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• how fare ye?

  Are you all hearty? are you working together? a good old sea phrase not yet lost. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Fare

  ·v A journey; a passage. II. Fare ·v Ado; bustle; business. III. Fare ·v The catch of fish on a fi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• fare

  1) a cow FARES a-calving, when near the time : and so of sheep. North. 2) a fare of pigs, all the p...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• fare

  [Anglo-Saxon, fara]. A voyage or passage by water, or the money paid for such passage. Also, a fis...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• How

  ·adv At what price; how dear. II. How ·adv For what reason; from what cause. III. How ·adv By what...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• You

  (dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indic...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• how?

  for what? Used chiefly in New England, like the French comment? in asking for the repetition of some...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• how

  An ancient term for the carina or hold of a ship. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• batchelor's fare

  Bread and cheese and kisses. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lenten fare

  Spare diet. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fare-crofts

  The vessels that formerly plied between England and France. ...

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• here-fare

  [Anglo-Saxon]. An expedition; going to warfare. ...

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• any how

  At any rate, on any account, in any way. We have no confidence in cobble-stone pavement for Broadwa...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• how-come?

  Rapidly pronounced huc-cum, in Virginia. Doubtless an English phrase, brought over by the original s...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• you don't!

  for you don't say so; really! indeed! as, 'Mr. A threw a back somerset out of a three-story window. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bord you

  A saying of a man waiting, to one who is drinking, meaning that he claims the next turn. ...

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• you, sir!

  The irritating mode in which some officers address the seamen. The late Lord Collingwood never permi...

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• any how you can fix it

  At any rate whatever. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hither and you

  here and there, backwards and forwards. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• wea-worth you

  woe betide you. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• heys-and-how

  An ancient sea-cheer. HI! Often used for hoy; as, "Hi, you there!" Also, the old term for they, as...

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• thank god thank you

  a reply after grace is said after dinner, and addressed to the host. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• thank you for them

  an answer to an enquiry after absent friends. North. They are very well, I thank you for them. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• do you hear there?

  An inquiry following an order, but very often needlessly. ...

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• what water have you?

  The question to the man sounding, as to the depth of water which the lead-line gives. ...

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• well fare ye, my lads!

  An exclamation of approbation to the men at a hard heave or haul. ...

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• to see how the cat jumps

  A metaphorical expression meaning, to discover the secrets or designs of others. We also say, in th...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• if so be as how

  A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• How The Prophetic Gift Was Received

  - We learn from Holy Scripture that it was by the agency of the Spirit of God that the prophets rece...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary