When the clouds separate in divisions, passing ahead and astern of a ship, and affecting her but little, if at all.
·noun A loud scream; a harsh cry. II. Squall ·noun A sudden violent gust of wind often attended wit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A sudden gust of wind, frequently occasioned by the interruption and reverberation of the wind from ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vt Subdued; humbled; contrite. II. Broken ·p.p. of <<Break>>. III. Broken ·vt Subjugated; trained...
An old army word, used for reduced; as, a broken lieutenant, &c. The word is also applied to troops ...
A violent gust of wind, usually distinguished by the arched form of the clouds near the horizon, whe...
A sudden and strong wintry tempest experienced in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Bermudas; it is prece...
This squall, although generally ascribed to the West Indies, as well as the white squall, may be pri...
A fitful gust of wind issuing from clouds which are formed in the lower parts of the atmosphere. It ...
Well known off tropical America in the Pacific, particularly abreast of the lakes of Leon, Nicaragua...
This is similar to the black squall, only that it is always preceded and attended by lightning and t...
A tropical wind said to give no warning; it sweeps the surface with spoon-drift. ...
·add. ·- Abscess of the mammary gland. ...
·- The <<Heaves>>. ...
·adj Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. II. Broken-backed ·adj Hogged; so weakened in...
·adj Having a ruptured belly. ...
·adj Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. ...
·adj Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. ...
·adj Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten. ...
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...
At the western end of Cheapside. near the church of St. Michael le Querne. Erected by the Earl of Gl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Described variously as a place, a tavern and a tenement on the south side of Westchepe opposite le S...
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41a, to the Thames, in Queenhithe Ward (P.O. Directory). Opp...
The state of a ship so loosened in her frame, either by age, weakness, or some great strain from gro...
Fallen off, in azimuth, from the course. Also, men taken from one duty to be put on another. ...
The contention of currents in a narrow channel. Also, the waves breaking on and near shallows, occas...
Erected by Bevis Bulmer in 1594 within the gate of an old stone house belonging to the Duke of Norfo...