A thimble or cringle to guide a rope. A strip of board with holes in it, for running-rigging to lead through, and be kept clear, so as to be easily distinguished at night.
·noun A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun One who goes first. II. Leader ·noun The principal wheel in any kind of machinery. III. Lead...
A chief. Also, the conducting ship, boat, or man in an enterprise. Also, the guide in firing rockets...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Fairness, beauty. II. Fair ·noun Good fortune; good luck. III. Fair ·noun A fair woman; a sw...
A set of subterraneous rooms in the Fleet Prison. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A general term for the wind when favourable to a ship's course, in opposition to contrary or foul; f...
An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said...
A travelling tutor. ...
·add. ·- A catch made by a player on side who makes a prescribed signal that he will not attempt to ...
·adj Having fair or light-colored hair. ...
·adj Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest. ...
·adj Well-disposed. ...
·adj Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. II. Fair...
·noun State of prosperity. ...
·noun In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. ...
A harbour in the south of Crete, some 5 miles to the east of which was the town of Lasea (Acts 27:8)...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A celebrated fair held in West Smithfield at Bartholomewtide, lasting about 14 days. Described by St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
See Royal Mint Street. ...
A visitation of the clergy. See REVIEW OF THE BLACK CUIRASSIERS. ...
An annual fair held at Charlton, in Kent, on St. Luke's day, the 18th of October. It consists of a r...
An inspection of the linen and necessaries of a company of soldiers, commonly made by their officers...
A public execution. ...
A fair trade; a satisfactory bargain or exchange. A New England vulgarism. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
fare-well. Lane. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Before the wind. ...
In delineating ships, is a winding line whose shape is varied according to the part of the ship it i...
Is applied to ropes as suffering the least friction in a block, when they are said to lead fair. ...
A west-country term for a dried pilchard. ...
The navigable channel of a harbour for ships passing up or down; so that if any vessels are anchored...
That to which a ship may carry the small sails. ...
a harbor in the island of Crete, (Acts 27:8) though not mentioned in any other ancient writing, is s...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
An execution day, Tyburn being in the parish or neighbourhood of Paddington. To dance the Paddington...
, or pilot's water. A channel wherein, according to usage, a pilot must be employed. ...
See Back Court. ...
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair. ...
South out of Cloth Fair, at No. 63, to Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without. Renamed 1885....