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foot it in
An order to stow the bunt of a sail snugly in furling, executed by the bunt-men dancing it in, holdi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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It
·pron As an indefinite nominative for a impersonal verb; as, it snows; it rains.
II. It ·pron As a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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for
for, fātus, 1, v. defect. (the forms in use are fatur, fantur, fabor, fabitur; part. perf. fatus; pe...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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for
(for) fātus, fārī, defect.(in use are fātur, fantur, fābor, fābitur; P. perf. fātus; perf.fātus sum...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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For
·prep Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
II. For ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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For-
·- A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also los...
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
I I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying ent...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
...
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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cheese it
Be silent, be quiet, don't do it. Cheese it, the coves are fly; be silent, the people understand our...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dragooning it
A man who occupies two branches of one profession, is said to dragoon it; because, like the soldier ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stubble it
Hold your tongue. CANT.
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to trig it
To play truant. To lay a man trigging; to knock him down.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to rail it
To travel by rail-road.
From Petersburgh I railed it through the North Carolina pitch, tar, turpent...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to spark it
To court. Used chiefly in New England.
You were a nation sight wiser than brother Jonathan, sister ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to streak it
is to run as fast as possible.
O'er hill and dale with fury she did dreel,
A' roads to her were go...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fix it
A vulgarism of recent origin, but now very common. It is heard in such phrases as, 'I will not do so...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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d'rabbit it
a vulgar exclamation or abbreviation of God rabbit it, a foolish evasion of an oath. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Uncalled-for
·adj Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
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Unhoped-for
·adj Unhoped; unexpected.
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Unlooked-for
·adj Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
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to go for
To be in favor of. Thus, 'I go for peace with Mexico,' means I am in favor of peace with Mexico, or,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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done for
Cheated; taken advantage of.
Wall street, it appears, is infested with mock-auction shops,--a count...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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limb-for
a man addicted to any thing is called "a limb for it." Norf. and Suff.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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for-by
Near to; adjacent.
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hang it up
Score it up: speaking of a reckoning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to keep it up
To prolong a debauch. We kept it up finely last night; metaphor drawn from the game of shuttle- cock...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pick-it-up
n.
a boys' name for the Diamondbird (q.v.).
1896. G. A. Keartland, `Horne Expedition in CentralAus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to go it blind
To accede to any object with out due consideration. Mr. Greeley, in speaking of General Taylor's cla...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to go it strong
To perform an act with vigor or without scruple.
President Polk in his message goes it strong for t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to keep it up
To prolong a debauch. 'He kept it up finely last night;' a metaphor drawn from a game of shuttlecock...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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can't come it
is a vulgar expression for cannot do it. "You can't come it over me so," i. e. you cannot effect you...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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done did it
for has done it, or performed it.--Sherwood's Georgia.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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i swamp it!
An interjection of the same meaning as I swan! which see.
Had that darn'd old vessel--that frigate ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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say of it
taste it. S. From the French word. ESSAYER.
Sc ADDING OF PEAS, a custom in the North, of boiling th...
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away with it
The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.
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crabbing to it
Carrying an over-press of sail in a fresh gale, by which a ship crabs or drifts sideways to leeward....
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make it so
The order of a commander to confirm the time, sunrise, noon, or sunset, reported to him by the offic...
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plank it, to
To sleep on the bare decks, choosing, as the galley saying has it, the softest plank.
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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear.
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stash it there!
An old order to cease or be quiet.
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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
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Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
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In antis
·- Between antae;
— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
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In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
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In esse
·- In being; actually existing;
— distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
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In loco
·- In the place; in the proper or natural place.
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In posse
·- In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass;
— contradistinguished f...
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In rem
·add. ·- Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;.
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In situ
·- In its natural position or place;
— said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in whi...
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In transitu
·- In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
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In vacuo
·- In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
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In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...
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Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childb...
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Printing in
·add. ·- A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introdu...
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Roughing-in
·noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
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Shoo-in
·add. ·- a candidate who is certain to win easily.
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Take-in
·noun Imposition; fraud.
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foysted in
Words or passages surreptitiously interpolated or inserted into a book or writing.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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taken in
Imposed on, cheated.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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in twig
Handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cave in
Said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank. Figuratively, to break down; to give up...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to happen in
To happen to call in; to come in accidentally.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to suck in
To take in; to cheat; to deceive. A figurative expression, probably drawn from a sponge, which sucks...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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to put the licks in
is to run very fast. A Northern phrase. Also in speaking of a ship sailing, we bear the phrase, 'She...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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forted in
Intrenched in a fort.
A few inhabitants forted in on the Potomac.--Marshall's Washington.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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roping in
Cheating. A very common expression in the South-western States.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bringing in
The detention of a vessel on the high seas, and bringing her into port for adjudication.
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chancery, in
When a ship gets into irons. (See irons.)
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cutting in
Making the special directions for taking the blubber off a whale, which is flinched by taking off ci...
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filling in
The replacing a ship's vacant planks opened for ventilation, when preparing her, from ordinary, for ...
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heaving in
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing.
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housing-in
After a ship in building is past the breadth of her bearing, and that she is brought in too narrow t...
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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board.
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in-boats!
The order to hoist the boats in-board.
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in-bow!
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
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in-hauler
The rope used for hauling in the clue of a boom-sail, or jib-traveller: it is the reverse of out-hau...
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
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lie in!
The order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed.
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locking-in
the alternate clues and bodies of the hammocks when hung up.
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set in
Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
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taking in
The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...
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tumble in
See tumbling home.
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angling for farthings
Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blood for blood
A term used by tradesmen for bartering the different commodities in which they deal. Thus a hatter f...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tit for tat
An equivalent.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tit for tat
The phrase "tit for tat, if you kill my dog I'll kill your cat," is among the provincialisms of Hant...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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take order for
to provide for or against any thing. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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whicket for whacket
an equivalent ; QUID PRO QUO. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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quittee for quottee
an equivalent ; QUID PRO QUO. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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white for quite
QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE.
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battens for hammocks
See hammock-battens.
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changey-for-changey
A rude barter among men-of-war's men, as bread for vegetables, or any "swap."
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do for, to
A double-barrelled expression, meaning alike to take care of or provide for an individual, or to rui...
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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fit for duty
In an effective state for service.
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full for stays!
The order to keep the sails full to preserve the velocity, assisting the action of the rudder in tac...
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hank for hank
In beating against the wind each board is thus sometimes denoted. Also, expressive of two ships whic...
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indenting for stores
An indispensable duty to show that every article has been actually received.
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loosing for sea
Weighing the anchor.
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stations for stays!
Repair to your posts to tack ship.
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tie-for-tye
Mutual obligation and no favour; as in the case of the tie-mate, the comrade who, in the days of lon...
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toko for yam
An expression peculiar to negroes for crying out before being hurt.
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ton for ton and man for man
A phrase implying that ships sailing as consorts, ought fairly to divide whatever prize they take.
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tubes, for guns
A kind of portable priming, for insertion into the vent,
of various patterns. (See friction-tube, ...
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place for everything, and everything in its place
One of the golden maxims of propriety on board ship.
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old dog at it
Expert, accustomed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to give it to one
is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buckle-a-doing-it
set about it. York. The common expression is BUCKLE-TO.
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blow over, (it will)
Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly.
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grin and bear it
The stoical resignation to unavoidable hardship, which, being heard on board ship by Lord Byron, pro...
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
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Baptism for the dead
Only mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. This expression as used by the apostle may be equivalent to saying, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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touch bun for luck
See bun.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lay-overs for meddlers
A reply to a troublesome question on the part of a child, in answer to 'What's that?.' A turn-over i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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thank you for them
an answer to an enquiry after absent friends. North. They are very well, I thank you for them.
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clear for going about
Every man to his station, and every rope an-end.
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drawn for the militia
When men are selected by ballot for the defence of the country.
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keeping full for stays
A necessary precaution to give the sails full force, in aid of the rudder when going about.
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ladle, for a gun
An instrument for charging with loose powder; formed of a cylindrical sheet of copper-tube fitted to...
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look out for squalls
Beware; cautionary.
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pushing for a port
Carrying all sail to arrive quickly.
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Brother-in-law
·noun The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husban...
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Brothers-in-law
·pl of Brother-in-law.
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Cone-in-cone
·adj Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed ...
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Daughter-in-law
·noun The wife of one's son.
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Daughters-in-law
·pl of Daughter-in-law.
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Father-in-law
·noun The father of one's husband or wife;
— correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.
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Fathers-in-law
·pl of Father-in-law.
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Four-in-hand
·noun A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team.
II. Four-in...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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Mother-in-law
·noun The mother of one's husband or wife.
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Sister-in-law
·noun The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of o...
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Sisters-in-law
·pl of Sister-in-law.
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Son-in-law
·noun The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
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Sons-in-law
·pl of Son-in-law.
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Status in quo
·- ·Alt. of Status quo.
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Conduit (Great) in Westeheap
See The Great Conduit.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit in Colemanstreet
In Coleman Street by the west end of the parish church of St. Margaret Lothbury. Erected at the char...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Conduit in Lothbury
Erected at the charges of the City in 1546, Sir Martin Bowes being Mayor. Water was brought from spr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cross in Cheapside
See Great Cross in Cheapside.
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Ely in London
Six messuages and forty acres of land in Ely (in) London, the suburb of London and the parish of St....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) James' in Walbrook
St. James parish in Wallebroke, 29 H. VIII. (L. and P H. VIII. XII. (1) p. 589).
Probably an error ...
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(St.) Margaret in Breggestrate
See Margaret Fish Street Hill.
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La Maudelyne in Eldefihsstrete
See St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
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(St.) Michael in Fridaistrete
Tenement of John de Derby in parish of St. Michis apli in Fridaistrete, 26 Ed. I. (West. Abbey MSS. ...
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(St.) Nicholas in Distaflane
See St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
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The Spicery In Westcheap
The "Spiceria" or quarter occupied by the Spicers. Mentioned 1278-9 in will of Robert de Mounpeiller...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Standard in Cornhill
At the east end of Cornhill, where the four streets met, in the middle of the street (S. 189).
It s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Standard in Westcheap
In the middle of Cheapside, nearly opposite the south end of Honey Lane, east of Bread Street (Leake...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sterre in Bredestrete
See Star Court.
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cat in pan
To turn cat in pan, to change sides or parties; supposed originally to have been to turn CATE or CAK...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger in eye
To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang in chains
A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hans in kelder
Jack in the cellar, i.e. the child in the womb: a health frequently drank to breeding women or their...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knave in grain
A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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one in ten
A parson: an allusion to his tithes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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coo-in-new
n.
aboriginal name for «a usefulverbenaceous timber-tree of Australia, Gmelinaleichhardtii, F. v. M...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lease in perpetuity
a statutory expression in themost recent land legislation of New Zealand, indicating aspecific mode ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....
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chime in, to
To join a mess meal or treat. To chime in to a chorus or song.
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commander-in-chief
The senior officer in any port or station appointed to hold command over all other vessels within th...
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fall in, to
The order to form, or take assigned places in ranks. (See assembly.)
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fell in with
Met by chance.
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flatten in, to
The action of hauling in the aftmost clue of a sail to give it greater power of turning the vessel; ...
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haul in, to
To sail close to the wind, in order to approach nearer to an object.
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heaving in stays
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays.
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hog-in-armour
Soubriquet for an iron-clad ship.
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hove-in-sight
The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
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hove-in-stays
The position of a ship in the act of going about.
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in and out
A term sometimes used for the scantling of timbers, the moulding way, and particularly for those bol...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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jack in office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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laden in bulk
A cargo neither in casks, bales, nor cases, but lying loose in the hold, only defended from wet by m...
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let in, to
To fix or fit a diminished part of one plank or piece of timber into a score formed in another to re...
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moon in distance
When the angle between her and the sun, or a star, admits of measurement for lunar observation.
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orders in council
Decrees given by the privy council, signed by the sovereign, for important state necessities, indepe...
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pitch in, to
To set to work earnestly; to beat a person violently. (A colloquialism.)
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round-in, to
To haul in on a fall; the act of pulling upon any slack rope which passes through one or more blocks...
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shut in, to
Said of landmarks or points of land, when one is brought to transit and overlap the other, or interc...
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slack in stays
Slow in going about. Also applied to a lazy man.
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stoppage in transitu
A valuable privilege under which an unpaid consigner or broker may stop or countermand his goods upo...
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stowed in bulk
See bulk.
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turn in, to
To go to bed.
♦ To turn out. To get up.
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turning in rigging
The end of a vessel's shrouds carried round the dead-eyes, laid back and secured by seizings.
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