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Arse
·noun The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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arse
To hang an arse; to hang back, to be afraid to advance. He would lend his a-e and sh-te through his ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Hang
·noun A sharp or steep declivity or slope.
II. Hang ·vi To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
III. H...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hang
'To get the hang of a thing,' is to get the knack, or habitual facility of doing it well. A low expr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hang
In timber, opposed to sny (which see).
♦ To hang. Said of a mast that inclines; it hangs forward, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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an
ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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an
an I conj.
I I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter c...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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An
·conj If;
— a word used by old English authors.
II. An ·- This word is properly an adjective, but ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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arse verse
arse verse, a Tuscan-Latin incantation against fire : ARSE VERSE averte ignem significat, Paul. ex ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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open arse
A medlar.
See medlar.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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arse-ward
backward. Cumb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hang-bies
·pl of Hang-by.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hang-by
·noun A dependent; a hanger-on;
— so called in contempt.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hang out
The traps scavey where we hang out; the officers know where we live.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang up
v.
to tie up a horse.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 49 [Footnote]:
«In Melbourne there a...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to hang around
To loiter about. To 'hang around' a person, is to hang about him, to seek to be intimate with him.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hang-nails
Slivers, which hang from the roots of the nails, and reach to the tips of the fingers.--Forby's Voca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hang-fire
When the priming burns without igniting the cartridge, or the charge does not rapidly ignite after p...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hang gallows look
A thievish, or villainous appearance.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang in chains
A vile, desperate fellow. Persons guilty of murder, or other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang it up
Score it up: speaking of a reckoning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hang on her!
In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat.
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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well-an-ere!
alas! Derb. N .
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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working an observation
Reducing the altitudes or distances of heavenly bodies by calculation.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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to hang up one's fiddle
To desist; to give up.
When a man loses his temper and ain't cool, he might as well hang up his fid...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar
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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cheeks of an embrasure
The interior faces or sides of an embrasure.
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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flank of an army
The right or left side or end, as distinguished from the front and rear a vulnerable point. Also, th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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inclination of an orbit
The angle which the path of a comet or planet makes with the plane of the ecliptic.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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magnitude of an eclipse
The proportion which the eclipsed part of the surface of the sun or moon bears to the diameter; it i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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trend of an anchor
The lower end of the shank, where it thickens towards the arms, usually at one-third from the crown....
The Sailor's Word-Book
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y's of an instrument
The Y-shaped bearings for the telescope axis, on the precision of which the value of an astronomical...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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owl in an ivy bush
He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large frizzled wig, or a wom...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bring-to an anchor, to
To let go the anchor in the intended port. "All hands bring ship to an anchor!" The order by which t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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oar, to shove in an
To intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked.
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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened.
I just puts my finger to my nose, and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.