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Brig
·noun A <<Bridge>>. II. Brig ·noun A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. III. Brig ·add. ·noun On a ...

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brig
an utensil used in brewing and in dairies to set the strainer upon. N. ...

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brig
A two-masted square-rigged vessel, without a square main-sail, or a trysail-mast abaft the main-mast...

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Cutter
·noun A boat used by ships of war. II. Cutter ·noun A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. III. Cutter ·...

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cutter
A one horse sleigh. And then - we'll go sleighing, in warm raiment clad, With fine horses neighing...

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cutter
to fondle or make much of, as a hen or goose of her young. ...

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cutter
A small single-masted, sharp-built broad vessel, commonly navigated in the English Channel, furnishe...

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brig-schooner
(See hermaphrodite and brigantine, by which, term she is at present classed in law.) Square-rigged o...

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Hay-cutter
·noun A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle. ...

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Straw-cutter
·noun An instrument to cut straw for fodder. ...

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Sward-cutter
·noun A lawn mower. II. Sward-cutter ·noun A plow for turning up grass land. ...

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daisy cutter
A jockey term for a horse that does not lift up his legs sufficiently, or goes too near the ground, ...

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pilot cutter
A very handy sharp-built sea-boat used by pilots. ...

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cutter-stay fashion
The turning-in of a dead-eye with the end of the shroud down. ...

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