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going about
Tacking ship.
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About
·adv On all sides; around.
II. About ·prep Around; all round; on every side of.
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about
Circularly; the situation of a ship after she has gone round, and trimmed sails on the opposite tack...
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Clear
·adv In a clear manner; plainly.
II. Clear ·superl Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.
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clear
Very drunk. The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. CANT.
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clear
Is variously applied, to weather, sea-coasts, cordage, navigation, &c., as opposed to foggy, to dang...
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Going
·noun <<Departure>>.
II. Going ·noun Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
III. Going ·noun Course o...
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going
The state of the roads; the travelling. Ex. 'The going is bad, owing to the deep snow or mud in the ...
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for
for, fātus, 1, v. defect. (the forms in use are fatur, fantur, fabor, fabitur; part. perf. fatus; pe...
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for
(for) fātus, fārī, defect.(in use are fātur, fantur, fābor, fābitur; P. perf. fātus; perf.fātus sum...
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For
·prep Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
II. For ·...
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For-
·- A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also los...
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About-sledge
·noun The largest hammer used by smiths.
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Right-about
·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...
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round about
An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round p...
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run-about
n. and adj.
Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...
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nighest-about
the nearest way. N.
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bobbing about
Heaving and setting without making any way.
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flying about
Synonymous with chop-about (which see).
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put about
Go on the other tack.
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ready about!
or ready oh!
The order to prepare for tacking, each man to his station. (See about.)
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Clear-cut
·adj Concisely and distinctly expressed.
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Clear-headed
·adj Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent.
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Clear-seeing
·adj Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
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Clear-shining
·adj Shining brightly.
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Clear-sighted
·adj Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason.
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Clear-sightedness
·noun Acute discernment.
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clear-skins
See clean-skins
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to clear out
To take oneself off; to depart, decamp. A vulgar expression.
This thing of man-worship I am a stran...
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clear, to
Has several significations, particularly to escape from, to unload, to empty, to prepare, &c., as:
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clear water
A term in Polar seas implying no ice to obstruct navigation, well off the land, having sea-room.
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glass clear?
Is the sand out of the upper part? asked previously to turning it, on throwing the log.
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Away-going
·adj Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration;
— said of cr...
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Easy-going
·adj Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.
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In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
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Way-going
·adj Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.
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Woolward-going
·noun A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance.
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foreign-going
The ships bound on oceanic voyages, as distinguished from home-traders and coasters.
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going free
When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam.
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going large
Sailing off the wind.
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going room
, room
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sea-going
Fit for sea-service abroad.
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Uncalled-for
·adj Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
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Unhoped-for
·adj Unhoped; unexpected.
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Unlooked-for
·adj Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
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to go for
To be in favor of. Thus, 'I go for peace with Mexico,' means I am in favor of peace with Mexico, or,...
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done for
Cheated; taken advantage of.
Wall street, it appears, is infested with mock-auction shops,--a count...
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limb-for
a man addicted to any thing is called "a limb for it." Norf. and Suff.
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for-by
Near to; adjacent.
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chop-about, to
Is applied to the wind when it varies and changes suddenly, and at short intervals of time.
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heave about, to
To go upon the other tack suddenly.
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clear the pendant
See up and clear the pendant.
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account, going upon
A phrase for buccaneering.
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ocean-going ship
In contradistinction to a coaster.
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angling for farthings
Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
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blood for blood
A term used by tradesmen for bartering the different commodities in which they deal. Thus a hatter f...
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tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life.
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tit for tat
An equivalent.
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in for it
Engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating.
You may twitch at your collar and wrinkle you...
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tit for tat
The phrase "tit for tat, if you kill my dog I'll kill your cat," is among the provincialisms of Hant...
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take order for
to provide for or against any thing. North.
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whicket for whacket
an equivalent ; QUID PRO QUO. Kent.
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quittee for quottee
an equivalent ; QUID PRO QUO. Kent.
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white for quite
QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE.
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battens for hammocks
See hammock-battens.
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changey-for-changey
A rude barter among men-of-war's men, as bread for vegetables, or any "swap."
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do for, to
A double-barrelled expression, meaning alike to take care of or provide for an individual, or to rui...
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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fit for duty
In an effective state for service.
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full for stays!
The order to keep the sails full to preserve the velocity, assisting the action of the rudder in tac...
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hank for hank
In beating against the wind each board is thus sometimes denoted. Also, expressive of two ships whic...
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indenting for stores
An indispensable duty to show that every article has been actually received.
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loosing for sea
Weighing the anchor.
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stations for stays!
Repair to your posts to tack ship.
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tie-for-tye
Mutual obligation and no favour; as in the case of the tie-mate, the comrade who, in the days of lon...
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toko for yam
An expression peculiar to negroes for crying out before being hurt.
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ton for ton and man for man
A phrase implying that ships sailing as consorts, ought fairly to divide whatever prize they take.
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tubes, for guns
A kind of portable priming, for insertion into the vent,
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going upon the dub
Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses.
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going through the fleet
A cruel punishment, long happily abolished. The victim was sentenced to receive a certain portion of...
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Baptism for the dead
Only mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. This expression as used by the apostle may be equivalent to saying, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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touch bun for luck
See bun.
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lay-overs for meddlers
A reply to a troublesome question on the part of a child, in answer to 'What's that?.' A turn-over i...
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thank you for them
an answer to an enquiry after absent friends. North. They are very well, I thank you for them.
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drawn for the militia
When men are selected by ballot for the defence of the country.
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keeping full for stays
A necessary precaution to give the sails full force, in aid of the rudder when going about.
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ladle, for a gun
An instrument for charging with loose powder; formed of a cylindrical sheet of copper-tube fitted to...
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look out for squalls
Beware; cautionary.
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pushing for a port
Carrying all sail to arrive quickly.
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stand clear of the cable!
A precautionary order when about to let go the anchor, that nothing may obstruct it in running out o...
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Hospital for Lunatics, Barking Church
Hospital founded in parish of Barking church, 44 Ed. III., for poor priests and others sick of the p...
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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...
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too big for his breeches
is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty.
Gentlemen, I was one of the first to...
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drag for the anchor, to
The same as creep or sweep.
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pricking for a soft plank
Selecting a place on the deck for sleeping upon.
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screw-gammoning for the bowsprit
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...
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thick-and-dry for weighing!
To clap on nippers closely, just at starting the anchor from the ground.
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training-ship for naval cadets
H.M.S. Britannia, commanded by a captain and complement of officers for the primary training of nava...
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whistle for the wind, to
A superstitious practice among old seamen, who are equally scrupulous to avoid whistling during a he...
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Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
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side out for a bend, to
The old well-known term to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side, in order to m...
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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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try back for a bend, to
To pay back some of the bight of a cable, in order to have sufficient to form the bend.
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victualling-yards for the royal navy
Large magazines where provisions and similar stores are deposited, conveniently contiguous to the ro...
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place for everything, and everything in its place
One of the golden maxims of propriety on board ship.
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Converted into dwelling-houses, warehouses and sheds for stationers (S. 332) in 1549.
See St. Paul's Charnel House.
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Parish church in the Tower for the inhabitants there, in Tower ward (S. 492).
First mention: Founded probably Temp. H. I. Mentioned in reign of K. John, 1210 (Bell, p. 1 ; Clark,...
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Provision made for the collection of weekly alms for the support of the Chapel of Our Lady near Guildhall founded "pur tote la compaignie du Pui" (ib.).
Henry le Waleis gave to the Confraternity of the Pui (de Podio) 5 marks annual quit rent on all his ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.