to knock under

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• Knock

  ·noun A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. II. Knock ·vt To strike for admittance; to rap ...

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• Knock

  "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room,...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• knock

  To knock a woman; to have carnal knowledge of her. To knock off; to conclude: phrase borrowed from t...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Under

  ·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...

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• Knock-knee

  ·noun A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee. ...

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• Knock-kneed

  ·adj Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. ...

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• Knock-off

  ·add. ·adj That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off. II. Knock-off ·add. ·noun Act or plac...

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• Knock-out

  ·add. ·noun Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out. II. Knock-out ·add. ·adj That knock...

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• to knock anthony

  Said of an in-kneed person, or one whose knees knock together; to cuff Jonas. See *jonas. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• knock-down

  v. generally of a cheque. To spendriotously, usually in drink. 1869. Marcus Clarke, `Peripatetic P...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to knock down

  A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock round

  To go about. I'm going to New York and Boston, and all about thar, and spend the summer until picki...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock up

  To wear out with fatigue.--Halliwell. It is the constant labour, unvaried by the least relaxation, ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to cut under

  To undersell in price.--New York. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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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• Knock-out drops

  ·add. ·- Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, ·etc. ...

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• knock me down

  Strong ale or beer, stingo. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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 knock a man over

  to knock him down. North. ...

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

• (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). A crypt of...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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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• 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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• knock off work and carry deals

  A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up takin...

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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. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose