beach-combing

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• Combing

  ·noun Hair arranged to be worn on the head. II. Combing ·noun ·see <<Coamings>>. III. Combing ·p.p...

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• Beach

  ·noun Pebbles, collectively; shingle. II. Beach ·vt To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a ...

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• beach

  A littoral margin, or line of coast along the sea-shore, composed of sand, gravel, shingle, broken s...

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• combing sea

  A rolling and crested wave. ...

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• Beach comber

  ·- A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. ·see <<Comber>>. II. Beach comber ·add. ·- A vag...

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• beach-flea

  (Genus, orchestra. Leach.) A small crustacea common along the shores of Long Island, and other sandy...

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• beach, to

  Sudden landing to run a boat on the shore, to land a person with intent to desert him an old buccane...

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• beach-combers

  Loiterers around a bay or harbour. ...

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• beach-flea

  A small crustacean (Talitra) frequenting sandy shores. ...

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• beach-grass

  ♦ Alga marina thrown up by the surf or tide. ...

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• beach-man

  A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducti...

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• beach-master

  A superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend disembarkation of an attacking force, who hold...

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• beach-men

  A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf. ...

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• beach-rangers

  Men hanging about sea-ports, who have been turned out of vessels for bad conduct. ...

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• beach-trampers

  A name applied to the coast-guard. ...

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• careening beach

  A part of the strand prepared for the purpose of a ship's being grounded on a list or careen, to rep...

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• deal beach

  This coast consists of gravelly shingle; and a man who is pock-marked, or in galley-cant cribbage-fa...

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• graving beach or slip

  A portion of the dockyard where ships were landed for a tide. ...

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• combing the cat

  The boatswain, or other operator, running his fingers through the cat o' nine tails, to separate the...

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• scour a beach, to

  To pour a quick flanking fire along it, in order to dislodge an enemy. ...

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