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make-weight
a small candle, thrown in to complete the pound. N. ...

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Weight
·vt Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business. II. Weight ·vt A ponderous mass; s...

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Make
·vt To be engaged or concerned in. II. Make ·noun A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife. ...

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make
A halfpenny. CANT. ...

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make
1) a match or equal. So MACKLESS is MATCHLESS. North. 2) a match or equal. N. ...

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Counter weight
·noun A <<Counterpoise>>. ...

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jack weight
A fat man. ...

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dead weight
A vessel's lading when it consists of heavy goods, but particularly such as pay freight according to...

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weight-nails
Somewhat similar to deck-nails, but not so fine, and with square heads; for fastening cleats and the...

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Make-belief
·noun A feigning to believe; make believe. ...

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Make-believe
·adj Feigned; insincere. II. Make-believe ·noun A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; ...

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Make-game
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt. ...

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Make-peace
·noun A <<Peacemaker>>. ...

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Make-up
·noun The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is d...

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to make fish
To cure and prepare fish for commerce. A New England phrase. ...

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to make tracks
To leave; to walk away. A figurative expression of Western origin. He came plaguy near not seein' o...

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make, to
Is variously applied in sea-language. ...

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make fast
A word generally used for tying or securing ropes. To fasten. ...

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make ready!
Be prepared. ...

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counter-balance weight
in the marine engine. (See lever.) Also in many marine barometers, where it slides and is fixed by a...

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weight of metal
The weight of iron which the whole of the guns are capable of projecting at one round from both side...

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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. ...

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make a light
expressive pigeon-English. An aboriginal'sphrase for to look for, to find. «You been make a lightyar...

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to make a raise
A vulgar expression, meaning to raise; procure; obtain. I made a raise of a horse and saw, after be...

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to make oneself scarce
is to leave; to go away. ...

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make the door
, or WINDOWS i. e. fasten them. North. Salop, Leic. ...

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meddle nor make
Neither meddle nor make, i. e. not to interfere. North. ...

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buttons, to make
A common time-honoured, but strange expression, for sudden apprehension or misgiving. ...

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make head-way
A ship makes head-way when she advances through the water. ...

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make it so
The order of a commander to confirm the time, sunrise, noon, or sunset, reported to him by the offic...

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make sail, to
To increase the quantity of sail already set, either by letting out reefs, or by setting additional ...

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make water, to
Usually signifies the act of a ship leaking, unless the epithet foul be added. (See foul water.) ...

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broadside weight of metal
The weight of iron which the guns of a ship can project, when single-shotted, from one side. (See we...

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to make no bones of
To do a thing without hesitation. A metaphor borrowed from eating with dispatch as if it contained n...

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make a good board
See board. ...

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make a lane there!
The order of the boatswain for the crew to separate at muster, to facilitate the approach of any one...

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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale. ...

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make lee-way, to
To drift to leeward of the course. ...

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make stern-way, to
To retreat, or move stern foremost. ...

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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage. ...

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to make the fur fly
To claw; scratch; wound severely. Used figuratively. Mr. Hannegan was greatly excited, which proved...

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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely. ...

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