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Bowsprit
·noun A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail fo...

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bowsprit
The nose, from its being the most projecting part of the human face, as the bowsprit is of a ship. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bowsprit
, or bolt-sprit A large spar, ranking with a lower-mast, projecting over the stem; beyond it exten...

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Heart
·noun Courage; courageous purpose; spirit. II. Heart ·noun Vital part; secret meaning; real intenti...

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Heart
According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the opera...

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heart
A block of wood forming a peculiar sort of triangular dead-eye, somewhat resembling the shape of a h...

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bowsprit, running
In cutter-rigged vessels. (See cutter.) ...

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bowsprit-bitts
Are strong upright timbers secured to the beams below the deck; they have a cross-piece bolted to th...

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bowsprit-cap
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. ...

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bowsprit-gear
A term denoting the ropes, blocks, &c., belonging to the bowsprit. ...

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bowsprit-horses
The ridge-ropes which extend from the bowsprit-cap to the knight-heads. ...

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bowsprit-ladder
Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...

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bowsprit-netting
The netting placed just above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail; it is...

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bowsprit-shrouds
Strong ropes or chains leading from nearly the outer end of the bowsprit to the luff of the bow, giv...

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running bowsprit
One which is used in revenue cutters and smacks; it can be reefed by sliding in, and has fid holes f...

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standing bowsprit
One that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter. ...

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False-heart
·adj False-hearted. ...

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Heart-eating
·adj Preying on the heart. ...

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Heart-robbing
·adj Depriving of thought; ecstatic. II. Heart-robbing ·adj Stealing the heart or affections; winni...

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Heart-spoon
·noun A part of the breastbone. ...

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Heart-whole
·adj Of a single and sincere heart. II. Heart-whole ·adj With unbroken courage; undismayed. III. H...

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Heart-wounded
·adj Wounded to the heart with love or grief. ...

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Lion-heart
·noun A very brave person. ...

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Pseudo-heart
·noun Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially...

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White-heart
·noun A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. ...

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Heart Street
See Hart Street, Cripplegate. ...

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sweet heart
A term applicable to either the masculine or feminine gender, signifying a girl's lover, or a man's ...

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bleeding-heart
n. another name for the kennedya (q.v.). 1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53: «The trailing sc...

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heart-pea
n. i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.). ...

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pea, heart
n. i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.). ...

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heart-yarns
The centre yarns of a strand. Also, the heart-yarn or centre, on which four-stranded rope is formed....

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Bleeding Heart Yard
In Fetter Lane (Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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Golden Heart Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 83 (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward. First mention: Lockie,...

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wa-ist heart
I woe is me! N. ...

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butt-slinging a bowsprit
See slings. ...

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screw-gammoning for the bowsprit
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...

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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it. ...

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