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Painter
·noun The panther, or puma. II. Painter ·noun One whose occupation is to paint. III. Painter ·noun...

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painter
I'll cut your painter for you; I'll send you off; the painter being the ropfe that holds the boat fa...

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painter
In the country the popular name of the cougar or panther (felis concolor). Vanderdonck, in his "Hist...

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painter
A rope attached to the bows of a boat, used for making her fast: it is spliced with a thimble to a r...

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Cutting
·adj Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool. II. Cutting ·adj Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting ...

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Cutting
The flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18...

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cutting
The adjusting of a cask or spar, or turning it round. ...

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His
·pron The possessive of he; as, the book is his. II. His ·pron Belonging or pertaining to him; — u...

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Painter, William
(1540?-1594) Translator, etc., ed. at Camb., was then successively schoolmaster at Sevenoaks, and C...

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religious painter
One who does not break the commandment which prohibits the making of the likeness of any thing in he...

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lazy painter
A small temporary rope to hold a boat in fine weather. ...

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shank-painter
The stopper which confines the shank of the anchor to the ship's side, and prevents the flukes from ...

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Screw-cutting
·adj Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe. ...

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cutting-grass
n. Cladium psittacorum,Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae. It grows very long narrowblades whose thin rigid e...

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back-cutting
When the water-level is such that the excavation of a canal, or other channel, does not furnish eart...

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cutting down
Taking a deck off a ship; as ships of the line are converted into frigates, the Royal Sovereign into...

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cutting-out
A night-meal or forage in the officer's pantry. ...

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cutting out or in
In polar phraseology, is performed by sawing canals in a floe of ice, to enable a ship to regain ope...

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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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cutting rigging
This includes the act of measuring it. ...

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Jack the Painter
n. very strong bush-tea, socalled from the mark it leaves round the drinker's mouth. 1855. G. C. M...

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cutting a feather
It is common when a ship has too broad a bow to say, "She will not cut a feather," meaning that she ...

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cutting-down line
An elliptical curve line used by shipwrights in the delineation of ships; it determines the depth of...

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burnt his fingers
When a person has suffered loss by a speculation, he is said to have burnt his fingers. It is used i...

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water his hole
A saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the s...

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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...

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brought to his bearings
Reduced to obedience. ...

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lying on his oars
Taking a rest; at ease. ...

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unrove his life-line
Departed this life. ...

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hard at his a-se
Close after him. ...

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sorrow shall be his sops
He shall repent this. Sorrow go by me; a common expletive used by presbyterians in Ireland. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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happy man be his dole!
a good wish ; as, may happiness be his lot. North. ...

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bearings, to bring to his
Used in conversation for "to bring to reason." To bring an unruly subject to his senses, to know he ...

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every man to his station
See station. ...

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Painters' Hall or Painter Stainers' Hall
On the west side of Little Trinity Lane at No.9 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward. First mention...

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Jacob and his Twelve Sons Inn
East out of Red Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). The site is now occupie...

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staggering bob, with his yellow pumps
A calf just dropped, and unable to stand, killed for veal in Scotland: the hoofs of a young calf are...

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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
To inherit a fortune by birth. Mr. Hood, in his History of Miss Kilmansegg, says She was one of th...

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born with a silver spoon in his mouth
Said of a person who, by birth or connection, has all the usual obstacles to advancement cleared awa...

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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...

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