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Under
·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...
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Cut
·noun A skein of yarn.
II. Cut ·adj Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
III. Cut ·vi To interfere, as a hor...
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cut
Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cut
1) A quantity of yarn, twelve of which make what is called a hank or skein. Common in England and Am...
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cut
A narrow boat channel; a canal.
♦ To cut, to renounce acquaintance with any one.
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Under-age
·adj Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish...
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Under-arm
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
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Under-garment
·noun A garment worn below another.
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under dubber
A turnkey.
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to knock under
A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson.
For ten times ten, and that's a...
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knuckle-under
Obey your superior's order; give way to circumstances.
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under-bevelling
The alteration made inside a square in hewing timber, as opposed to standing bevelling.
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under-bright
A meteorological term for the strong light which sometimes appears below clouds near the horizon.
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under canvas
Synonymous with under sail.
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under-current
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...
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under deck
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks.
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under foot
Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has head-way. An anchor is oft...
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under level
See bevelling.
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under-manned
When a ship has an insufficient complement, or is short-handed.
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under-masted
When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...
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under metal
The condition of a gun when the muzzle is depressed, and the metal, i.e. the breech, raised; the pro...
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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails.
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under-set
Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...
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under-skinker
Assistant to the purser's steward.
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under-tow
An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...
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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...
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Clean-cut
·adj ·see Clear-cut.
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Clear-cut
·adj Concisely and distinctly expressed.
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Cut-off
·noun That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
II. Cut-off ·noun Any device fo...
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Cut-out
·noun A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
II. Cut-out ·noun A species of swit...
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Draw-cut
·noun A single cut with a knife.
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Rose-cut
·adj Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows;
— said of...
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Sharp-cut
·adj Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of a...
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to cut bene
To speak gently. To cut bene whiddes; to give good words. To cut queer whiddes; to give foul languag...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cut out
v.
1) To separate cattle from therest of the herd in the open.
1873. Marcus Clarke, `Holiday Peak,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut didoes
Synonymous with to cut capers, i. e. to be frolicksome.
Who ever heerd them Italian singers recitin...
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to cut dirt
To run; to go fast. A vulgar expression, probably derived from the quick motion of a horse or carria...
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to cut out
To supersede one in the affections of another. A familiar expression in common use: "Miss A was enga...
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to cut short
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson.
The judge cut off the counsel very shor...
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to cut up
1) To criticise with severity; as, he was severely cut up in the newspapers.
Some correspondent ask...
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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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cut off
A term used to denote a vessel's being seized by stratagem by the natives, and the crew being murder...
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cut-water
The foremost part of a vessel's prow, or the sharp part of the knee of a ship's head below the beak....
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diamond-cut
See rhombus.
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.
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prisoner under restraint
Suspended from duty; deprived of command.
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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear.
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stand from under!
A notice given to those below to keep out of the way of anything being lowered down, or let fall fro...
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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
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under bare poles
The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...
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under-shore, to
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock.
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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land.
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under the sea
A ship lying-to in a heavy gale, and making bad weather of it.
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
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to cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to cut out of
To cheat, deprive of.
Having been cut out of my speech in Congress, by the "previous question."--Cr...
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to cut up shines
To cut capers, play tricks.
A wild bull of the prairies was cutting up shines at no great distance,...
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cut and dried
Ready made.
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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cut out, to
To attack and carry a vessel by a boat force; one of the most dashing and desperate services practis...
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grain-cut timber
That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...
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ship cut down
One which has had a deck cut off from her, whereby a three-decker is converted into a two-decker, an...
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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331).
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haul under the chains
This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...
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let go under foot
See under foot.
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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action.
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over and under turns
Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns.
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
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cut and come again
An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...
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cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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cut of the jib
A phrase for the aspect of a vessel, or person.
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cut the cable, to
A manœuvre sometimes necessary for making a ship cast the right way, or when the anchor cannot be we...
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feather, to cut a
When a ship has so sharp a bow that she makes the spray feather in cleaving it.
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession.
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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