deal beach

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• Deal

  ·noun Distribution; apportionment. II. Deal ·noun Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. II...

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• deal, native

  n. an Australian timber, Nageia elata, F. v. M., N.O. Coniferae.For other vernacular names see quot...

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

• Beach

  ·noun Pebbles, collectively; shingle. II. Beach ·vt To run or drive (as a vessel or a boat) upon a ...

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• beach

  A littoral margin, or line of coast along the sea-shore, composed of sand, gravel, shingle, broken s...

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• Deal, Tenth

  See Omer. ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Tenth deal

  I.e., the tenth part of an ephah (as in the R.V.), equal to an omer or six pints. The recovered lepe...

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• brush-deal

  n. a slender Queensland tree, Cupania anacardioides, A. Richard. See Brush,above. ...

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

• native deal

  n. See deal. ...

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

• deal-ends

  Applied to deal-planks when under 6 feet in length. ...

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• Beach comber

  ·- A long, curling wave rolling in from the ocean. ·see <<Comber>>. II. Beach comber ·add. ·- A vag...

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• beach-flea

  (Genus, orchestra. Leach.) A small crustacea common along the shores of Long Island, and other sandy...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• beach, to

  Sudden landing to run a boat on the shore, to land a person with intent to desert him an old buccane...

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• beach-combers

  Loiterers around a bay or harbour. ...

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• beach-combing

  Loafing about a port to filch small things. ...

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• beach-flea

  A small crustacean (Talitra) frequenting sandy shores. ...

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• beach-grass

  ♦ Alga marina thrown up by the surf or tide. ...

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• beach-man

  A person on the coast of Africa who acts as interpreter to shipmasters, and assists them in conducti...

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• beach-master

  A superior officer, captain, appointed to superintend disembarkation of an attacking force, who hold...

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• beach-men

  A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf. ...

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• beach-rangers

  Men hanging about sea-ports, who have been turned out of vessels for bad conduct. ...

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• beach-trampers

  A name applied to the coast-guard. ...

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• careening beach

  A part of the strand prepared for the purpose of a ship's being grounded on a list or careen, to rep...

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• graving beach or slip

  A portion of the dockyard where ships were landed for a tide. ...

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• scour a beach, to

  To pour a quick flanking fire along it, in order to dislodge an enemy. ...

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