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• Break

  ·noun ·see <<Commutator>>. II. Break ·vi To fall out; to terminate friendship. III. Break ·vi To b...

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• break

  1) to break, to tear. Harnp. In this county break is used for tear, and tear for break ; as, I have ...

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

• Break-circuit

  ·noun A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. ...

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• Break-up

  ·noun Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly...

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• Hammer break

  ·add. ·- An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating ham...

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• To-break

  ·vt To break completely; to break in pieces. ...

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• Wind-break

  ·noun A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. II. Wind-break ·vt To br...

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• break, to

  To deprive of commission, warrant, or rating, by court-martial. ...

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• break-beams

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

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• break-bulk

  To open the hold, to begin unloading and disposing of the goods therein, under legal provisions. ...

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• break-ground

  Beginning to weigh, or to lift the anchor from the bottom. On shore it means to begin the works for ...

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• break-off

  (See broken-off) "She breaks off from her course," applied only when the wind will not allow of ke...

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• break-water

  Any erection or object so placed as to prevent the sea from rolling inwards. Where there is no mole ...

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• Make and break

  ·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker. ...

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• break-teeth words

  Hard words, difficult to pronounce. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to break up land

  To plough up land that has lain long as a meadow, is the sense as understood in the United States. I...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• break-sheer, to

  When a ship at anchor is laid in a proper position to keep clear of her anchor, but is forced by the...

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• break-up, to

  To take a ship to pieces when she becomes old and unserviceable. ...

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• sheer, to break

  To deviate from that position, and thereby risk fouling the anchor. Thus a vessel riding with short ...

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• break one's horn-book

  to incur displeasure. South. ...

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