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Bad
·- of <<Bid>>. II. Bad ·Impf <<Bade>>. III. Bad ·superl Wanting good qualities, whether physical o...

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Name
·noun Those of a certain name; a race; a family. II. Name ·noun A person, an <<Individual>>. III. ...

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bad
for Ill, as, I feel very bad to-day; also, for much. ...

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name
The name of a merchant ship, as well as the port to which she belongs, must be painted in a conspicu...

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Bad lands
·- Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposi...

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By-name
·noun A <<Nickname>>. ...

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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it. ...

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Trade name
·add. ·- An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article to ...

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Two-name
·add. ·adj Having or bearing two names; as, two-name paper, that is, negotiable paper on which at le...

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bad bargain
One of his majesty's bad bargains; a worthless soldier, a malingeror. See malingeror. ...

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bad box
To be in a bad box, is to be in a bad predicament. I began to be afraid now I'd got into rather a b...

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given name
The Christian name, or name that is given to a person, to distinguish it from the surname, which is ...

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bad-berth
A foul or rocky anchorage. ...

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bad-relief
One who turns out sluggishly to relieve the watch on deck. (See one-bell.) ...

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name-board
The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted. ...

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name-book
The Anglo-Saxon nom-bóc, a mustering list. ...

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purser's name
An assumed one. During the war, when pressed men caught at every opportunity to desert, they adopted...

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king's bad bargain
One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty. ...

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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale. ...

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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit. ...

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