A partner to a file.
See file.
·vt To obtrude by fraud or imposition. II. Sham ·noun A false front, or removable ornamental coveri...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A cheat, or trick. To cut a sham; to cheat or deceive. Shams; false sleeves to put on over a dirty s...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·noun Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. II. Shoulder ·noun The angle of a bastion inc...
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The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. ...
A dinner given after a funeral, to those who have carried the corpse. ...
A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested. ...
The military word of command to carry the musket vertically at the side of the body, and resting aga...
To pretend sickness. ...
When a seaman forgets his craft, and gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown a...
An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper. ...
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The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...
A kind of triangular sail of peculiar form, used mostly in boats. It is very handy and safe, particu...