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After
·adj Hinder; nearer the rear.
II. After ·prep Below in rank; next to in order.
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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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End
·vt To <<Destroy>>; to put to death.
II. End ·noun One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brusse...
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End-
·- A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.
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End
In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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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.
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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-clap
Whatever disagreeable occurrence takes place after the consequences of the cause were thought at an ...
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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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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
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Rope's-end
·vt To punish with a rope's end.
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Week-end
·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...
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fiddlestick's end
Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North.
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gable-end
of a building, the end wall. General. See Baxter's Glossary, p. 1.
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pugging-end
(of a house)
the gable end. Devonsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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tacking-end
shoemaker's end.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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t'on-end
upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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bitter-end
That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...
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butt-end
The shoulder part of a fire-lock.
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
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fag-end
Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted....
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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rope's end
The termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishme...
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well-end
See pump-foot.
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to tag after
To follow closely after.--Forby.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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Pope Lane End
According to Stow the parish church of saint Anne in the willowes lay on the north side of this lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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little end of the horn
'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention.
Named after an owner or builder.
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