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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
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Cloth
·noun The dress; raiment. [Obs.] ·see <<Clothes>>.
II. Cloth ·noun The distinctive dress of any pro...
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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three sheets in the wind
Unsteady from drink.
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Wind
·noun Power of respiration; breath.
II. Wind ·noun The <<Dotterel>>.
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wind
To raise the wind; to procure mony.
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wind
an alley or narrow street. Scotch.
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wind
[precisely the Anglo-Saxon word]. A stream or current of air which may be felt. The horizon being di...
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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in
in (old forms endŏ and indŭ, freq. in ante-class. poets; cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S...
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in
in I old indu, prep.with acc.or abl.
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in-
in- an inseparable particle cf. Gr. ἀ-, ἀν-; Germ. and Eng. un-, which, prefixed to an adj., negati...
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-in
·- A suffix. ·see the Note under -ine.
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In
·noun A reentrant angle; a nook or corner.
II. In ·noun One who is in office;
— the opposite of ou...
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In-
·- An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- re...
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in
for into. Mr. Colman, in remarking upon the prevalence of this inaccuracy in New York, says: "We get...
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in
The state of any sails in a ship when they are furled or stowed, in opposition to out, which implies...
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Bearing cloth
·- A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized.
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Carborundum cloth
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Carborundum paper.
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Cheese cloth
·add. ·- A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds.
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Goring cloth
·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot.
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Gunny cloth
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
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Henrietta cloth
·add. ·- A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses.
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Lady's cloth
·add. ·- A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, ·etc.
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Match-cloth
·noun A coarse cloth.
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Thibet cloth
·- A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet.
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Top-cloth
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
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Cloth Fair
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
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Cloth Street
South out of
First mention: O.S. 188-51.
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Cloth Yard
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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cloth market
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed.
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broad cloth
Square sails.
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buntline-cloth
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
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goring-cloth
See goring
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table-cloth
A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape...
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.)
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gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward.
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raise the wind, to
To make an exertion; to cast about for funds.
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In-and-in
·noun An old game played with four dice. In signified a doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, eithe...
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Ephraim in the wilderness
(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and ...
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Thorn in the flesh
(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage.
1) Roman Catholic writers t...
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Burnt in the Fire 1666.
Not further identified.
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Le Cok in the Houpe
A tenement so called in parish of St. Alphege at London Wall 1349 (Ct. H.W. I. 566).
No further ref...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East
On the west side of St. Dunstan's Hill at No. 2 (P.O. Directory). In Tower Ward.
Earliest mention f...
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(St.) Dunstan in the West
On the north side of Fleet Street at No. 187 (P.O. Directory), between Fetter Lane and Chancery Lane...
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(St.) James' in the Temple
See Temple Church.
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(St.) Martin in the Jewry
Thomas the priest of St. Martin's in the Jewry is mentioned in a Deed about 1197, as witness to a gr...
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(St.) Olave in the Shamb1es
Parish mentioned in Will of Milo de Wynton, 1273-4 (Ct. H.W. I. 16).
Perhaps the church of St. Nich...
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Pye in the Royall
A Messuage so called in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster Church, 1565 (Lond. I. p.m. II. 35).
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(St.) Stephen in the Jewry
See St. Stephen Coleman Street.
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(St.) Ursula in the Poultry
Seint Vrsula, chapel in the Pultry, mentioned in the list of Parish Churches of London in Arnold's C...
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babes in the wood
Criminals in the stocks, or pillory.
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dicked in the nob
Silly. Crazed.
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
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flush in the pocket
Full of money. The cull is flush in the fob. The fellow is full of money.
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shove in the mouth
A dram.
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ten in the hundred
An usurer; more than five in the hundred being deemed usurious interest.
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wheelband in the nick
Regular drinking over the left thumb.
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windmills in the head
Foolish projects.
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wolf in the breast
An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have...
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wolf in the stomach
A monstrous or canine appetite.
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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...
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down in the mouth
Dispirited, dejected, disheartened.--Brockett's Glossary.
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dyed in the wool
Ingrained; thorough.
The Democrats, on the authority of Mr. Cameron's letter, are beginning to clai...
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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cross in the hawse
Is when a ship moored with two anchors from the bows has swung the wrong way once, whereby the two c...
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down in the mouth
Low-spirited or disheartened.
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elbow in the hawse
Two crosses in a hawse. When a ship, being moored in a tide-way, swings twice the wrong way, thereby...
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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...
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jack in the basket
A sort of wooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a sand-bank or hidden danger.
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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jack in the dust
See jack in the bread-room
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lay in the oars
Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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Bezer In The Wilderness
a city of refuge in the downs on the east of the Jordan. (4:43; Joshua 20:8; 21:36; 1 Chronicles 6:7...
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Wandering In The Wilderness
[Wilderness Of The Wandering OF THE WANDERING]
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Broken wind
·- The <<Heaves>>.
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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind.
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Thick wind
·- A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the sign...
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Up-wind
·add. ·adv Against the wind.
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Volcanic wind
·add. ·- A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection current...
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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...
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Wind-break
·noun A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
II. Wind-break ·vt To br...
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Wind-broken
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...
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Wind-fertilized
·adj Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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Wind-rode
·adj Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide;
— said of a vesse...
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Wind-shaken
·add. ·adj Shaken by the wind;.
II. Wind-shaken ·add. ·adj affected by wind shake, or anemosis (whi...
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Wind-sucker
·noun A horse given to wind-sucking.
II. Wind-sucker ·noun The <<Kestrel>>.
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Wind-sucking
·noun A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air;
— usually associated with cr...
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Wind-up
·add. ·noun Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se.
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hot wind
n.
an Australian meteorologicalphenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.The phras...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to wind up
To close up; to give the quietus to an antagonist in a debate; to effectually demolish.
John Bell, ...
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wind-berry
a bilberry or whortleberry. N.
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wind-row
to wind-row, to rake the mown grass into rows, called wind-rows. Norf. and Suff.
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wind-gauge
See anemometer
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beating wind
That which requires the ship to make her way by tacks; a baffling or contrary wind.
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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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eddy-wind
That which is beat back, or returns, from a sail, bluff hill, or anything which impedes its passage;...
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fall-wind
A sudden gust.
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foul wind
That which prevents a ship from laying her course.
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gall-wind
See wind-gall.
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
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high wind
See heavy gale.
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leading-wind
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...
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north wind
This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....
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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds.
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soldier's wind
One which serves either way; allowing a passage to be made without much nautical ability.
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south-wind
A mild wind in the British seas with frequent fogs; it generally brings rain or damp weather.
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traverse-wind
A wind which sets right in to any harbour, and prevents the departure of vessels.
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west wind
This and its collateral, the S.W., prevail nearly three-fourths of the year in the British seas, and...
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wild-wind
An old term for whirlwind.
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wind-bands
Long clouds supposed to indicate bad weather.
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wind-bound
Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds.
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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...
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wind-gage
See anemometer.
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wind-gall
A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye,...
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wind-rode
A ship is wind-rode when the wind overcomes an opposite tidal force, and she rides head to wind.
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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wind-taut
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind.
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wind-tight
A cask or vessel to contain water is said to be wind-tight and water-tight.
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young wind
The commencement of the land or sea breeze.
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crossing the cables in the hatchway
A method by which the operation of coiling is facilitated; it alludes to hempen cables, which are no...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
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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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Chapel in (St.) Dunstan in the East Churchyard
There was a chapel "upon the charnell in the chirch haue of Seint Dunstan in the Est," mentioned in ...
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
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Cloth Workers' Court
North out of White Friers, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
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devil's table-cloth
See table-cloth.
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becket, the tacks and sheets in the
The order to hang up the weather-main and fore-sheet, and the lee-main and fore-tack, to the small k...
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
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All Hallows in the Ropery
See All Hallows the Great.
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Dog's Head in the Pot
A shop called the Dogges Hedde in the potte in parish of St. Peter in Cheap, 4 Ed. VI. 1550 (Lond. I...
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(St.) Dunstan Fraternity, in the Go1dsmithery
Various bequests were made to the Wardens of this Fraternity in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Simon ...
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(St.) Dunstan in the East, Churchyard
On the north and south sides of the Church (O.S.). Churchyard of the Church of St. Dunstan in East c...
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
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(St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage
A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...
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(St.) James' in, near the Vintry
See St. James' Garlickhithe.
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(St.) John in the White Tower
See St. John's Chapel in the Tower.
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(St.) John's Chapel in the Tower
In the White Tower, Tower of London. A fine specimen of Norman architecture. Records kept there (De ...
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Standard in the Old Bailey
Mentioned by Stow (391) and the waste of the water served the prisoners in Ludgate.
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(St.) Stephen's Lane in the Jewry
Rents in the lane of St. Stephen in the Jewry near the Brethren of the Penance of Jesus Christ, 1291...
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board him in the smoke
To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke.
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jack in the bread-room
, or jack in the dust.
The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room.
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lieutenant, in the royal navy
The officer next in rank and power below the commander. There are several lieutenants in a large shi...
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pay-serjeant, in the army
A steady non-commissioned officer, selected by the captain of each company, to pay the subsistence d...
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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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in eopte
in eopte eo ipso, Paul. ex Fest. p. 110 Müll.
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Biting in
·- The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. ·see <<Etch>>.
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In antis
·- Between antae;
— said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, ...
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In commendam
·- ·see <<Commendam>>, and Partnership in Commendam, under <<Partnership>>.
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In esse
·- In being; actually existing;
— distinguished from in posse, or in potentia, which denote that a ...
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In loco
·- In the place; in the proper or natural place.
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In posse
·- In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass;
— contradistinguished f...
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In rem
·add. ·- Lit., in or against a (or the) thing;.
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In situ
·- In its natural position or place;
— said of a rock or fossil, when found in the situation in whi...
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In transitu
·- In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu.
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In vacuo
·- In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo.
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In-going
·noun The act of going in; entrance.
II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...
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Lying-in
·noun The act of bearing a child.
II. Lying-in ·noun The state attending, and consequent to, childb...
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Printing in
·add. ·- A process by which cloud effects or other features not in the original negative are introdu...
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Roughing-in
·noun The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
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Shoo-in
·add. ·- a candidate who is certain to win easily.
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Take-in
·noun Imposition; fraud.
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foysted in
Words or passages surreptitiously interpolated or inserted into a book or writing.
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taken in
Imposed on, cheated.
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in twig
Handsome; stilish. The cove is togged in twig; the fellow is dressed in the fashion.
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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
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to cave in
Said of the earth which falls down when digging into a bank. Figuratively, to break down; to give up...
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to happen in
To happen to call in; to come in accidentally.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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to suck in
To take in; to cheat; to deceive. A figurative expression, probably drawn from a sponge, which sucks...
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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to put the licks in
is to run very fast. A Northern phrase. Also in speaking of a ship sailing, we bear the phrase, 'She...
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forted in
Intrenched in a fort.
A few inhabitants forted in on the Potomac.--Marshall's Washington.
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roping in
Cheating. A very common expression in the South-western States.
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bringing in
The detention of a vessel on the high seas, and bringing her into port for adjudication.
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chancery, in
When a ship gets into irons. (See irons.)
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cutting in
Making the special directions for taking the blubber off a whale, which is flinched by taking off ci...
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filling in
The replacing a ship's vacant planks opened for ventilation, when preparing her, from ordinary, for ...
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heaving in
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing.
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housing-in
After a ship in building is past the breadth of her bearing, and that she is brought in too narrow t...
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lay in
The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...
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lie in!
The order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed.
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set in
Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
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taking in
The act of brailing up and furling sails at sea; generally used in opposition to setting. (See furl,...
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