A rural sport practised at wakes and fairs in Derbyshire; a ram, whose tail is well soaped and greased, is turned out to the multitude; any one that can take him by the tail, and hold him fast, is to have him for his own.
·noun A <<Ram>>. II. Tup ·vt & ·vi To butt, as a ram does. III. Tup ·vt & ·vi To <<Cover>>; — sai...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A ram: figuratively, a cuckold. to tup To have carnal knowledge of a woman. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a ram. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·adj Moving or advancing by running. II. Running ·adj Discharging pus; as, a running sore. III. Ru...
·adj Straight; direct. ...
·add. ·- The air pressure supported by each longitudinal foot segment of a wing. II. Running load ·...
A piece of game frequently practised at fairs, wakes, &c. A large pig, whose tail is cut short, and ...
or NAG A clap, or gleet. ...
Snatching goods off a counter, and throwing them to an accomplice, who brushes off with them. ...
Hawker of newspapers, trials, and dying speeches. ...
n. a Tasmanian plant,i.q. Coral-Pea. See Kennedya. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(See under-run.) Applied to ice, when the young ice overlaps, and is driven over. ...
In the case of foreign-going ships making voyages averaging less than six months in duration, runnin...
Those which are made fast to the running rigging or tackles. ...
One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes f...
A vessel, by accident or bad steerage, falling in contact with another under sail. (See athwart // h...
Landing a cargo of contraband articles. ...
(Leviticus 15:2,3; 22:4; Numbers 5:2; 2 Samuel 3:29) In (Leviticus 15:3) a distinction is introduced...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Is made by taking the end round the standing part, and making a bowline upon its own part. ...
A special admission into policies of marine insurance, to include the risk of loss or damage in cons...
See gant-lope (pronounced gantlet). ...
A method practised in the ruder state of navigation, when the longitude was very doubtful, by sailin...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...
Synonymous with the fall, or that part on which the man power is applied to produce the intended eff...