to hail from

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• From

  ·prep Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; ou...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hail

  ·vt To pour forcibly down, as hail. II. Hail ·adj Healthy. ·see Hale (the preferable spelling). II...

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• Hail!

  A salutation expressive of a wish for the welfare of the person addressed; the translation of the Gr...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Hail

  Frozen rain-drops; one of the plagues of Egypt (Ex. 9:23). It is mentioned by Haggai as a divine jud...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• All hail

  ·interj All health; — a phrase of salutation or welcome. ...

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• All-hail

  ·vt To <<Salute>>; to <<Greet>>. ...

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• Hail-fellow

  ·noun An intimate companion. ...

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• hail, to

  To hail "from a country," or claim it as a birthplace. A ship is said to hail from the port where sh...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hail-shot

  Small shot for cannon. ...

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• Laodicea, Epistle from

  (Col. 4:16), was probably the Epistle to the Ephesians, as designed for general circulation. It woul...

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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...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• to know b from a

  bull's foot. It is a common phrase to say, "He does not know B from a bull's foot," meaning that a p...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• removal from the list

  Dismission, or dropping an officer out of the service. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• wages remitted from abroad

  When a ship on a foreign station has been commissioned twelve calendar months, every petty officer, ...

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• volunteering from a merchantman into the navy

  Any seaman can leave his ship for the purpose of forthwith entering into the royal navy; and thus le...

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• fallen away from a horse load to a cart load

  A saying on one grown fat. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose