davit-topping-lift

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• Davit

  ·noun A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the to...

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• davit

  A piece of timber or iron, with sheaves or blocks at its end, projecting over a vessel's quarter or ...

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• Lift

  ·vt To live by theft. II. Lift ·noun An exercising machine. III. Lift ·noun A layer of leather in ...

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• lift

  1) To give one a lift; to assist. A good hand at a dead lift; a good hand upon an emergency. To lift...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lift

  v. tr. to drive to market from the run. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. iv. p. 45: ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lift

  Used by the farmers in some parts of New England to signify a sort of gate without hinges.--Pickerin...

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• lift

  a stile that may be opened like a gate. Norf. ...

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• lift

  A term applied to the sails when the wind catches them on the leeches and causes them to ruffle slig...

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• Topping

  ·adj Fine; gallant. II. Topping ·adj Rising above; surpassing. III. Topping ·adj Hence, assuming s...

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• topping

  Fine; gallant; proud; assuming superiority.--Johnson. Webster. In New England much used among the co...

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• topping

  Pretentious; as, topping the officer; also, fine, gallant, &c. ...

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• anchor-davit

  See davit. ...

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• boat-davit

  A curved piece of timber with a sheave at its outer end, which projects over the boat's stern, while...

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• davit-guys

  Ropes used to steady boats' davits. ...

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• davit-rope

  The lashing which secures the davit to the shrouds when out of use. ...

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• fish-davit

  (See davit.) That which steps into a shoe in the fore-chains, and is used for fishing an anchor. ...

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• half-davit

  Otherwise fish-davit (which see). ...

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• newman's lift

  The gallows. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dead-lift

  The moving of a very inert body. ...

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• rum topping

  A rich commode, or woman's head-dress. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping fellow

  One at the top or head of his profession. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping cheat

  The gallows. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• topping cove

  The hangman. CANT. ...

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• topping man

  A rich man. ...

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• boot-topping

  The old operation of scraping off the grass, slime, shells, &c., which adhere to the bottom, near th...

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• topping-lifts

  Those lifts which support a spar, davit, &c. ...

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• lift an anchor, to

  Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...

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