That department executed by civilians, as contradistinguished from the army or navy branch.
·adj Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; — said of the community. I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vi To divide into separate parts or subdivision. II. Branch ·vt To divide as into branches; to mak...
A symbol of kings descended from royal ancestors (Ezek. 17:3, 10; Dan. 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:1...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The diploma of those pilots who have passed at the Trinity House, as competent to navigate vessels i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See nanny house. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The lay or junior member of the admiralty board. ...
That between subjects of the same realm, or between factions of the same state. ...
·- A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation. ...
One approved by the Trinity House, and holding a branch, for a particular navigation. ...
The commissioned and working officers of the ship, as distinguished from the civilian branch. ...
·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...
·add. ·- The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of...
See Little Prescot Street. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.