cape-merchant

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• Cape

  ·vi To <<Gape>>. II. Cape ·vi To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by s...

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• cape

  A projecting point of land jutting out from the coast-line; the extremity of a promontory, of which ...

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• Merchant

  ·noun A trading vessel; a merchantman. II. Merchant ·vi To be a merchant; to <<Trade>>. III. Merch...

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• Merchant

  The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "to travel about," "to migrate," and hence "a tra...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Inverness cape

  ·add. ·- A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck. ...

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• cape lilac

  n. See lilac. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cape weed

  n. In Europe, Roccellatinctoria, a lichen from the Cape de Verde Islands, fromwhich a dye is produc...

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• cape, to

  To keep a course. How does she cape? how does she lie her course? ...

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• cape-hen

  See molly-mawk. ...

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• cape-petrel

  See cape-pigeon ...

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• cape-pigeon

  , or cape-petrel A sea-bird which follows a ship in her passage round the cape; the Procellaria ca...

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• Merchant Taylors

  Originally called Tailors and Linen-Armourers. A charter of Liberties was granted to them under this...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• caper merchant

  A dancing master, or hop mercbant; marchand des capriolles. FRENCH TERM.--To cut papers; to leap or ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hop merchant

  A dancing master. See caper merchant. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• turkey merchant

  A poulterer. ...

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• forwarding merchant

  One whose business it is to receive and forward goods for others. The internal navigation and trade ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• merchant service

  The mercantile marine. ...

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• merchant-venturers

  A company of merchants who traded with Russia, Turkey, and other distant parts. In the Affectionate ...

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• royal merchant

  A title of the Mediterranean, traders of the thirteenth century, when the Venetians were masters of ...

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• cape-barren goose

  n. See goose. 1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. i. p. 114,[Footnote]: «The `Cape B...

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• cape-barren tea

  n. a shrub or tree, Correaalba, Andr., N.O. Rutaceae. 1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual,' p. 1...

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• cape fly-away

  A cloud-bank on the horizon, mistaken for land, which disappears as the ship advances. (See fog.) ...

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• doubling a cape

  In navigation, is to sail round or pass beyond it, so that the point of land separates the ship from...

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• Merchant Taylors' Almshouses

  Adjoining to the west end of the parish church of St. Martin Outwich in Threadneedle Street built in...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Merchant Taylors' Garden

  See Merchant Taylors' Hall. ...

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• Merchant Taylors' Hall

  On the south side of Threadneedle Street at No. 30 (P.O. Directory). First mention: "Tailors' Hall,...

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• Merchant Taylors' Rents

  In Moor Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• Merchant Taylors' School

  On the east side of Suffolk Lane, in Dowgate Ward (O.S. 1880). First mention: Founded 1561 by the m...

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• weather the cape, to

  To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope. ...

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• Merchant Taylors' Alms Houses

  On the north side of Royal Mint Street (Rosemary Lane) towards the western end, and on the west side...

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• captain of a merchant ship

  Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...

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• mate of a merchant-ship

  The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...

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• training-ship for the merchant service

  A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...

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