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Crack
·noun A boast; boasting. II. Crack ·noun Breach of chastity. III. Crack ·noun A crazy or crack-bra...

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crack
A whore. TO CRACK To boast or brag; also to break. I cracked his napper; I broke his head. ...

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crack
This word is used by us as in England to signify most famous, best. Thus we speak of "a crack ship,"...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
crack
1) to crack or crake, to boast. Norf. 2) she's nought to crack on, i. e. not good for much. North. ...

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crack
"In a crack," immediately. ...

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Officer
·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissio...

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officer
A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a...

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Officer
It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefin...

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Crack-brained
·adj Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. ...

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Crack-loo
·add. ·- ·Alt. of <<Crackaloo>>. ...

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to crack up
To crack, i. e. to brag or boast, is a verb common in old authors, from Chaucer downwards, and still...

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crack-order
High regularity. ...

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crack-ship
One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...

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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...

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officer plant
n. another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...

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chief officer
See chief mate ...

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flag-officer
A term synonymous with admiral. ...

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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...

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naval officer
One belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad...

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orderly officer
In the army. See officer of the day. ...

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petty officer
A divisional seaman of the first class, ranking with a sergeant or corporal. ...

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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen. ...

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senior officer
The commanding officer for the time being. ...

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signal-officer
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...

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staff-officer
On the general staff of the army, or of a combined force. See staff. ...

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warrant-officer
Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...

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crack on, to
to carry all sail. ...

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officer of the day
A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...

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officer of the watch
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch. ...

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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority. ...

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the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.
Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose