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Lines
Were used for measuring and dividing land; and hence the word came to denote a portion or inheritanc...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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lines
The reins, or that part of the bridle which extends from the horse's head to the hands of the driver...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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lines
With shipwrights, are the various plans for determining the shape and form of the ship's body on the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bow
·vi To manage the bow.
II. Bow ·vi To play (music) with a bow.
III. Bow ·vi To <<Stop>>.
IV. Bow ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow
The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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bow
I.
The fore-end of a ship or boat; being the rounding part of a vessel forward, beginning on both ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Bow
(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forwa...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Fraunhofer lines
·- The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so call...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Nobert's lines
·add. ·- Fine lines ruled on glass in a series of groups of different closeness of line, and used to...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Zollner's lines
·add. ·- Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersec...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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artificial lines
The ingenious contrivances for representing logarithmic sines and tangents, so useful in navigation,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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buttock-lines
In ship-building, the longitudinal curves at the rounding part of the after body in a vertical secti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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checking-lines
These are rove through thimbles at the eyes of the top-mast and top-gallant rigging, one end bent to...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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clothes-lines
A complete system of parallel lines, hoisted between the main and mizen masts twice a week to dry th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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clue-lines
Are for the same purpose as clue-garnets, only that the latter term is solely appropriated to the co...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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continued lines
In field-works, means a succession of fronts without any interruption, save the necessary passages; ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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crane-lines
Those which formerly went from the spritsail-topmast to the middle of the fore-stay, serving to stea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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leech-lines
Ropes fastened to the leeches of the main-sail, fore-sail, and cross-jack, communicating with blocks...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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level-lines
Lines determining the shape of a ship's body horizontally, or square from the middle line of the shi...
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life-lines
Stretched from gun to gun, and about the upper deck in bad weather, to prevent the men being washed ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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slab-lines
Small ropes passing up abaft a ship's main-sail or fore-sail, led through blocks attached to the tre...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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spider-lines
A most ingenious substitution of a spider's long threads for wires in micrometer scales, intended fo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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spilling lines
Ropes contrived to keep the sails from blowing away when they are clued up, being rove before the sa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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yoke-lines
The ropes by which the boat's steerage is managed.
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Bow hand
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand.
II. Bow hand ·- The hand that draws the bow, ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow net
·- A net for catching birds.
II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow oar
·- The oar used by the bowman.
II. Bow oar ·- One who rows at the bow of a boat.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow-bells
·noun ·pl The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow-compass
·noun An <<Arcograph>>.
II. Bow-compass ·noun A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate rivet...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow-compasses
·pl of Bow-compass.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow-pen
·noun Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. ·see Bow-compass.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow-pencil
·noun Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bow-saw
·noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Sea bow
·- ·see Marine rainbow, under <<Rainbow>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Battle-bow
The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" (Hab. 3:9) means tha...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Bow Churchyard
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bow Lane
1) South out of Cheapside at No. 58, to Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bow-wow
The childish name for a dog; also a jeering appellation for a man born at Boston in America.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bold-bow
A broad bluff bow.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bow-bye
The situation of a ship when, in stays, she falls back off the wind again, and gets into irons, whic...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bow-chasers
Two long chase-guns placed forward in the bow-ports to fire directly ahead, and being of small bore ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bow-fast
A rope or chain for securing a vessel by the bow. (See fast.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bow-oar
The foremost oar or oars, in pulling a boat.
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bow-pieces
The ordnance in the bows; also in building.
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bow-rail
A rail round the bows.
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bow-staves
Early supplied to our men-of-war.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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bow-timbers
Those which form the bow of the ship.
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chase, bow
Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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fog-bow
A beautiful natural phenomenon incidental to high latitudes. It appears opposite to the sun, and is ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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in-bow!
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lean-bow
Having a sharp entrance; a thin narrow bow being opposed to bold bow. Fine forward, very fine is lea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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long-bow
A noted weapon formerly supplied to our men-of-war.
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slur-bow
A species of cross-bow formerly used for discharging fire arrows.
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stone-bow
A cross-bow for shooting stones.
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bunt slab-lines
Reeve through a block on the slings of the yard or under the top, and pass abaft the sail, making fa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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circumvallation, lines of
Intrenchments thrown up by a besieging army, outside itself, and round the besieged place, but front...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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contravallation, lines of
Continuous lines of intrenchment round the besieged fortress, and fronting towards it, to guard agai...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hammock gant-lines
Lines extended from the jib-boom end around the ship, triced up to the lower yard-arms, for drying s...
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horizontal ribband lines
A term given by shipwrights to those lines, or occult ribbands, by which the cant-timbers are laid o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lines of flotation
Those horizontal marks supposed to be described by the surface of the water on the bottom of a ship,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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lucky minie's lines
The long stems of the sea-plant Chorda filum.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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(St.) Mary le Bow
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Woolpack, Bow Lane
The parsonage house for St. Mary le Bow in 1676 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 23).
No later reference....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bow-wow mutton
Dog's flesh.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bow-wow shop
A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites.
Se...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bow-dark tree
(Fr. bois d'arc.) A western tree, the wood of which is used to make bows with.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bow-log timbers
A provincial name for hawse-wood.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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on the bow
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Jack Alley, Bow Lane
See Crown Court16, Trinity Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Lugg Yard, Bow Lane
See Half Moon Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary le Bow School
This seems to have been one of the three schools in London, mentioned by Fitzstephen in 1175, the ot...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinswood Court, Bow Lane
See Robin Hood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Whalebone Court, Bow Lane
See Half Moon Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary atte Bow, Fraternity of
Bequest to this fraternity made in 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.