir...

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Shirt-waist suit
·add. ·- A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. ...

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