A stitch fallen in a stocking.
·vt To clean from lice. II. Louse ·noun Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. ·see <<Branchiura...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A gentleman's companion. He will never louse a grey head of his own; he will never live to be old. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·vi That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to emine...
Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12). ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
To go up the ladder to rest; to be hanged. ...
The accommodation ladder is a sort of light staircase occasionally fixed on the gangway. It is furni...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. ...
·noun A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psyll...
·- Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostl...
In Aldersgate Street, near Bridgewater Gardens (Gent. Mag. Lib. XV. 32). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A species of louse peculiar to the human body; the male is denominated a cock, the female a hen. ...
Vulgar pronunciation of the Dedalus ship of war. ...
A black bag worn to the hair or wig. ...
The round house, cage, or any other place of confinement. ...
Scotland. ...
A small toothed comb. ...
A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...
Denotes the ladder by which the officers ascend to, and descend from, the quarter-deck. ...
Synonymous with stern-ladder. ...
The assemblage of shakes and short fractures, rising one above another, in a defective single-tree s...
The hatchways, scuttles or other openings in the decks, wherein the ladders are placed. ...
Shrouds rattled too closely. ...
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c. ...
A short trough placed suitably in any fall where the water is tolerably deep, leaving a narrow troug...
See side-ladder ...
, or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...
Made of ropes with wooden steps, for getting in and out of the boats astern. ...
·- A sea slater. ...