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Doubling
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Double>>. II. Doubling ·noun The lining of the mantle borne about the shield o...

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doubling
(See rank.) Putting two ranks into one. ...

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doubling upon
In a naval engagement, the act of inclosing any part of a hostile fleet between two fires, as Nelson...

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clout-nails
Short nails with large heads for the soles of strong shoes.--Hartshorne's Shropshire. ...

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hang-nails
Slivers, which hang from the roots of the nails, and reach to the tips of the fingers.--Forby's Voca...

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ang-nails
corns on the feet. Cumb. ...

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boat-nails
Those supplied for the carpenter's use are of various lengths, generally rose-headed, square at the ...

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clamp-nails
Such nails as are used to fasten clamps; they are short and stout, with large heads. ...

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clench-nails
They are much used in boat-building, being such as can be driven without splitting the boards, and d...

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clincher-nails
Those which are of malleable metal, as copper, wrought iron, &c., which clinch by turning back the p...

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clout-nails
[Fr. clouter]. To stud with nails, as ships' bottoms and piles were before the introduction of sheet...

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composition nails
Those which are made of mixed metal, and which, being largely used for nailing on copper sheathing, ...

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copper-nails
These are chiefly used in boat-building, and for plank nails in the vicinity of the binnacle, as iro...

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deck-nails
A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...

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flat-nails
Small sharp-pointed nails with flat thin heads, longer than tacks, for nailing the scarphs of moulds...

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lead-nails
Small round-headed composition nails for nailing lead. ...

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port-nails
These are classed double and single: they are similar to clamp-nails, and like them are used for fas...

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ribbing-nails
Similar to deck-nails, but not so fine; they have large round heads with rings, so as to prevent the...

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scupper-nails
Short nails with very broad flat heads, used to nail the flaps of the scuppers, so as to retain the ...

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sheathing-nails
These are used to fasten wood-sheathing, and prevent the filling-nails from tearing it too much. Tho...

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spike-nails
See deck-nails. ...

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tree-nails
Long cylindrical oak or other hard wood pins, driven through the planks and timbers of a vessel to c...

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weight-nails
Somewhat similar to deck-nails, but not so fine, and with square heads; for fastening cleats and the...

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doubling a cape
In navigation, is to sail round or pass beyond it, so that the point of land separates the ship from...

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bag of nails
He squints like a bag of nails; i. e. his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of n...

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jack-sharp-nails
a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb. ...

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double deck-nails
See deck-nails. ...

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nails of sorts
Nails used in carpentry under the denominations of 4, 6, 8, 10, 24, 30, and 40 penny-nails, all of d...

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odds plut and her nails
A Welch oath, frequently mentioned in a jocular manner by persons, it is hoped, ignorant of its mean...

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