the feast of the dedication of the parish church. N.
·vt To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body. II. Wake ·vt To rouse from sleep; to <<Awak...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A country feast, commonly on the anniversary of the tutelar saint of the village, that is, the saint...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The transient, generally smooth, track impressed on the surface-water by a ship's progress. Its bear...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). ...
watching a dead body. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
When a ship sails over the transient track which another has just passed, i.e. passes close astern o...
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...