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Binnacle
·noun A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show ...

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binnacle
(formerly BITTACLE) It appears evidently to be derived from the French term habittacle, a small ha...

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Word
·noun Verbal contention; dispute. II. Word ·noun Signal; order; command; direction. III. Word ·nou...

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word
I will take my word again, i. e. I will retract what I have said : I have changed my mind. Durham. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
word
The watch-word; the parole and countersign, which, being issued to the authorized persons at guard-m...

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bearing binnacle
A small binnacle with a single compass, usually placed before the other. In line-of-battle ships it ...

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binnacle-light
The lamp throwing light upon the compass-card. ...

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Word method
·add. ·- A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later a...

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Word-catcher
·noun One who cavils at words. ...

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By-word
Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a p...

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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...

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nay word
A bye-word, proverb. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
word grubbers
Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
word pecker
A punster, one who plays upon words. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
nay-word
The old term for the watch-word, parole, or countersign. ...

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pass-word
The countersign for answering the sentinels. ...

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Word of God
(Heb. 4:12, etc.). The Bible so called because the writers of its several books were God's organs in...

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word of mouth
To drink by word of mouth, i.e. out of the bowl or bottle instead, of a glass. ...

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