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Muster
·vt A show; a display. II. Muster ·vt Any assemblage or display; a gathering. III. Muster ·vt Some...

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false
false, adv., v. fallo, P. a. fin. 2. ...

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False
·superl Not in tune. II. False ·adv Not truly; not honestly; falsely. III. False ·adj To <<Feign>>...

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false
sly, cunning, deceitful. A false thief, one who will cheat you if he can. ...

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count-muster
n. a gathering, especially ofsheep or cattle in order to count them. 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Syd...

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muster, to
To assemble in order that the state and condition of the men may be seen, and also at times to inspe...

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muster-book
A copy of a ship of war's open list, drawn up for the use of the clerk of the check, in calling over...

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muster-paper
A description of paper supplied from the dockyards, ruled and headed, for making ships' books. ...

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muster-roll
A document kept by the master of every British vessel, specifying the name, age, quality, and countr...

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False-faced
·adj <<Hypocritical>>. ...

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False-heart
·adj False-hearted. ...

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False-hearted
·adj Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. ...

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Christs, False
Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Matt. 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twe...

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false alarm
See alarm. ...

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false attack
A feigned assault, made to induce a diversion or distraction of the enemy's forces, in order that th...

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false colours
To sail under false colours and chase is an allowable stratagem of war, but firing under them is not...

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false keel
A kind of supplemental or additional keel secured under the main one, to protect it should the ship ...

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false kelson
, or kelson rider. A piece of timber wrought longitudinally above the main kelson. ...

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false papers
Frequently carried by slavers and smugglers. ...

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false post
See false stern-post. ...

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false rail
A thin plank fayed at the head-rails as a strengthener. ...

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false stem
A hard timber fayed to the fore-part of the main stem, its tail covering the fore-end of the keel. (...

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false stern
An additional stern fixed on the main one, to increase the length and improve the appearance of a ve...

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bang-tail muster
See quotation. 1887. W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, `The New Churn in the Queensland Bush,'p. 61: «Every third...

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inside muster-paper
A description of paper supplied from the dockyards, ruled and headed, for making ships' books. ...

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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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outside muster-paper
A paper with the outer part blank, but the inner portion ruled and headed; supplied from the dock ya...

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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...

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false fire, blue flames
A composition of combustibles filled into a wooden tube, which, upon being set fire to, burns with a...

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