belly-stay

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• Stay

  ·noun Hindrance; let; check. II. Stay ·vi To continue in a state. III. Stay ·vi To change tack; as...

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• stay

  A cuckold. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• stay

  A large strong rope extending from the upper end of each mast towards the stem of the ship, as the s...

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• Belly

  ·noun The <<Womb>>. II. Belly ·vt To cause to swell out; to <<Fill>>. III. Belly ·noun The under p...

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• Belly

  The seat of the carnal affections (Titus 1:12; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18). The word is used symbolicall...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• belly

  His eye was bigger than his belly; a saying of a person at a table, who takes more on his plate than...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• belly

  The swell of a sail. The inner or hollow part of compass timber; the outside is called the back. To ...

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• bob stay

  A rope which holds the bowsprit to the stem or cutwater. Figuratively, the frenum of a man's yard. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sand-stay

  n. a characteristic name for the Coast Tea-Tree, Leptospermum laevigatum,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. ...

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

• to stay put

  To remain in order; not to be disturbed. A vulgar expression. The levees and wharves of the First M...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• a-stay

  Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...

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• fore-stay

  See stay. ...

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• jib-stay

  The stay on which the jib is set. ...

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• short stay

  "Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...

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• stay apeek

  When the cable and fore-stay form a line. (See apeek.) ...

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• stay-rods

  See stay-bars ...

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• stay-bars

  , or stay-rods. Strong malleable iron bars for supporting the framings of the marine steam-engine....

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• staysail-stay

  The stay on which a staysail is set. ...

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• triatic stay

  A rope secured at each end of the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced in its big...

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• Belly-god

  ·noun One whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an <<Epicure>>. ...

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• Belly-pinched

  ·adj Pinched with hunger; starved. ...

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• Gor-belly

  ·noun A prominent belly; a big-bellied person. ...

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• Pot-belly

  ·noun A protuberant belly. ...

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• Speckled-belly

  ·noun The <<Gadwall>>. ...

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• belly cheat

  An apron. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• belly plea

  The plea of pregnancy, generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted, which they take care ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• belly timber

  Food of all sorts. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• yellow belly

  A native of the Fens of Licoinshire; an allusion to the eels caught there. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• silver-belly

  n. name given: 1) in New SouthWales, to the fish Silver-Bream (q.v.); 2) in Tasmania,to various s...

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

• yellow-belly

  n. In New South Wales, the nameis given to a fresh-water fish, Ctenolates auratus;called also Golde...

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

• belly-wark

  the gripes. N. They also say TOOTH-WARK, and HEAD-WARK. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• yellow belly

  a person born in the Fens of Lincolnshire. L. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• belly-band

  A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them....

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• belly-guy

  A tackle applied half-way up sheers, or long spars that require support in the middle. Frequently ap...

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• belly-mat

  See paunch-mat. ...

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• yellow-belly

  A name given to a person born in the fens along our eastern shores: also occasionally to half-castes...

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• stay-a-while

  n. a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.). ...

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

• cutter-stay fashion

  The turning-in of a dead-eye with the end of the shroud down. ...

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• inner jib-stay

  A temporary stay lashed half-way in, on the jib-boom; it sets up with lashing-eyes at the fore top-m...

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• whip-belly vengeance

  or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share. Weak or sour beer. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• eye of a stay

  That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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