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Fir
·noun A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them value...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fir
The uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., "cypress") of berosh (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Kin...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fir
(Isaiah 14:8; Ezekiel 27:5) etc. As the term "cedar" is in all probability applicable to more than o...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Built
·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Build>>.
II. Built ·noun Shape; build; form of structure; as, the built of a shi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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built
A prefix to denote the construction of a vessel, as carvel or clinker-built, bluff-built, frigate-bu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fir tree
·- ·see <<Fir>>.
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Joint-fir
·noun A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed;
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Riga fir
·- A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber;
— called al...
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Sea fir
·- A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.
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Shasta fir
·add. ·- A Californian fir (Abies shastensis).
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Air-built
·adj Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
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Clincher-built
·adj ·see Clinker-built.
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Clinker-built
·adj Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper e...
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Cloud-built
·adj Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.
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Frigate-built
·adj Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.
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High-built
·adj Of lofty structure; tall.
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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice.
II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice.
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Jerry-built
·adj Built hastily and of bad materials; as, jerry-built houses.
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Sea-built
·adj Built at, in, or by the sea.
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built-block
Synonymous with made-block (which see). The lower masts of large ships are built or made.
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carvel-built
A vessel or boat, the planks of which are all flush and smooth, the edges laid close to each other, ...
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clinch-built
Clinker, or overlapping edges.
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clinker built
See clincherI
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frigate-built
The disposition of the decks of such merchant ships as have a descent of some steps from the quarter...
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british-built ship
Such as has been built in Great Britain or Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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built-up guns
Recently invented guns of great strength, specially adapted to meet the requirements of rifled artil...
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square-sterned and british built
A phrase to express the peculiar excellence of our first-class merchantmen.
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