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quarter-master general
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...
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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...
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General
·adj The public; the people; the vulgar.
II. General ·adj As a whole; in gross; for the most part.
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general
The commander of an army: the military rank corresponding to the naval one of admiral. The title inc...
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Master
·noun A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy.
II. Master ·vi To be skillful; to <<Excel>>.
III. Ma...
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master
The epithet for the captain or commander of a merchant vessel. When England first became a maritime ...
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post
post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root...
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post
post (1) adv.POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ub...
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Post
·adj Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
II. Post ·adv With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to t...
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Post-
·- A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript.
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Post
1) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; ...
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post
Any ground, fortified or not, where a body of men can be in a condition for defence, or fighting an ...
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Post
Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The post...
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Old General Post Office
On the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Street), between that street and Foster Lane.
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Attorney-general
·noun The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-execut...
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Brigadier general
·- An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major general. He commands a brigade, and is...
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Governor general
·- A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, ...
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Lieutenant general
·- An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general.
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Major general
·- An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of...
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Paymaster-general
·add. ·- In the United States army, an officer of the rank of brigadier general, who commands the pa...
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Postmaster-general
·noun The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the post...
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Postmasters-general
·pl of Postmaster-general.
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Solicitor-general
·noun The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the U...
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States-general
·noun In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
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receiver general
A prostitute.
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general treat
A general treat is a treat of a glass of liquor given by a person in a tavern to the whole company p...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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advocate general
An officer of the High Court of Admiralty, whose duty it is to appear for the lord high-admiral in t...
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captain-general
The highest army rank.
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general average
A claim made upon the owners of a ship and her cargo, when the property of one or more has been sacr...
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general breezo
See breezo.
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general officers
All those above the rank of a colonel.
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general orders
The orders issued by the commander-in-chief of the forces.
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general ship
Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on board, in contradistinction to a chartered s...
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lieutenant-general
The officer taking the next place to a general, ranking with vice-admiral.
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major-general
The next in rank below the lieutenant-general.
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Baggage master
·- One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.
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Harbor master
·- An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
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Master vibrator
·add. ·- In an internal-combustion engine with two or more cylinders, an induction coil and vibrator...
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Mint-master
·noun The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.
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Wreck-master
·noun A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, ·etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck.
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gentleman's master
A highway robber, because he makes a gentleman obey his commands, i.e. stand and deliver.
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kyrk-master
church-warden. N.
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attendant master
A dockyard official. (See master-attendant.)
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ballast-master
A person appointed to see the port-regulations in respect to ballast carried out.
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barrack-master
The officer placed in charge of a barrack.
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beach-master
A superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend disembarkation of an attacking force, who hold...
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harbour-master
An officer appointed to inspect the moorings, and to see that the ships are properly berthed, and th...
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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea.
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master-attendant
An officer in the royal dockyards appointed to assist in the fitting or dismantling, removing or sec...
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master mariner
Shipmaster or captain of a merchant vessel.
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master-shipwright
The chief superintendent in the building and repairing of ships in the royal dockyards.
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prize-master
The officer to whom a prize is given in charge to carry her into port.
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quarter-master
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...
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vendue master
A commercial and marine auctioneer.
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Binding post
·add. ·- A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
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Cossack post
·add. ·- An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for th...
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Crown-post
·noun ·same·as King-post.
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King-post
·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...
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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...
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Parcel post
·add. ·- That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery...
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Post note
·- A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note paya...
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Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post.
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Post-abdomen
·noun That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax;
— more commonly called abdomen.
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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...
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Post-disseizin
·noun A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of t...
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Post-disseizor
·noun A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same d...
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Post-fine
·noun A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed;
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Post-impressionism
·add. ·noun In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painter...
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Post-mortem
·adj After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
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Post-obit
·- ·Alt. of Post-obit bond.
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Post-temporal
·noun A post-temporal bone.
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Post-tragus
·noun A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
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Post-tympanic
·adj Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
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Queen-post
·noun One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. ·see King-...
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Tool-post
·noun ·Alt. of Tool-stock.
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Totem post
·add. ·- A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the ho...
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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finger post
A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post nointer
A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post-note
In commerce, a bank-note intended to be transmitted to a distant place by mail, and made payable to ...
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advanced post
A spot of ground seized by a party to secure their front. A piquet or outpost.
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alarm-post
A place appointed for troops to assemble, in case of a sudden alarm.
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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...
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false post
See false stern-post.
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inner post
, or inner stern-post.
The post on which the transoms are seated. An oak timber brought on and fay...
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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post.
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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...
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samson's post
A movable pillar which rests on its upper shoulder against a beam, with the lower tenons into the de...
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stern-post
The opposite to the stem; scarphed into the keel, and suspending the rudder. In steam-ships, where a...
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towing-post
A substantial timber fixed through the deck of a steam-tug for making the tow-rope fast to. Also, a ...
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master and commander
A title which, in 1814, was simplified to commander, the next degree above lieutenant; he ranks with...
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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...
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master of misrule
An officer of an hour or two, when the hands were piped "to mischief." The lord or abbot of misrule ...
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Ex post facto
·- ·Alt. of Ex postfacto.
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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...
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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....
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dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...
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inner stern-post
See inner post
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post of honour
The advance, and the right of the lines of any army.
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master of the mint
A gardener.
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master of the rolls
A baker.
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master of the wardrobe
One who pawns his clothes to purchase liquor.
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master of the fleet
A master on board the commander-in-chief's ship, who has a general superintendence of the stores iss...
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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...
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knight of the post
A false evidence, one that is ready to swear any thing for hire.
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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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back of the post
An additional timber bolted to the after-part of the stern-post, and forming its after-face.
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accountant-general of the navy
Superintendent of pay and general accounts of the navy.
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James, The General Epistle Of
The author of this epistle was in all probability James the son of Alphaeus, and our Lord's brother ...
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John, The First Epistle General Of
There can be no doubt that the apostle John was the author of this epistle. It was probably written ...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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