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Stand
·noun To appear in court.
II. Stand ·vi Rank; post; station; standing.
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Point
·noun A <<Switch>>.
II. Point ·noun To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
III. Point ·noun One of...
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point
To stretch a point; to exceed some usual limit, to take a great stride. Breeches were usually tied u...
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point
A low spit of land projecting from the main into the sea, almost synonymous with promontory or head....
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Stable stand
·- The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow be...
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Stand-by
·noun One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant us...
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Wash stand
·add. ·- In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may b...
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stand-still
He was run to a stand-still; i.e. till he could no longer move.
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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stand, to
The movement by which a ship advances towards a certain object, or departs from it; as, "The enemy s...
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stand by!
The order to be prepared; to look out to fire when directed.
To stand by a rope, is to take hold o...
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Cover-point
·noun The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point.".
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Dew-point
·noun The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of th...
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Dust-point
·noun An old rural game.
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Libration point
·noun any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each...
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Point alphabet
·add. ·- An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters.
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Point applique
·add. ·- Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-m...
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Point d'appui
·- ·see under <<Appui>>.
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Point switch
·add. ·- A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected...
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Point-blank
·adv In a point-blank manner.
II. Point-blank ·noun The white spot on a target, at which an arrow o...
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Point-device
·adj ·Alt. of Point-devise.
II. Point-device ·adv ·Alt. of Point-devise.
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Point-devise
·adv <<Exactly>>.
II. Point-devise ·adj Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
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Trois point
·add. ·- The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table.
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Vaccine point
·add. ·- ·see <<Point>>, ·noun, 26.
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Vantage point
·add. ·- A point giving advantage; vantage ground.
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needle point
A sharper.
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autumnal point
That part of the ecliptic whence the sun descends southward.
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balancing-point
A familiar term for centre of gravity. (See gravity, centre of.)
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dew-point
A meteorological term for the degree of temperature at which the moisture of the atmosphere would be...
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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle.
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lubber's point
A black vertical line or mark in the compass-bowl in the direction of the ship's head, by which the ...
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point-beacher
A low woman of Portsmouth.
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point-blank
Direct on the object; "blank" being the old word for the mark on the practice-butt.
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point iron
A large sort of plumb for the nice adjustment of perpendicularity for a given line.
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point brass or iron
A large sort of plumb for the nice adjustment of perpendicularity for a given line.
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point-holes
The eyelet-holes for the points.
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quarter-point
A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle.
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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. '...
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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 of arms
A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the ...
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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object.
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point-blank firing
That wherein no elevation is given to the gun, its axis being pointed for the object.
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point-blank range
The distance to which a shot was reckoned to range straight, without appreciable drooping from the f...
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ease, to stand at
To remain at rest.
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fill and stand on
A signal made after "lying by" to direct the fleet to resume their course.
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stand in shore, to
To sail directly for the land.
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first point of aries
See aries.
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point a gun, to
To direct it on a given object.
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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point-de-galle canoe
Consists of a single stem of Dúp wood, 18 to 30 feet long, from 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 feet broad, and from ...
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point of the compass
The 32d part of the circumference, or 11° 15′.
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to stand up to the rack
A metaphorical expression of the same meaning as the like choice phrases, 'to come to the scratch;' ...
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stand clear of the cable!
A precautionary order when about to let go the anchor, that nothing may obstruct it in running out o...
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