setting-pole

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• setting pole

  A pole, generally pointed with iron, forced into the mud, by which boats and barges are moored in sh...

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• Setting

  ·noun Something set in, or inserted. II. Setting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Set>>. III. Setting ·noun Th...

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• setting

  The operation of moving a boat or raft by means of poles. Also, arranging the sights of a gun, or po...

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• Pole

  ·noun The firmament; the sky. II. Pole ·noun ·see <<Polarity>>, and <<Polar>>, ·noun. III. Pole ·v...

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• pole

  He is like a rope-dancer's polo, lead at both ends; a saying of a stupid sluggish fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pole

  The upper end of the highest masts, when they rise above the rigging. ...

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• over-setting

  The state of a ship turning upside down, either by carrying too much sail or by grounding, so that s...

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• setting-up

  Raising a ship from her blocks, shores, &c., by wedges driven between the heels of the shore and the...

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• watch-setting

  In the army, retreat, or the time for mounting the night-guards. ...

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• Imp-pole

  ·noun A pole for supporting a scaffold. ...

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• Totem pole

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Totem post. ...

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• catch pole

  A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• clod pole

  The same. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pething-pole

  n. a harpoon-like weapon used forpething (pithing) cattle; that is, killing them by piercing thespi...

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

• roping-pole

  n. a long pole used for castinga rope over an animal's head in the stockyard. 1880. Rolf Boldrewoo...

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

• pole-work

  a long tedious business. North. ...

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

• raffling pole

  used to stir the fuel in an oven. Norf. and Suff. ...

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• antarctic pole

  The south end of the earth's axis. ...

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• arctic pole

  The north pole of the globe. ...

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• depressed pole

  That end of the earth's axis which is below the horizon of the spectator according to his being in t...

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• elevated pole

  That terrestrial pole which is above the horizon of a spectator. ...

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• pole-masts

  Single spar masts, also applied where the top-gallant and royal masts are in one. (See mast.) ...

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• pole-star

  α Ursæ minoris. This most useful star is the lucida of the Little Bear, round which the other compon...

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• snaping-pole

  An old term for a fishing-rod. ...

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• Setting-up exercise

  ·add. ·- Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose o...

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• heaving and setting

  Riding hard, pitching and sending. ...

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• setting the watch

  The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by ...

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• cosmical rising and setting of the heavenly bodies

  Their rising and setting with the sun. ...

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