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Teaming
·noun Contract work.
II. Teaming ·noun The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or ca...
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Time
·noun <<Tense>>.
II. Time ·vt To measure, as in music or harmony.
III. Time ·noun Hour of travail,...
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time
for hour, in the phrase, 'What time are you?' meaning, What o'clock is it?
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Benting time
·- The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
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Time policy
·add. ·- A policy limited to become void at a specified time;
— often contrasted with voyage policy...
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Time signature
·add. ·- A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to in...
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Time-honored
·adj Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long contin...
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Time-table
·noun A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.
II. Time-table ·noun ...
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cockshut time
The evening, when fowls go to roost.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pudding time
In good time, or at the beginning of a meal: pudding formerly making the first dish. To give the cro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bagging-time
baiting-time. Lan. and N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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footing-time
the time when a lying-in woman gets up. Norf.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pulling-time
the evening of a fair, when the country fellows pull the wenches about. Norf. and Suff. called PULLI...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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teeming-time
the time of a woman's delivery. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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apparent time
The time resulting from an observation of the sun an expression per contractionem for apparent solar...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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calendar-time
On which officers' bills are drawn.
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kipper-time
The time during which the statutes prohibit the taking of salmon.
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mean time
See time, mean.
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periodic time
The interval of time which elapses from the moment when a planet or comet leaves any point in its or...
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rodding time
The season for fish-spawning.
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short-time
or sand glass.
One of 14 seconds, used in heaving the log when the ship is going fast.
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sidereal time
The time shown by a clock regulated by the fixed stars, and compensated to accelerate upon mean time...
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slow time
In marching, means 75 paces to a minute.
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time, mean
, or mean solar time.
That shown by a clock or watch when compensated for the unequal progress of ...
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time-keeper
, chronometer
An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...
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time-piece
, chronometer
An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...
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equation of time
The difference between mean and apparent time, or the acceleration or retardation of the sun's retur...
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revolution, time of
In relation to a planet or comet, this is the time occupied in completing a circuit round the sun, a...
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many a time and often
frequently. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose