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Breast
·noun The front of a furnace. II. Breast ·noun The face of a coal working. III. Breast ·noun A <<T...

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Work
·noun To ferment, as a liquid. II. Work ·noun Ore before it is dressed. III. Work ·add. ·noun Brea...

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Breast-deep
·adj Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. ...

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Breast-high
·adj High as the breast. ...

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Broken breast
·add. ·- Abscess of the mammary gland. ...

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Chimney-breast
·noun The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; — commonly applied...

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breast fleet
He or she belongs to the breast fleet; i.e. is a Roman catholic; an appellation derived from their c...

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breast, to
To run abeam of a cape or object. To cut through a sea, the surface of which is poetically termed br...

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breast-backstays
They extend from the head of an upper-mast, through an out-rigger, down to the channels before the s...

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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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breast-fast
A large rope or chain, used to confine a ship's broadside to a wharf or quay, or to some other ship,...

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breast-gaskets
An old term for bunt-gaskets. ...

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breast-hooks
Thick pieces of timber, incurvated into the form of knees, and used to strengthen the fore-part of a...

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breast-rail
The upper rail of the balcony; formerly it was applied to a railing in front of the quarter-deck, an...

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breast-rope
The lashing or laniard of the yard-parrels. (See also horse.) Also, the bight of a mat-worked band f...

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Bantam work
·- Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. ...

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Grotto-work
·noun Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. ...

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Hand-work
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>. ...

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Press work
·add. ·- The work of a press agent. ...

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Sabrina work
·- A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, ·etc. ...

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Sorrento work
·- Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Ital...

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Table work
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form. ...

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Tut-work
·noun Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by ...

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church work
Said of any work that advances slowly. ...

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county work
Said of any work that advances slowly. ...

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gingerbread work
Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to ...

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horn work
Cuckold-making. ...

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outen-work
out-door work. North. ...

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pole-work
a long tedious business. North. ...

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carved work
The ornaments of a ship which are wrought by the carver. ...

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clincher-work
The disposition of the planks in the side of any boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank ...

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crown-work
In fortification, the largest definite form of outwork, having for its head two contiguous bastioned...

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day's work
In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...

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dicker-work
The timbering of tide-harbours in the Channel. Wattling between piles. ...

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gingerbread work
Profusely carved decorations of a ship. ...

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horn-work
In fortification, a form of outwork having for its head a bastioned front, and for its sides two lon...

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iron-work
A general name for all pieces of iron, of whatever figure or size, which are used in the constructio...

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journey-work
Work performed by the day. ...

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paternoster-work
The framing of a chain-pump. ...

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quick-work
Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also appli...

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rubble-work
A mass of masonry, formed of irregular stones and pebbles imbedded in mortar. It is used in the inte...

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tide's work
The amount of progress a ship has made during a favourable tide. Also, a period of necessary labour ...

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work, to
Said of a ship when she strains in a tempestuous sea, so as to loosen her joints. ...

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work aback
This is said of a steam-engine if reversed, to propel the vessel astern. ...

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wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...

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woman of all work
Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands. ...

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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle. ...

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cooking a day's work
To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...

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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle. ...

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head of a work
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...

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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind. ...

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work double-tides, to
Implying that the work of three days is done in two, or at least two tides' work in twenty-four hour...

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working a day's work
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. ...

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work up junk, to
To draw yarns from old cables, &c., and therewith to make foxes, points, gaskets, sinnet, or spun-ya...

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knock off work and carry deals
A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up takin...

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