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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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Clap
·noun Noisy talk; chatter. II. Clap ·vi To knock, as at a door. III. Clap ·noun <<Gonorrhea>>. IV...

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clap
A venereal taint. He went out by Had'em, and came round by Clapham home; i.e. he went out a wenching...

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to clap
To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...

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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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clap down
To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...

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clap-trap
An artifice for attracting applause. Used chiefly in theatrical or political language. The managers...

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clap-bread
thin hard oat-cakes. Lane. ...

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clap-board
[German, klapp-bord]. An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...

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clap-match
A sort of seal, distinct from the fur-seal. ...

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clap on!
The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it. Also, to "Clap on the stoppers before...

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clap-sill
The lockage of a flood-gate. ...

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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 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-body
That part of the ship's hull which is abaft the midships or dead-flat, as seen from astern. The term...

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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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clap on the shoulder
An arrest for debt; whence a bum bailiff is called a shoulder-clapper. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose