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lee-way
What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smoo...
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Lee
·vi To <<Lie>>; to speak falsely.
II. Lee ·noun That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipb...
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lee
calm, under the wind, shelter. S.
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lee
From the Scandinavian word lœ or laa, the sea; it is the side opposite to that from which the wind i...
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Angle
·noun The figure made by. two lines which meet.
II. Angle ·noun A projecting or sharp corner; an an...
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angle
The space or aperture intersected by the natural inclination of two lines or planes meeting each oth...
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Way
·noun Progress; as, a ship has way.
II. Way ·adv <<Away>>.
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way
Is sometimes the same as the ship's rake or run, forward or backward, but is most commonly understoo...
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make lee-way, to
To drift to leeward of the course.
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
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angle of commutation
The difference between the heliocentric longitudes of the earth and a planet or comet, the latter be...
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angle of eccentricity
An astronomical term denoting the angle whose sine is equal to the eccentricity of an orbit.
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angle of elevation
See elevation, angle of.
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angle of incidence
See incidence, angle of.
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angle of position
A term usually confined to double stars, to distinguish the line of bearing between them when they a...
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angle of reflection
See reflection, angle of.
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angle of situation
This was formerly called the angle of position, and is also termed the parallactic angle (which see)...
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elevation, angle of
In gunnery, that which the axis of the bore makes with the plane of the horizon. It is attained by s...
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incidence, angle of
That which the direction of a ray of light, &c., makes at the point where it strikes with a line dra...
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reflection, angle of
Whether the instance be a ray of light or a cannon-ball, the angle of reflection will always be foun...
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right-of-way
n.
a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
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angle of the centre
In fortification, the angle formed at the centre of the polygon by lines drawn from thence to the po...
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angle of the shoulder
See epaule.
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angle of the vertical
The difference between the geographical and geocentric latitudes of a place upon the earth's surface...
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Lee, Nathaniel
(1653?-1692)
Dramatist, s. of a clergyman at Hatfield, was ed. at Westminster School and Camb. Afte...
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Lee, Harriet
See Lee, Sophia
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Lee, Sophia
(1750-1824), Lee, Harriet (1757-1851)
Novelists and dramatists, dau. of John L., an actor, were the...
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Lee, Sidney
D.Litt., LL.D.
(b. 1859)
Ed. of The Dictionary of National Biography (with Sir L. Stephen), Stratf...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
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lee-beam
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel.
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lee-boards
Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...
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lee-fang
A rope rove through the cringle of a sail, for hauling in, so as to lace on a bonnet.
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lee-fange
The iron bar upon which the sheets of fore-and-aft sails traverse, in small vessels. (See horse.)
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lee-gauge
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company.
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lee-hitch
The helmsman getting to leeward of the course.
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lee-lurches
The sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward when a large wave strikes her on th...
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lee-shore
A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it.
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lee-side
All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...
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lee-tide
A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon whi...
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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman.
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Out-of-the-way
·adj ·see under Out, ·adv
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Gliding angle
·add. ·- The angle, ·esp. the least angle, at which a gliding machine or aeroplane will glide to ear...
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Phase angle
·add. ·- The angle expressing phase relation.
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Wide-angle
·add. ·adj Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary;
— applied to certain lenses of rela...
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angle-bowing
a method of fencing sheep-grounds, used at Exmoor in Somersetshire.
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angle-twitch
See angle-dog
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angle-dog
, or angle-twitch
A large earth-worm, sought for bait.
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angle-irons
Certain strips of iron having their edges turned up at an angle to each other; they are of various s...
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dead-angle
In fortification, is an angle receiving no defence, either by its own fire or that of any other work...
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diminished angle
In fortification, that formed by the exterior side and the line of defence.
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flanked angle
In fortification, a salient angle formed by two lines of flank defence.
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horary angle
The apparent time by the sun, or the sidereal time of the moon, or planets, or stars, from the merid...
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horned angle
That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle.
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hour-angle
The angular distance of a heavenly body east or west of the meridian.
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obtuse angle
One measuring above 90°, and therefore beyond a right angle; called by shipwrights standing bevellin...
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parallactic angle
The angle made at a star by arcs passing through the zenith and pole respectively.
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right angle
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...
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salient angle
In fortification, one of which the point projects outwards.
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sistroid angle
One like a sistrum, the Egyptian musical instrument.
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Four-way
·adj Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
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Three-way
·adj Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
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Two-way
·add. ·adj Serving to connect at will one pipe or channel with either of two others; as, a two-way c...
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Water way
·- ·same·as Water course.
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Way shaft
·- A rock shaft.
II. Way shaft ·- An interior shaft, usually one connecting two levels.
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Way-going
·adj Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.
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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2.
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Way-wise
·adj Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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carpet-way
a green way, a way on the turf. S.
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gainest-way
the nearest way. N.
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leech-way
the path in which the dead are carried to be buried. Exm.
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spur-way
a bridle-way through any ground, a passage for a horse by right of custom. S.
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way-bit
(or rather a WEE-BIT), a little piece ; a mile and a wee -bit, or way-bit. Yorksh. WEE is Scotch for...
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way-bread
plantain ; from the Saxon WJEG !!!BR.EDE, so called, because growing every where in streets and ways...
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whapple-way
a bridle-way, or road where only a horse can pass. S.
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companion-way
The staircase, porch, or berthing of the ladder-way to the cabin.
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covered way
In fortification, a space running along the outside of the ditch for the convenient passage of troop...
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covert-way
See covered way.
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drift-way
Synonymous with lee-way.
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fair-way
The navigable channel of a harbour for ships passing up or down; so that if any vessels are anchored...
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freshen way
When the ship feels the increasing influence of a breeze. Also, when a man quickens his pace.
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fresh way
Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...
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give way
The order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowi...
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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milky way
See via lactea.
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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor.
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sea-way
The progress of a ship through the waves. Also, said when a vessel is in an open place where the sea...
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steerage-way
When a vessel has sufficient motion in the water to admit of the helm being effective.
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stern-way
The movement by which a ship goes stern foremost. The opposite of head-way.
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stoach-way
The streamlet or channel which runs through the silt or sand at low-water in tidal ports; a term pri...
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tide-way
The mid-stream; or a passage or channel through which the tide sets, and runs strongly.
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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...
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'way up!
See way aloft!
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'way aloft!
or 'way up!
The command when the crew are required aloft to loose, reef, furl sails, or man yards,...
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way-gate
The tail-race of a mill.
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wrong way
When the ship casts in the opposite direction to that desired. Also, a ship swinging in a tide's way...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...
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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...
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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.
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luff a-lee
See luff round
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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land.
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sosse-br angle
a slatternly lazy wench. S.
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re-entering angle
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place.
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lee-hatch, take care of the!
A word of caution to the helmsman, not to let the ship fall to leeward of her course.
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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade.
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
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caper corner-way
Diagonally.
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fetch head-way
or stern-way.
Said of a vessel gathering motion ahead or astern.
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fetch way, to
Said of a gun, or anything which escapes from its place by the vessel's motion at sea.
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gather way, to
To begin to feel the impulse of the wind on the sails, so as to obey the helm.
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give way together
So that the oars may all dip and rise together, whereby the force is concentrated.
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keeping her way
The force of steady motion through the water, continued after the power which gave it has varied or ...
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lose way, to
When a ship slackens her progress in the water.
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lost her way
When the buoy is streamed, and all is ready for dropping the anchor.
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make head-way
A ship makes head-way when she advances through the water.
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pilot's fair-way
, or pilot's water.
A channel wherein, according to usage, a pilot must be employed.
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sea-way measurer
A kind of self-registering log invented by Smeaton, the architect of the Eddystone lighthouse.
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brought by the lee
See bring by the lee, to.
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cast the wrong way
See wrong way.
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make stern-way, to
To retreat, or move stern foremost.
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
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deaden a ship's way, to
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
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give way with a will
Pull heartily together.
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Ancient of Days
An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
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Changes of raiment
Were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
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Chiefs of Asia
"Asiarchs," the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religi...
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Chronicles, Books of
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
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Coming of Christ
(1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2...
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Consolation of Israel
A name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isa. 12:1; 49:13. The Gre...
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Crown of thorns
Our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in...
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Daniel, Book of
Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See ...
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David, City of
1) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it th...
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Decision, Valley of
A name given to the valley of Jehoshaphat (q.v.) as the vale of the sentence. The scene of Jehovah's...
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Decrees of God
"The decrees of God are his eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise, and sovereign purpose, comprehending ...
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Degrees, Song of
Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin...
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Desolation, Abomination of
(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roma...
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Destruction, City of
(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the ...
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Drawer of water
(Deut. 29:11; Josh. 9:21, 23), a servile employment to which the Gibeonites were condemned.
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Ephraim, Gate of
One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward ...
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Ephraim, Wood of
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was k...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
1) In the Old Testament it ...
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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Mount of beatitudes
See Sermon on the mount.
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Mount of corruption
(2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so call...
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Nahum, Book of
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, howev...
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