bomb-bed beams

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• bed-beams

  See bomb-beds, &c. ...

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• Bomb

  ·noun A bomb ketch. II. Bomb ·noun A great noise; a hollow sound. III. Bomb ·vt To <<Bombard>>. I...

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• bomb

  I. or mortar vessels Small ships fortified for throwing bombs into a fortress; said to be the in...

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• beams

  Strong transverse pieces of timber stretching across the ship from one side to the other, to support...

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• Bed

  ·vt To place in a bed. II. Bed ·noun ·see Gun carriage, and Mortar bed. III. Bed ·vt To furnish wi...

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• Bed

  (Heb. mittah), for rest at night (Ex. 8:3; 1 Sam. 19:13, 15, 16, etc.); during sickness (Gen. 47:31;...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bed

  Put to bed with a mattock, and tucked up with a spade; said of one that is dead and buried. You will...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bed

  I. Flat thick pieces of wood, lodged under the quarters of casks containing any liquid, and stowed...

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• Bed

  The Jewish bed consisted of the mattress, a mere mat, or one or more quilts; the covering, a finer q...

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• bomb-beds

  See bed of a mortar. ...

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• bomb-shell

  A large hollow ball of cast-iron, for throwing from mortars (distinguished by having ears or lugs, b...

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• break-beams

  Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden termination of planking. ...

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• breast-beams

  Those beams at the fore-part of the quarter-deck, and the after-part of the forecastle, in those ves...

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• deck-beams

  See beams. ...

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• fork-beams

  Short or half beams to support the deck where there is no framing, as in the intervention of hatchwa...

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• half-beams

  Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...

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• hold-beams

  The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. In a man-of-war they support the orlop-deck. (See orlop-...

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• ice-beams

  Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...

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• orlop-beams

  , or hold-beams. Those which support the orlop-deck, but are chiefly intended to fortify the hold....

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• paddle-beams

  Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (Se...

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• skid-beams

  Raised stanchions in men-of-war over the main-deck, parallel to the quarter-deck and forecastle beam...

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• Air bed

  ·- A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed. ...

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• Bed rock

  ·- The solid rock underlying superficial formations. Also Fig. ...

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• Bed screw

  ·- A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. II. Bed screw ·- A lo...

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• Bed steps

  ·- Steps for mounting a bed of unusual height. ...

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• Bed-molding

  ·noun ·Alt. of Bed-moulding. ...

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• Bed-moulding

  ·noun The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. ...

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• Truckle-bed

  ·noun A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. ...

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• Trundle-bed

  ·noun A low bed that is moved on trundles, or little wheels, so that it can be pushed under a higher...

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• Water bed

  ·- A kind of mattress made of, or covered with, waterproof fabric and filled with water. It is used ...

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• Bed-chamber

  An apartment in Eastern houses, furnished with a slightly elevated platform at the upper end and som...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bed-maker

  Women employed at Cambridge to attend on the Students, sweep his room, &c. They will put their hands...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bed-spread

  In the interior parts of the country, the common name for a bed-quilt, or coverlet. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• indian bed

  An Indian bed of clams is made by setting a number of clams together on the ground with the hinge up...

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• bed-bolt

  A horizontal bolt passing through both brackets of a gun-carriage near their centres, and on which t...

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• mortar-bed

  See bomb-beds, &c. ...

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• oyster-bed

  A "laying" of culch, that is, stones, old shells, or other hard substances, so as to form a bed for ...

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• lower-hold-beams

  The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...

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• apple-pye bed

  A bed made apple-pye fashion, like what is called a turnover apple-pye, where the sheets are so doub...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• feather-bed lane

  A rough or stony lane. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• slug-a-bed

  A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning. ...

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• bed-of-guns

  A nautical phrase implying ordnance too heavy for a ship's scantling, or a fort over-gunned. ...

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• spurs of the beams

  Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...

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• bed of a mortar

  The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...

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