marine officer

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• marine officer

  An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...

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• Officer

  ·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissio...

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• officer

  A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a...

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• Officer

  It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefin...

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• Marine

  ·adj A picture representing some marine subject. II. Marine ·adj Formed by the action of the curren...

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• marine

  Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...

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• officer plant

  n. another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...

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• chief officer

  See chief mate ...

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• crack officer

  One of the best class. ...

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• flag-officer

  A term synonymous with admiral. ...

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• naval officer

  One belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad...

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• orderly officer

  In the army. See officer of the day. ...

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• petty officer

  A divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal. ...

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• second officer

  Second mate in merchantmen. ...

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• senior officer

  The commanding officer for the time being. ...

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• signal-officer

  In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...

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• staff-officer

  On the general staff of the army, or of a combined force. See staff. ...

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• warrant-officer

  Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...

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• Fluvio-marine

  ·adj Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. ...

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• Marine Square

  See Wellclose Square. ...

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• engine, marine

  (See marine engines.) Engine was of old a military machine for warfare. ...

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• horse-marine

  An awkward lubberly person. One out of place. ...

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• marine barometer

  A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the m...

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• marine boards

  Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...

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• marine buildings

  Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c. ...

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• marine engines

  Those steam engines which are used to propel ships, whether on the ocean or in rivers, in contradist...

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• marine glue

  , or jeffrey's glue. A well-known adhesive composition of great importance in ship carpentry, and ...

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• marine insurance

  A contract by which an individual or a company agree to indemnify the losses or damages happening to...

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• marine lagoon

  A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action. ...

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• marine railway

  A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair. ...

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• marine stores

  A general term for the iron-work, cordage, sails, provisions, and other outfit, with which a vessel ...

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• mercantile marine

  See marine. ...

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• artillery, royal marine

  Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...

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• aspirant de marine

  Midshipman in the French navy. ...

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• local marine-board

  See marine boards. ...

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• marine clothing-room

  A compartment of the after-platform, to receive the clothes and stores of the royal marines. ...

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• mercantile marine fund

  A public fund accumulated by fees payable to the Board of Trade on account of the merchant shipping....

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• oscillating marine-engine

  A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...

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• royal marine artillery

  Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.) ...

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• officer of the day

  A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...

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• officer of the watch

  The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch. ...

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• top the officer, to

  To arrogate superiority. ...

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• cranks of a marine engine

  ; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...

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• frame of the marine steam-engine

  , is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...

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