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• Bob

  ·noun A working beam. II. Bob ·noun The refrain of a song. III. Bob ·noun A <<Shilling>>. IV. Bob...

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• bob

  1) A shoplifter's assistant, or one that receives and carries off stolen goods. All is bob; all is s...

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• bob

  A knot of worms on a string used in fishing for eels.--Webster. TO BOB To fish for eels with a bob...

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• bob

  I. A knot of worms on a string, used in fishing for eels; also colloquially, it means a berth. ♦...

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• Stay

  ·noun Hindrance; let; check. II. Stay ·vi To continue in a state. III. Stay ·vi To change tack; as...

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• stay

  A cuckold. ...

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• stay

  A large strong rope extending from the upper end of each mast towards the stem of the ship, as the s...

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• Bob wig

  ·- A short wig with bobs or short curls; — called also bobtail wig. ...

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• Bob-cherry

  ·noun A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught...

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• bob tail

  A lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail; also an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag, and bob...

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• dry bob

  A smart repartee: also copulation without emission; in law Latin, siccus robertulus. ...

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• light bob

  A soldier of the light infantry company. ...

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• rum bob

  A young apprentice; also a sharp trick. ...

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• bob-sled

  A sled prepared for the transportation of large timber from the forest to a river or public road.--M...

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• sand-stay

  n. a characteristic name for the Coast Tea-Tree, Leptospermum laevigatum,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. ...

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

• to stay put

  To remain in order; not to be disturbed. A vulgar expression. The levees and wharves of the First M...

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• a-stay

  Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...

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• belly-stay

  Used half-mast down when a mast requires support; as belly-guy, above. ...

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• fore-stay

  See stay. ...

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• jib-stay

  The stay on which the jib is set. ...

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• short stay

  "Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...

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• stay apeek

  When the cable and fore-stay form a line. (See apeek.) ...

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• stay-rods

  See stay-bars ...

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• stay-bars

  , or stay-rods. Strong malleable iron bars for supporting the framings of the marine steam-engine....

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• staysail-stay

  The stay on which a staysail is set. ...

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• triatic stay

  A rope secured at each end of the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced in its big...

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• cock-eyed bob

  a local slang term in Western Australiafor a thunderstorm. 1894. `The Age,' Jan. 20, p. 13, col. 4:...

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• bear a bob

  , or bear a fist Jocular for "lend a hand." ...

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• stay-a-while

  n. a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.). ...

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• cutter-stay fashion

  The turning-in of a dead-eye with the end of the shroud down. ...

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• inner jib-stay

  A temporary stay lashed half-way in, on the jib-boom; it sets up with lashing-eyes at the fore top-m...

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• eye of a stay

  That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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• staggering bob, with his yellow pumps

  A calf just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: the hoofs of a young calf are...

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