deep-waist

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• Waist

  ·noun A girdle or belt for the waist. II. Waist ·noun A garment, or part of a garment, which covers...

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• waist

  That portion of the main deck of a ship of war, contained between the fore and main hatchways, or be...

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• Deep

  ·superl Muddy; boggy; sandy; — said of roads. II. Deep ·adv To a great depth; with depth; far down...

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• Deep

  Used to denote (1) the grave or the abyss (Rom. 10:7; Luke 8:31); (2) the deepest part of the sea (P...

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• deep

  A word figuratively applied to the ocean. On the coast of Germany, to the northward of Friesland, it...

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• Shirt waist

  ·add. ·- A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children;...

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• waist-anchor

  An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.) ...

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• waist-boards

  The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...

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• waist-cloths

  The painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings. ...

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• waist-nettings

  The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle. ...

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• waist-rail

  The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...

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• waist-tree

  Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...

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• Breast-deep

  ·adj Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast. ...

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• Deep-fet

  ·adj Deeply fetched or drawn. ...

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• Deep-laid

  ·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans. ...

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• Deep-mouthed

  ·adj Having a loud and sonorous voice. ...

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• Deep-read

  ·adj Profoundly book- learned. ...

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• Deep-sea

  ·adj Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (·i.e., a line to take sou...

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• Deep-waisted

  ·adj Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the de...

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• Knee-deep

  ·adj Sunk to the knees; as, men knee-deep in water. II. Knee-deep ·adj Rising to the knees; knee-hi...

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• Skin-deep

  ·adj Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. ...

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• Deep Ditch

  The western boundary of Bethlehem Hospital as set out in Simon Fitz Mary's Charter of Foundation-to ...

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• deep-one

  A thorough-paced rogue, a sly designing fellow: in opposition to a shallow or foolish one. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• spit-deep

  the depth of a spade only. Norf. and Suff. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Shirt-waist suit

  ·add. ·- A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. ...

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• deep yellow-wood

  n. Rhus rhodanthema,F. v. M., N.O. Anacardiaceae. A tree with spreading head;timber valuable. See Y...

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

• deep-sea line

  Usually a strong and water-laid line. It is used with a lead of 28 lbs., and adapted to find bottom ...

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