bitter-end

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• Bitter

  ·vt To make bitter. II. Bitter ·noun AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. III. Bitter ·v...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bitter

  Bitterness is symbolical of affliction, misery, and servitude (Ex. 1:14; Ruth 1:20; Jer. 9:15). The ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bitter

  Any turn of a cable about the bitts is called a bitter. Hence a ship is "brought up to a bitter" whe...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• End

  ·vt To <<Destroy>>; to put to death. II. End ·noun One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brusse...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• End-

  ·- A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• End

  In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• end for end

  Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c. To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bitter spar

  ·- A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• bitter-bark

  n. an Australian tree, Petalostigma quadrilo culare, F. v. M., N.O. Euphorbiacea. Called also Crab-...

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

• bitter-leaf

  n. a Tasmanian name for the Native Hop. See hops and hop-bush. ...

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

• bitter cold

  Very cold. This common colloquial expression is used alike in England and America. Those who say it...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bitter-bump

  A north-country name for the bittern. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bitter Herbs

  The Israelites were commanded to eat the Paschal lamb "with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs."...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• By-end

  ·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• End-all

  ·noun Complete termination. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Rope's-end

  ·vt To punish with a rope's end. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Week-end

  ·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• fiddlestick's end

  Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• fore-end

  the beginning of a week, month, or year. North. ...

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

• gable-end

  of a building, the end wall. General. See Baxter's Glossary, p. 1. ...

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

• pugging-end

  (of a house) the gable end. Devonsh. ...

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

• tacking-end

  shoemaker's end. ...

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

• t'on-end

  upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...

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

• after-end

  The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• an-end

  The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• butt-end

  The shoulder part of a fire-lock. ...

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• end-on

  Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fag-end

  Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted....

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• on end

  The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• rope's end

  The termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishme...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• well-end

  See pump-foot. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Pope Lane End

  According to Stow the parish church of saint Anne in the willowes lay on the north side of this lane...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• dead-on-end

  The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• right on end

  In a continuous line; as the masts should be. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• end of a trench

  The place where the trenches are opened. ...

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• every rope an-end

  The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• little end of the horn

  'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).

  No later mention. Named after an owner or builder. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.