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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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Every
(·adj & ·pron) Every one. ·cf.
II. Every (·adj & ·pron) All the parts which compose a whole collect...
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End
·vt To <<Destroy>>; to put to death.
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End-
·- A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.
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End
In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It...
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an
ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems ...
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an
an I conj.
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An
·conj If;
— a word used by old English authors.
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Rope
·vt To lasso (a steer, horse).
II. Rope ·noun The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
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rope
v. tr.
to catch a horse or bullock with a noosedrope. It comes from the Western United States, wher...
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rope
Is composed of hemp, hide, wire, or other stuff, spun into yarns and strands, which twisted together...
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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every-day
Common; usual.
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every-like
See like. Evvil, an oven. N.
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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
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Rope's-end
·vt To punish with a rope's end.
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Week-end
·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...
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fiddlestick's end
Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express...
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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North.
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gable-end
of a building, the end wall. General. See Baxter's Glossary, p. 1.
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pugging-end
(of a house)
the gable end. Devonsh.
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tacking-end
shoemaker's end.
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t'on-end
upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...
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after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern.
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bitter-end
That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...
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butt-end
The shoulder part of a fire-lock.
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
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fag-end
Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted....
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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rope's end
The termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishme...
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well-end
See pump-foot.
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
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Drag rope
·add. ·- A guide rope.
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Glass-rope
·noun A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long ...
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Guess rope
·- A guess warp.
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Guest rope
·- The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
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Guide rope
·add. ·- A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its len...
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Rope-yarn
·noun the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
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Top-rope
·noun A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
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Trail rope
·add. ·- ·same·as Guide rope, above.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
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back-rope
The rope-pendant, or small chain for staying the dolphin-striker. Also a piece long enough to reach ...
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bell-rope
A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned a...
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boat-rope
A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern.
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bolt-rope
A rope sewed all round the edge of the sail, to prevent the canvas from tearing. The bottom part of ...
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breast-rope
The lashing or laniard of the yard-parrels. (See also horse.) Also, the bight of a mat-worked band f...
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bucket-rope
That which is tied to a bucket for drawing water up from alongside.
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buoy-rope
The rope which attaches the buoy to the anchor, which should always be of sufficient strength to lif...
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cant-rope
See four-cant.
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cat-rope
A line for hauling the cat-hook about: also cat-back-rope, which hauls the block to the ring of the ...
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chest-rope
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
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clue-rope
In large sails, the eye or loop at the clues is made of a rope larger than the bolt-rope into which ...
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davit-rope
The lashing which secures the davit to the shrouds when out of use.
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foot-rope
The rope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. (See bolt-rope.)
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foul rope
A rope entangled or unfit for immediate use.
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gift-rope
[synonymous with guest-rope].
A rope for boats at the guest-warp boom.
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grapnel-rope
That which is bent to the grapnel by which a boat rides, now substituted by chain.
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guess-rope
See guess-warp
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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heel-rope
That which hauls out the bowsprit in cutters, and the jib and studding-sail booms, or anything else ...
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jaw-rope
A line attached to the horns of the jaws to prevent the gaff from coming off the mast. It is usually...
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kedge-rope
The rope which belongs to the kedge-anchor, and restrains the vessel from driving over her bower-anc...
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keel-rope
A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes.
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leech-rope
A name given to that vertical part of the bolt-rope to which the border or edge of a sail is sewed. ...
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manilla rope
A valuable cordage made in the Philippines, which, not being subject to rot, does not require to be ...
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mast-rope
[Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down.
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parrel-rope
Is formed of a single rope well served, and fitted with an eye at each end; this being passed round ...
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rope-bands
Small plaited lines rove through the eyelet holes with a running eye, by which the head of a sail, a...
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rope-house
A long building in a dockyard, where ropes are made.
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rope-ladder
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c.
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rope-maker
A first-class petty officer in the navy.
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rope-yarn
The smallest and simplest part of any rope, being one of the large threads of hemp or other stuff, s...
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shroud-rope
A finer quality of hawser-laid rope than is commonly used for other purposes. It is also termed purc...
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slip-rope
A rope passed through anything in such a manner that it will render or may be slipped instantaneousl...
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slue-rope
A rope peculiarly applied for turning a spar or other object in a required direction.
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swab-rope
A line bent to the eye of a swab for dipping it overboard in washing it.
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top-rope
The mast-rope employed to sway up a top-mast or topgallant-mast, in order to fix it in its place, or...
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white-rope
Rope which has not been tarred. Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring.
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wire-rope
Rigging made of iron wire galvanized, and laid up like common cordage.
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yard-rope
Is only used for temporary purposes; the most usual application of the term is that by which a yard ...
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every foot anon
every now and then. Norf. and Stiff.
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every stitch set
All possible canvas spread.
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Pope Lane End
According to Stow the parish church of saint Anne in the willowes lay on the north side of this lane...
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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to hang an arse
To hang back, to hesitate.
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well-an-ere!
alas! Derb. N .
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working an observation
Reducing the altitudes or distances of heavenly bodies by calculation.
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buoy-rope knot
Used where the end is lashed to the shank. A knot made by unlaying the strands of a cable-laid rope,...
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cable-laid rope
Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope. Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand rope...
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hawser-laid rope
Is rope made in the usual way, being three or four strands of yarns laid up right-handed, or with th...
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laying a rope
Arranging the yarns for the strands, and then the strands for making a rope, or cable.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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rope of sand
A term borrowed from a Greek proverb signifying attempting impossibilities; without cohesion. Said o...
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water-laid rope
The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.
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every now and then
Repeatedly, at intervals. This phrase is common with us, and is used also in England.
[The young wo...
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every inch of that!
An exclamation to belay a rope without rendering it.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar
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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...
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cheeks of an embrasure
The interior faces or sides of an embrasure.
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
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flank of an army
The right or left side or end, as distinguished from the front and rear a vulnerable point. Also, th...
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inclination of an orbit
The angle which the path of a comet or planet makes with the plane of the ecliptic.
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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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magnitude of an eclipse
The proportion which the eclipsed part of the surface of the sun or moon bears to the diameter; it i...
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
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trend of an anchor
The lower end of the shank, where it thickens towards the arms, usually at one-third from the crown....
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y's of an instrument
The Y-shaped bearings for the telescope axis, on the precision of which the value of an astronomical...
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every once in a while
A singular though very common expression, signifying the same as every now and then.
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every man to his station
See station.
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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loose a rope, to
To cast it off, or let it go.
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little end of the horn
'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...
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owl in an ivy bush
He looks like an owl in an ivy bush; frequently said of a person with a large frizzled wig, or a wom...
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bring-to an anchor, to
To let go the anchor in the intended port. "All hands bring ship to an anchor!" The order by which t...
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half an eye, seeing with
Discerning instantly and clearly.
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oar, to shove in an
To intermeddle, or give an opinion unasked.
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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standing part of a rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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england expects every man will do his duty
This is introduced into a naval vocabulary, not as wanting explanation, but that in recording the mo...
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not born in the woods to be scared by an owl
Too much used to danger, or threats, to be easily frightened.
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Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention.
Named after an owner or builder.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
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