-
Pipe
·noun The key or sound of the voice.
II. Pipe ·noun An elongated body or vein of ore.
III. Pipe ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipe
(1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; 30:29). The Hebrew word halil, so rendered, means "bored thro...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
pipe
n.
an obsolete word, explained inquotations.
1836. Ross, `Hobart Town Almanack,' p. 105:
«These w...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
pipe
A measure of wine containing two hogsheads, or 125 gallons, equal to half a tun. Also, a peculiar wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Pipe
(Heb. chalil). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root signifying "to bore, perforate" an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Chain
·noun The warp threads of a web.
II. Chain ·vt To measure with the chain.
III. Chain ·vt To unite ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Chain
1) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); an...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
chain
When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Chain
Chains were used,
• As badges of office;
• For ornament;
• For confining prisoners.
• the gold c...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Air pipe
·- A pipe for the passage of air; ·esp. a ventilating pipe.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Blast pipe
·- The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Flue pipe
·add. ·- A pipe, ·esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air up...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipe clay
·- A plastic, unctuous clay of a grayish white color, — used in making tobacco pipes and various kin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipe layer
·- One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, ·etc.
II. Pipe layer ·- A politi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipe laying
·- The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, ·etc.
II. Pipe laying ·- The act ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipe line
·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Pipe-line
·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Soil pipe
·add. ·- A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Twire-pipe
·noun A vagabond musician.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Water pipe
·- A pipe for conveying water.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
The Pipe Yard
1) In Whitefriars (Strype, ed 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) In Bristol Street, Pudd...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
clyster pipe
A nick name for an apothecary.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
quail-pipe
A woman's tongue; also a device to take birds of that name by imitating their call. Quail pipe boots...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
whore pipe
The penis.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
pipe-fish
n.
common fishname. The speciespresent in Australia and New Zealand is Ichthyocampusfilum, Gunth., ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
pipe-laying
This term, in political parlance, means any arrangement by which a party makes sure of a certain add...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
swine-pipe
i. e. whine-pipe, the Red-wing. Pennant.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
blow-pipe
An engine of offence used by the Araucanians and Borneans, and with the latter termed sumpitan: the ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
deck-pipe
An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
eduction pipe
A pipe leading from the bottom of a steam-cylinder to the upper part of the condenser in a steam-eng...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
gas-pipe
A term jocularly applied to the newly-introduced breech-loading rifle.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hawse-pipe
A cast-iron pipe in the hawse-holes to prevent the cable from cutting the wood.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
injection-pipe
This is fixed in the interior of a marine steam-engine, is fitted with a cock, and communicates with...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
pipe-clay
Known to the ancients under the name of paretonium; formerly indispensable to soldiers as well as th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
pipe down!
The order to dismiss the men from the deck when a duty has been performed on board ship.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
pipe-fish
A fish of the genus Syngnathus, with an elongated slender body and long tubular mouth.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
steam-pipe
See waste steam-pipe.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Block chain
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Brequet chain
·- A watch-guard.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Chain pump
·- A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Chain stitch
·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain;
— used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Chain tie
·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Crotch chain
·add. ·- A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, ·etc.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Gunter's chain
·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see <<Chain>>, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Safety chain
·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Sheet chain
·- A chain sheet cable.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Top-chain
·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Paul's Chain
North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880).
First mention...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
golden-chain
n.
another name for the Laburnum (q.v.).
...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
-
chain-bolt
A large bolt to secure the chains of the dead-eyes through the toe-link, for the purpose of securing...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-cables
Are not new; Cæsar found them on the shores of the British Channel. In 1818 I saw upwards of eighty ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-hook
An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-plates
Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-pump
This is composed of two long metal tubes let down through the decks somewhat apart from each other, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-shot
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-slings
Chains attached to the sling-hoop and mast-head, by which a lower yard is hung. Used for boat or any...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-stopper
There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain, top
A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-well
, or locker
A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
top-chain
A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Old Pipe Yard
South out of Bristol Street to Lime Wharf (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
"The Pipe Yard" (Dodsley, 176...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
blow-off-pipe
, in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Side-chain theory
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
chain-cable compressor
A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-cable controller
A contrivance for the prevention of one part of the chain riding on another while heaving in.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
chain-cable shackles
Used for coupling the parts of a chain-cable at various lengths, so that they may be disconnected wh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
short-linked chain
A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
midshipman's watch and chain
A sheep's heart and pluck.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
testing a chain-cable
Trying its strength by the hydraulic machine, which strains it beyond what it is likely to undergo w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
See Gould Square.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...
The Sailor's Word-Book