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• About

  ·adv On all sides; around. II. About ·prep Around; all round; on every side of. III. About ·prep I...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• About-sledge

  ·noun The largest hammer used by smiths. ...

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• Right-about

  ·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• round about

  An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round p...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• run-about

  n. and adj. Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• About dictionary

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett. (Ed. 1848) Ver. 1.0 (red. 19.12....

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• nighest-about

  the nearest way. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bobbing about

  Heaving and setting without making any way. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• flying about

  Synonymous with chop-about (which see). ...

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• going about

  Tacking ship. ...

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• put about

  Go on the other tack. ...

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• ready about!

  or ready oh! The order to prepare for tacking, each man to his station. (See about.) ...

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• chop-about, to

  Is applied to the wind when it varies and changes suddenly, and at short intervals of time. ...

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• heave about, to

  To go upon the other tack suddenly. ...

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• clear for going about

  Every man to his station, and every rope an-end. ...

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