bee-blocks

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• bee

  bee, the sound made by a sheep , Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7; cf. balo. ...

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• Bee

  ·- ·p.p. of Be; — used for been. II. Bee ·noun Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bows...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bee

  First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of their attacks, are mentioned in Ps....

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bee

  An assemblage of people, generally neighbors, to unite their labors for the benefit of one individua...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bee

  A ring or hoop of metal. ♦ Bees of the bowsprit. (See bee-blocks.) ...

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• Bee

  (deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a...

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• blocks

  The several transverse pieces or logs of timber, piled in plane, on which a ship is built, or to pla...

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• Bee larkspur

  ·- (Bot.) ·see <<Larkspur>>. ...

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• Bee line

  ·- The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with hone...

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• Bee-eater

  ·noun An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. II. Bee-eater ·noun A bird of the genus Merops, t...

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• Dog bee

  ·- A male or drone bee. ...

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• Drone bee

  ·- The male of the honeybee; a drone. ...

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• bee-eater

  n. a bird-name. The European Bee-eater is Merops apiaster; the Australian species is Merops ornatus...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bee-line

  To take a bee-line, is to take the most direct or straight way from one point to another. Bees in re...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bumble-bee

  The wild bee; also called the humble bee. In Yorkshire, England, to bumble means to make a humming n...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• back-blocks

  n. 1) The far interior ofAustralia, and away from settled country. Land in Australia isdivided on t...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• bilge-blocks

  See sliding bilge-blocks. ...

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• blocks, fixed

  See fixed blocks. ...

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• bullock-blocks

  Blocks secured under the top-mast trestle-trees, which receive the top-sail ties through them, in or...

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• cant-blocks

  The large purchase-blocks used by whalers to cant the whales round under the process of flensing. ...

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• cheek-blocks

  Usually fitted to the fore-topmast head, for the purpose of leading the jib-stay, halliards, &c. ...

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• clump-blocks

  Those that are made thicker or stronger than ordinary blocks. (See block, tack-and-sheet.) ...

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• fixed blocks

  Solid pieces of oak let through the sides of the ship, and fitted with sheaves, to lead the tacks, s...

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• hanging-blocks

  These are sometimes fitted with a long and short leg, and lash over the eyes of the top-mast rigging...

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• hawse-blocks

  Bucklers, or pieces of wood made to fit over the hawse-holes when at sea, to back the hawse-plugs. ...

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• jeer-blocks

  Are twofold or threefold blocks, through which the jeer-falls are rove, and applied to hoist, suspen...

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• jewel-blocks

  Are attached to eye-bolts on those yards where studding-sails are hoisted, and carry these sails to ...

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• keel-blocks

  Short log ends of timbers on which the keel of a vessel rests while building or repairing, affording...

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• leading-blocks

  The several blocks used for guiding the direction of any purchase, as hook, snatch, or tail blocks. ...

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• pedestal-blocks

  Synonymous with plumber-blocks (which see). ...

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• plumber-blocks

  These, in a marine steam-engine, are Y's, wherein are fixed the bushes, in which the shafts or pinio...

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• purchase-blocks

  All blocks virtually deserve this name, but it is distinctively given to those used in moving heavy ...

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• quarter-blocks

  Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...

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• running-blocks

  Those which are made fast to the running rigging or tackles. ...

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• span-blocks

  Blocks seized into each bight of a strap, long enough to go across a cap, and allow the blocks to ha...

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• speck-blocks

  See flense, to. ...

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• transporting-blocks

  Two snatch-blocks, fitted one on each side above the taffrail, to admit a hawser, when transporting ...

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• two-blocks

  The same as chock-a-block (which see). ...

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• wattled bee-eater

  See bee-eater. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• iron-bound blocks

  Those which are fitted with iron strops. ...

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• sliding bilge-blocks

  Those logs made to slide under the bilge of a ship in order to support her. ...

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