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Watch
·vt To <<Tend>>; to <<Guard>>; to have in keeping.
II. Watch ·vi To serve the purpose of a watchman...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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watch
The division of the ship's company into two parties, one called the starboard, and the other the lar...
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Dog
·noun A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
II. Dog ·noun A quadruped of the genus Canis, ·esp. the d...
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Dog
Frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments. Dogs were used by the Hebrews as a watch fo...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dog
An old dog at it; expert or accustomed to any thing. Dog in a manger; one who would prevent another ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to dog
To hunt as a dog, insidiously and indefatigably.--Johnson.
I have been pursued, dogged, and way-lai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog
The hammer of a fire-lock or pistol; that which holds the flint, called also dog-head. Also, a sort ...
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Dog
an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses,...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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watch and watch
The arrangement of the crew in two watches.
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Watch meeting
·add. ·- A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
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Watch House
At the south-east corner of St. Sepulchre's Church Yard on the north side of Snow Hill (Strype, ed. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dumb watch
A venereal bubo in the groin.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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afternoon-watch
The men on deck-duty from noon till 4 P.M.
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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comparison watch
The job-watch for taking an observation, compared before and after with the chronometer.
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first watch
The men on deck-duty from 8 P.M. till midnight.
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hack-watch
, or job-watch
(which see).
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harbour-watch
A division or subdivision of the watch kept on night-duty, when the ship rides at single anchor, to ...
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job-watch
, or hack-watch
, for taking astronomical sights, which saves taking the chronometer on deck or on...
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larboard-watch
The old term for port-watch. The division of a ship's company called for duty, while the other, the ...
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middle-watch
The portion of the crew on deck-duty from midnight to 4 A.M.
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morning watch
Those of the crew on watch from 4 to 8 A.M.
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quarter-watch
A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is ...
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watch-bill
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
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watch-glasses
The half-hour glasses employed to measure the periods of the watch, so that the several stations the...
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watch-setting
In the army, retreat, or the time for mounting the night-guards.
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watch-tackle
A small luff purchase with a short fall, the double block having a tail to it, and the single one a ...
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Curtail dog
·- A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the fo...
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Dog bee
·- A male or drone bee.
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Dog day
·- ·Alt. of <<Dogday>>.
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Dog days
·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...
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Dog fancier
·- One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.
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Dog Star
·- Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in th...
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Dog-brier
·noun The dog-rose.
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Dog-eared
·adj Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage;
—...
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Dog-faced
·adj Having a face resembling that of a dog.
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Dog-fox
·noun A male fox. ·see the Note under Dog, ·noun, 6.
II. Dog-fox ·noun The Arctic or blue fox;
— a...
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Dog-headed
·adj Having a head shaped like that of a dog;
— said of certain baboons.
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Dog-hearted
·adj Inhuman; cruel.
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Dog-legged
·adj Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform ...
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Dog-rose
·noun A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.
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Dog-weary
·adj Extremely weary.
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Red dog
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Red-dog flour.
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Sea dog
·- The common seal.
II. Sea dog ·- An old sailor; a salt.
III. Sea dog ·- The <<Dogfish>>.
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Skittle-dog
·noun The piked dogfish.
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Spitz dog
·- A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white;
— called also Pomeranian d...
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Water dog
·- The <<Menobranchus>>.
II. Water dog ·- A sailor, ·esp. an old sailor; an old salt.
III. Water d...
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Old Dog
See Queen's Arms.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dog booby
An awkward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow.
See clod hopper and lout. A bitch booby; a country ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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butcher's dog
To be like a butcher's dog, i.e. lie by the beef without touching it; a simile often applicable to m...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog buffers
Dog stealers, who kill those dogs not advertised for, sell their skins, and feed the remaining dogs ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog latin
Barbarous Latin, such as was formerly used by the lawyers in their pleadings.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog vane
A cockade.
SEA TERM.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hunt's dog
He is like Hunt's dog, will neither go to church nor stay at home. One Hunt, a labouring man at a sm...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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jolly dog
A merry facetious fellow; a BON VIVANT, who never flinches from his glass, nor cries to go home to b...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sad dog
A wicked debauched fellow; one of the ancient family of the sad dogs. Swift translates it into Latin...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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salesman's dog
A barker. Vide BARKER.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dog-fish
n.
The name belongs to variousfishes of distinct families, chiefly sharks. In Australia,it is used ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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kangaroo-dog
n.
a large dog, lurcher,deerhound, or greyhound, used for hunting the Kangaroo.
1806. `History of ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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native dog
n.
Another name for the dingo (q.v.).
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pig-dog
n.
a dog used in hunting wild pigs.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' c. ii.p. 6...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wild dog
n.
i.q. dingo (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dog cheap
Anything exceedingly cheap; or, as Dr. Johnson says, as cheap as dog's meat.
Good store of harlots,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog sick
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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prairie-dog
(Aretomys ludovicianus.) Called by the Indians Wistonwish. A variety of the marmot. It has received ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dog-whipper
a church beadle. North,
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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long dog
a greyhound. Derb.
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angle-dog
, or angle-twitch
A large earth-worm, sought for bait.
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bull-dog
, or muzzled bull-dog
The great gun which stands "housed" in the officer's ward-room cabin. Genera...
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dog-bolt
A cap square bolt.
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dog-drave
A kind of sea-fish mentioned in early charters.
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dog-fish
A name commonly applied to several small species of the shark family.
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dog-shores
Two long square blocks of timber, resting diagonally with their heads to the cleats. They are placed...
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dog-sleep
The uncomfortable fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.
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dog-stopper
Put on before all to enable the men to bit the cable, sometimes to fleet the messenger.
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dog-tongue
A name assigned to a kind of sole.
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dog-vane
A small vane made of thread, cork, and feathers, or buntin, fastened on the end of a half-pike, and ...
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raft-dog
A broad flat piece of iron, having a sharp point at each end, with the extremities bent at right ang...
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sea-dog
A name of the common seal.
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water-dog
See water-gall.
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Old Watch House, Bishopsgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate, south of St. Botolph's Bishopsgate Churchyard.
"Ye olde Watch Hous...
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Watch House, Barbican
At the northern end of Red Cross Street at its junction with the Barbican (Rocque, 1746).
Removed i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watch House, Bishopsgate
See Old Watch House.
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Watch House, Minories
Removed 1830, when the system of parochial watching was superseded by the establishment of the polic...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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call the watch
This is done every four hours, except at the dog-watches, to relieve those on deck, also by pipe. "A...
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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keeping a watch
To have charge of the deck. Also, the act of being on watch-duty.
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muster the watch
A duty performed nightly at 8 P.M., and repeated when the watch is relieved up to 4 A.M.
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setting the watch
The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by ...
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Red-dog flour
·add. ·- The lowest grade of flour in milling. It is dark and of little expansive power, is secured ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Black Dog Alley
1) In East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out of Seething Lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dog Tavern Court
See Dog Tavern Yard.
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Dog Tavern Yard
North out of Thames Street. In Billingsgate Ward (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Former names : "Dog Taver...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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noisy dog racket
Stealing brass knockers from doors.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bull-dog ant
n.
(frequently shortened to Bull-dog or Bull-ant)
an ant of large size witha fierce bite. The name...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bull-dog shark
i.q. bull-head1 (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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red dog money
A term applied, in the State of New York, to certain bank notes which have on their back a large red...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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muzzled bull-dog
See bull-dog
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dog-bitch-thimble
An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...
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midshipman's watch and chain
A sheep's heart and pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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battle the watch, to
To shift as well as we can; to contend with a difficulty. To depend on one's own exertions.
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mate of a watch
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
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officer of the watch
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch.
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Shepheard and Dog Alley, Shepherd and Dog Alley
See Red Lyon Yard, Houndsditch.
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Dog and Bear Inn
See Carpenter's Buildings.
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dog in a doublet
A daring, resolute fellow. In Germany and Flanders the boldest dogs used to hunt the boar, having a ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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old dog at it
Expert, accustomed.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sick as a dog
A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach.
He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dirty dog and no sailor
or soldier.
A mean, spiritless, and utterly useless rascal.
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