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A verbal or lump account, without particulars, as brought at spungiug or bawdy houses.
A bad day's work, all in the wrong. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Esteem; account; estimation. II. Reckoning ·noun An account of <<Time>>. III. Reckoning ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The language spoken in Holland. II. Dutch ·noun The people of Holland; Dutchmen. III. Dutch ...
Language, or rather gibberish, which cannot be understood by a listener. (See double dutch.) ...
·noun ·see under Dead, a. ...
The estimation of the ship's place without any observation of the heavenly bodies; it is discovered ...
A proportion of the full pay of troops retained from them, in special cases, until the period of fin...
The ship's position resulting from the courses steered, and distances run by log, brought up from th...
Thank God it is no worse. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Where every one plays or signs a different tune. ...
Where the entertainer gets drunk before his guest. ...
Gibberish, or any unintelligible or difficult language. ...
A light-armed vessel of the seventeenth century, adapted for privateering, and much used by the Dutc...
"Whatever ill befalls you, there's somebody that's worse;" or "It's very unfortunate; but thank God ...
The excitement inspired by drinking spirits; false energy. ...
The Pleuronectes platessa. When small, it is called fleak; when large, Dutch plaice. ...
A punishment so contrived that, if the prisoner would not pump hard, he was drowned. ...
High-smoked herrings prepared in Holland. ...
In Middle Moorfields. Erected by the Dutch Congregation of the Austin Friars early in 1700 (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
On the east side of Austinfriars, at No. 6 (P.O. Directory). The western end of the Priory Church o...
A flat-bottomed somewhat cutter-rigged sea-boat, carrying lee-boards, fitted with two water-tight bu...