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Buck
·noun The beech tree.
II. Buck ·noun A male Indian or negro.
III. Buck ·vi To copulate, as bucks a...
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buck
A blind horse; also a gay debauchee.
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buck
I.
v.
Used «intransitively of a horse, toleap vertically from the ground, drawing the feet togethe...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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buck
A frame or stand of peculiar construction on which wood is sawn for fuel. In New England it is calle...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buck
1) of a cart or waggon, the body. Hamp.
2) the breast. Suss.
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Run
·- of Run.
II. Run ·p.p. of Run.
III. Run ·adj To creep, as serpents.
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run
n.
1) Tract of land over which sheep orcattle may graze. It is curious that what in England is call...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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run
1) A small stream or rivulet; a word common in the Southern and Western States, though sometimes hea...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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run
The distance sailed by a ship. Also, used among sailors to imply the agreement to work a single pass...
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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use.
Well, how d'ye do, any how?
So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...
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risk a run, to
To take chance without convoy.
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Buck bean
·- A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or...
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Buck fever
·add. ·- Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in h...
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Buck-basket
·noun A basket in which clothes are carried to the wash.
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Buck-eyed
·adj Having bad or speckled eyes.
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Water buck
·- A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks o...
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buck bail
Bail given by a sharper for one of the gang.
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buck fitch
A lecherous old fellow.
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buck-jumper
See bucker
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buck-jumping
Bucking
verbal nouns.
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 43:
«At length it shoo...
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buck-shot
n.
a settlers' term for ageological formation. See quotation.
1851. `The Australasian Quarterly,' ...
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buck-eye
In the Western States, the people of each are known by certain nicknames. The natives of Ohio are ca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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haw-buck
A term used by the farmers in driving their oxen; and hence often applied to a rough and unpolished ...
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buck, to
To wash a sail.
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buck-weel
A bow-net for fish.
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Run-around
·add. ·noun A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
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run goods
A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered.
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run-about
n. and adj.
Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...
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run-hunting
exploring for a new run. See Run.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xix. p. 238:
«What...
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sheep-run
n.
See run.
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hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed.
We knew the Tam...
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let run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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run, clean
When the after part of a ship's form exhibits a long clean curvature approaching to a wedge.
♦ Ful...
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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...
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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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·- 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, 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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run down a coast, to
To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers.
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run down a vessel, to
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her.
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run out a warp, to
To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and fasten it to some distant place to remove the shi...
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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run athwart a ship's course, to
To cross her path.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
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to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick.
Any one who can...
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run of stones
A pair of mill-stones is called a run of stones when in operation or placed in a mill. The Rochester...
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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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rings, to run round
: to beat out and out. Apicturesque bit of Australian slang. One runner runs straightto the goal, th...
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cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone.
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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a buck of the first head
One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in L...
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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 ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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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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to ring a peal
To scold; chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal!
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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...
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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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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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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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