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Peal
·vt To pour out.
II. Peal ·noun A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
III. Peal ·vi To <<Appeal>>.
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peal
To ring a peal in a man's ears; to scold at him: his wife rang him such a peal!
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Ring
·noun A circular group of persons.
II. Ring ·vi To rise in the air spirally.
III. Ring ·vi To prac...
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Ring
Used as an ornament to decorate the fingers, arms, wrists, and also the ears and the nose. Rings wer...
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ring
Money procured by begging: beggars so called it from its ringing when thrown to them. Also a circle ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring
v. tr.
1) To cut the bark of a treeround the trunk so as to kill it. The word is common in thesame ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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ring
A commercial measure of staves, or wood prepared for casks, and containing four shocks. Also, the ir...
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Ring
The ring was regarded as an indispensable article of a Hebrew's attire, inasmuch as it contained his...
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Bearing ring
·add. ·- In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functi...
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Piston ring
·add. ·- A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston.
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Ring armature
·add. ·- An armature for a dynamo or motor having the conductors wound on a ring.
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Ring winding
·add. ·- Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately ...
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Ring-necked
·adj Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
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Ring-streaked
·adj Having circular streaks or lines on the body; as, ring-streaked goats.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Vortex ring
·add. ·- A ring-shaped mass of moving fluid which, by virtue of its motion of rotation around an axi...
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Whiskey, Ring
·add. ·- A conspiracy of distillers and government officials during the administration of President ...
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carvel's ring
The private parts of a woman. Ham Carvel, a jealous old doctor, being in bed with his wife, dreamed ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ring-bark
v. tr.
Same meaning as Ring(1).
1888. D. Macdonald, `Gum Boughs,' p. 204:
«The selector in a timb...
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ring-dollar
n.
See quotation;and see Dump and Holy Dollar.
1870. T. H. Braim, `New Homes,' c. iii. p. 131:
«T...
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ring-eye
n.
one of the many names for thebirds of the genus Zosterops (q.v.).
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ring-neck
n.
the equivalent of Jackaroo (q.v.). A term used in the back blocks in reference to thewhite colla...
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ring-tail
or Ring-tailed Opossum
n.
See pseudochirus and opossum.
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fly ring
laughing, fleering, or sneering. N.
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yold-ring
a yello-whammer. N.
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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base-ring
In guns of cast-metal, the flat moulding round the breech at that part where the longitudinal surfac...
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cornish ring
The astragal of the muzzle or neck of a gun; it is the next ring from the mouth backwards. (Now disu...
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muzzle-ring
That which encompassed and strengthened the muzzle or mouth of a cannon; now disused.
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ring-bolt
An iron bolt with an eye at one end, wherein is fitted a circular ring. They are more particularly u...
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ring-dogs
Iron implements for hauling timber along: made by connecting two common dogs by a ring through the e...
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ring-ropes
Ropes rove through the ring of the anchor, to haul the cable through it, in order to bend or make it...
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ring-stopper
A long piece of rope secured to an after ring-bolt, and the loop embracing the cable through the nex...
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ring-tail
A kind of studding-sail hoisted beyond the after edge of those sails which are extended by a gaff an...
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trunnion-ring
The ring round a cannon next before the trunnions, now disused.
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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A
·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
III. A ·- An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter.
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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A-
·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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ring the changes
When a person receives silver in change to shift some good shillings and put bad ones in their place...
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
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A B C
·- The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
II. A B C ·- A primer for teach...
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
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Black-a-vised
·adj Dark-visaged; swart.
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Bric-a brac
·noun Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
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Char-a-bancs
·noun A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.
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Chars-a-banc
·pl of Char-a-bancs.
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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
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Cornet-a-piston
·noun A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sli...
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Cornets-a-piston
·pl of Cornet-a-piston.
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Dos-a-dos
·add. ·noun A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
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Flute a bec
·- A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held li...
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Jack-a-dandy
·noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
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Jack-a-lent
·noun A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
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Penny-a-liner
·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
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Tete-a-tete
·adj Private; confidential; familiar.
II. Tete-a-tete ·noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two...
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Vis-a-vis
·adv Face to face.
II. Vis-a-vis ·noun One who, or that which, is face to face with another; ·esp.,...
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Wait-a-bit
·add. ·noun The prickly ash.
II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant.
III. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·...
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Wait-a-while
·add. ·noun = Wait-a-bit.
II. Wait-a-while ·add. ·noun One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia c...
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Adam, a type
The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as "the figure of him who was to come." On this account our Lord is ...
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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chick-a-biddy
A chicken, so called to and by little children.
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cock-a-whoop
Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy.
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to couch a hogshead
To lie down to sleep. CANT.
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to fight a crib
To make a sham fight. BEAR GARDEN TERM.
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cure a-se
A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.
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dram-a-tick
A dram served upon credit.
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drop a cog
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who se...
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firing a gun
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
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to fire a slug
To drink a dram.
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foxing a boot
Mending the foot by capping it.
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mumble a sparrow
A cruel sport practised at wakes and fairs, in the following manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are ...
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pit-a-pat
The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same.
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slug-a-bed
A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning.
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squint-a-pipes
A squinting man or woman; said to be born in the middle of the week, and looking both ways for Sunda...
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wear a--e
A one-horse chaise.
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bull-a-bull
or Bullybul
n.
a child'scorruption of the Maori word Poroporo (q.v.), aflowering shrub of New Zeal...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cock-a-bully
n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...
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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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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
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perish, doing a
modern slang from Western Australia.See quotation.
1894. `The Argus,' March 28, p. 5, col. 4:
«Whe...
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stay-a-while
n.
a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.).
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wait-a-while
n.
also called Stay-a-while: a thicket tree.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 306:
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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to deacon a calf
is to knock it in the head as soon as it is born.--Connecticut.
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to drive a bargain
To make a bargain. A common colloquial expression, as old as the language.
This bargain is ful dr...
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to girdle a tree
In America, to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark and alburnum of a tree to kil...
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to have a say
To express an opinion. A phrase in vulgar use.
I picked out "Henry Clay" for my baby's name, but t...
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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 raise a bead
This expression is used at the West, and means to bring to a head, to make succeed. The figure is ta...
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to sky a copper
To toss up a cent.
Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour.
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
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up-a-day
A fondling expression of a nurse to a child, when she takes it up in her arms, or lifts it over some...
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a god-cheeld!
Exclamation. God shield you! God forbid!
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brain a man
i. e. knock his brains out. N.
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feel a stink
to perceive it. Derb.
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flick-a-bacon
a flitch of bacon. N.
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jacket-a-wad
an ignis fatuus. Exm.
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scotch a wheel
to stop it from going backward. Lane.
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well-a-day!
alas! Various.
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beaching a vessel
See under voluntary stranding. Also, the act of running a vessel up on the beach for various purpose...
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bear a fist
See bear a bob
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bear a bob
, or bear a fist
Jocular for "lend a hand."
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bedding a cask
Placing dunnage round it.
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catch a crab
In rowing, when an oar gets so far beneath the surface of the water, that the rower cannot recover i...
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chapelling a ship
The act of turning her round in a light breeze, when she is close hauled, without bracing the head-y...
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chock-a-block
, or chock and block
Is the same with block-a-block and two-blocks (which see). When the lower blo...
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clubbing a fleet
Manœuvring so as to place the first division on the windward side.
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cock-a-hoop
In full confidence, and high spirits.
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cutting a feather
It is common when a ship has too broad a bow to say, "She will not cut a feather," meaning that she ...
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dick-a-dilver
A name for the periwinkle on our eastern coasts.
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disparting a gun
To bring the line of sight and line of metal to be parallel by setting up a mark on the muzzle-ring ...
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docking a ship
The act of drawing her into dock, and placing her properly on blocks, in order to give her the requi...
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doubling a cape
In navigation, is to sail round or pass beyond it, so that the point of land separates the ship from...
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driving a charge
Ramming home the loading of a piece of ordnance.
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fall! a fall!
The cry to denote that the harpoon has been effectively delivered into the body of a whale.
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frapping a ship
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...
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get-a-pull
The order to haul in more of a rope or tackle.
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give a spell
To intermit or relieve work. (See spell.)
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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...
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hard-a-port!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the starboard-side of the stern-post...
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hard-a-starboard
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the port-side of the stern-post, whi...
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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...
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heaving a strain
Working at the windlass or capstan with more than usual exertion.
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hob-a-nob
To drink cosily; the act of touching glasses in pledging a health. An early and extensive custom fal...
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jerquing a vessel
A search performed by the jerquer of the customs, after a vessel is unloaded, to see that no unenter...
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keeping a watch
To have charge of the deck. Also, the act of being on watch-duty.
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laying a rope
Arranging the yarns for the strands, and then the strands for making a rope, or cable.
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lend a hand
A request to another to help.
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lend a fist or a hand
A request to another to help.
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lie a hull
Synonymous with hull to, or hulling.
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luff a-lee
See luff round
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middling a sail
Arranging it for bending to the yard.
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nailing a gun
Synonymous with cloying or spiking. When necessary to abandon cannon, or when the enemy's artillery,...
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on a bowline
Close to the wind, when the sail will not stand without hauling the bowlines.
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on a wind
Synonymous with on a bowline.
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pedro-a-pied
[Pedro-pee]. The balance on one leg in walking a plank as a proof of sobriety. A man placed one foot...
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pricking a sail
The running a middle seam between the two seams which unite every cloth of a sail to the next adjoin...
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racking a laniard
The fastening two running parts together with a seizing, so as to prevent it from rendering through ...
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racking a tackle or laniard
The fastening two running parts together with a seizing, so as to prevent it from rendering through ...
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raising a mouse
The process of making a lump on a stay. (See mouse.)
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raising a purchase
The act of disposing certain machines, so that, by their mutual effects, they may produce sufficient...
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shifting a tackle
The act of removing the blocks of a tackle to a greater distance from each other, in order to extend...
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show a leg!
An exclamation from the boatswain's mate, or master-at-arms, for people to show that they are awake ...
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spanning a harpoon
Fixing the line which connects the harpoon and its staff. The harpoon iron is a socketed tool, taper...
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spiking a gun
Driving a large nail or iron spike into the vent, which will render the cannon unserviceable until r...
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swifting a ship
Either bringing her aground or upon a careen; also passing cables round her bottom and upper-works, ...
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taking a departure
Determining the place of a ship by means of the bearing and distance of a known object, and assuming...
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tapping a buoy
Clearing it of the water which has entered it by leakage, and would otherwise prevent its watching.
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toe a line!
The order to stand in a row.
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treading a seam
, or dancing pedro-pee.
See pedro-a-pied.
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trimming a jacket
Rope's-ending the wearer.
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wetting a commission
Giving an entertainment to shipmates on receiving promotion.
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will, with a
With all zeal and energy.
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winding a call
The act of blowing or piping on a boatswain's whistle, to communicate the necessary orders. (See cal...
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with a will
Pull all together.
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working a lunar
Reducing the observations of the sun and moon, or moon and stars, in order to find the longitude. Al...
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