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• Stem

  ·noun A branch of a family. II. Stem ·noun The entire central axis of a feather. III. Stem ·vt To ...

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• stem

  The foremost piece uniting the bows of a ship; its lower end scarphs into the keel, and the bowsprit...

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• false

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

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• 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. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Stem-clasping

  ·adj Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole. ...

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• Stem-winder

  ·noun A stem-winding watch. ...

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• Stem-winding

  ·adj Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch. ...

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• gouty-stem

  n. the Australian Baobab-tree (q.v.), Adansonia gregori, F. v. M.According to Maiden (p. 60), Sterc...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• armed stem

  See beak. ...

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• stem-knee

  In ship-building, the compass-timber which connects the keel with the stem. (See dead-wood knees.) ...

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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...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• 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 muster

  An incorrect statement of the crew on the ship's books, which if proved subjects the captain to cash...

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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 stern

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

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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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