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Body
·noun Amount; quantity; extent. II. Body ·noun A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; an...

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body
A person. A colloquial expression used both in England and America. Good may come out of evil, and ...

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body
a simpleton. N. ...

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body
The principal corps of an army, or the main strength of a fleet. ...

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After
·adj Hinder; nearer the rear. II. After ·prep Below in rank; next to in order. III. After ·prep Be...

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after
A comparative adjective, applied to any object in the hind part of a ship or boat; as, the after-cab...

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Torpedo body
·add. ·- An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush. ...

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body snatchers
Bum bailiffs. ...

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poor body!
i. e. Poor Creature. Durham. ...

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body-hoops
Those which secure the aris pieces of a made mast. ...

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body-plan
The draught of a proposed ship, showing the breadth and timbers; it is a section supposed to cut the...

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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...

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cant-body
An imaginary figure of that part of a ship's body which forms the shape forward and aft, and whose p...

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dog's-body
Dried pease boiled in a cloth. ...

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fore-body
An imaginary figure of that part of the ship afore the midships or dead-flat, as seen from ahead. ...

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main-body
The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army. ...

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After damp
·- An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. ·see Carboni...

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After-dinner
·noun The time just after dinner. II. After-dinner ·adj Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an aft...

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After-eatage
·noun <<Aftergrass>>. ...

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After-glow
·noun A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset. ...

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After-image
·noun The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been...

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After-mentioned
·adj Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing). ...

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After-note
·noun One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from th...

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After-sails
·noun The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. ...

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After-wit
·noun Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use. ...

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After-witted
·adj Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted. ...

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after-clap
A demand after the first given in has been discharged; a charge for pretended omissions; in short, a...

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after night
After nightfall; in the evening; as, "A meeting will be held in the court-house after night." This e...

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at-after
afterwards. North. ...

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after-clap
Whatever disagreeable occurrence takes place after the consequences of the cause were thought at an ...

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after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern. ...

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after-face
See back of the post. ...

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after-guard
The men who are stationed on the quarter-deck and poop, to work the after-sails. It was generally co...

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after-ladder
leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...

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after-orders
Those which are given out after the regular issue of the daily orders. ...

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after-part
The locality towards the stern, from dead-flat; as, in the after-part of the fore-hold. ...

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after-peak
The contracted part of a vessel's hold, which lies in the run, or aftermost portion of the hold, in ...

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after-rake
That part of the hull which overhangs the after-end of keel. ...

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after-sails
All those on the after-masts, as well as on the stays between the main and mizen masts. Their effect...

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after-timbers
All those timbers abaft the midship section or bearing part of a vessel. ...

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to tag after
To follow closely after.--Forby. ...

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fore-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...

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body, of a place
In fortification, the space inclosed by the enceinte, or line of bastions and curtains. ...

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furling in a body
A method of rolling up a top-sail only practised in harbour, by gathering all the loose part of the ...

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longitude of a celestial body
An arc of the ecliptic, contained between the first point of Aries and a circle of longitude passing...

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terminal velocity of any given body
The greatest velocity it can acquire by falling freely through the air; the limit being arrived at w...

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body of divinity bound in black calf
A parson. ...

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hoddy doddy, all a-se and no body
A short clumsy person, either male or female. ...

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