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Rack
·noun A fast amble. II. Rack ·noun A wreck; destruction. III. Rack ·adj A grate on which bacon is ...

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rack
to rack or reck, to care j never rack you, never care. N. ...

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rack
The superior stratum of clouds, or that moving rapidly above the scud. The line in which the clouds ...

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Arm
·noun A branch of a tree. II. Arm ·noun Anything resembling an arm. III. Arm ·noun An inlet of wat...

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Arm
Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God...

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arm
A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. ...

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Rack-rent
·vt To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant. II. Rack-rent ·noun A rent of the full annual val...

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Rack-renter
·noun One who exacts rack-rent. II. Rack-renter ·noun One who is subjected to paying rack-rent. ...

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rack rent
Rent strained to the utmost value. To lie at rack and manger; to be in great disorder. ...

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rack-bar
A billet of wood used for twisting the bight of a swifter round, in order to bind a raft firmly toge...

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rack-block
A range of sheaves cut in one piece of wood, for running ropes to lead through. ...

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rack-hurry
The tram-way on which coal-waggons run to a hurry. ...

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rack-rider
The name of the samlet in northern fisheries, so called because it generally appears in bad weather....

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Arm-gret
·adj Great as a man's arm. ...

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Over-arm
·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>. ...

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Proof-arm
·vt To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. ...

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Round-arm
·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. ...

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Under-arm
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...

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dumb arm
A lame arm. ...

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abeam-arm
For this curved timber, see fork-beams. ...

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arm-chest
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...

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beam-arm
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...

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yard-arm
That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, whe...

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yard-arm and yard-arm
The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch ea...

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rack of mutton
the neck or crag. Lane. ...

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horse-shoe rack
A sweep curving from the bitt-heads abaft the main-mast carrying a set of nine-pin swivel-blocks as ...

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repeating fire-arm
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...

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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...

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yard-arm cleats
Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where ...

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yard-arm piece
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...

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to stand up to the rack
A metaphorical expression of the same meaning as the like choice phrases, 'to come to the scratch;' ...

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ducking at the yard-arm
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...

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