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Can
·vt To preserve by putting in sealed cans. II. Can ·noun A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liqui...

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can
A tin vessel used by sailors to drink out of. ...

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Fish-hooks
Were used for catching fish (Amos 4:2; comp. Isa. 37:29; Jer. 16:16; Ezek. 29:4; Job. 41:1, 2; Matt....

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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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draught-hooks
Iron hooks fixed on the cheeks of a gun-carriage for dragging the gun along by draught-ropes. ...

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foot-hooks
Synonymous with futtocks. ...

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fore-hooks
The same as breast-hooks (which see). ...

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klick-hooks
Large hooks for catching salmon in the daytime. ...

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shear-hooks
A kind of sickle formerly applied to the yard-arms, for cutting the rigging of a vessel running on b...

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Can buoy
·- ·see under Buoy, ·noun. ...

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Can hook
·- A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by...

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Water can
·- Any one of several species of Nuphar; the yellow frog lily; — so called from the shape of the se...

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billy-can
n. a variation of the above, moreused by townsmen than bushmen. 1892. `The Australasian,' April 9, ...

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can-bodies
The old term for anchor-buoys, now can-buoys. ...

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can-buoys
Are in the form of a cone, and therefore would countenance the term cone-buoys. They are floated ove...

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any how you can fix it
At any rate whatever. ...

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