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First
·adj Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
II. First ·adj Most eminent or exalted; m...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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first
The appellation of the senior lieutenant; also, senior lieutenant of marines, and first captain of a...
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Watch
·vt To <<Tend>>; to <<Guard>>; to have in keeping.
II. Watch ·vi To serve the purpose of a watchman...
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watch
The division of the ship's company into two parties, one called the starboard, and the other the lar...
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watch and watch
The arrangement of the crew in two watches.
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Double first
·- A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics.
II. Double first ·- One who gains ...
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First-class
·adj Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate;...
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First-hand
·adj Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an <<Ag...
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First-rate
·noun A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.
II. First-rate ·adj Of the high...
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First-born
Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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First-fruits
The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals.
The...
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First Postern
See Aldermanbury Postern.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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first-swathe
First quality; first chop. A New York word.
Nothing'll serve you but a first-swathe mug, about twen...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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first rate
Of the first class or order; superior; superexcellent. An expression now in very common use, applied...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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first futtocks
Timbers in the frame of a ship which come down between the floor-timbers almost to the keel on each ...
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quarter, first
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Watch meeting
·add. ·- A religious meeting held in the closing hours of the year.
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Watch House
At the south-east corner of St. Sepulchre's Church Yard on the north side of Snow Hill (Strype, ed. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dumb watch
A venereal bubo in the groin.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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afternoon-watch
The men on deck-duty from noon till 4 P.M.
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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comparison watch
The job-watch for taking an observation, compared before and after with the chronometer.
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dog-watch
The half-watches of two hours each, from 4 to 6, and from 6 to 8, in the evening. By this arrangemen...
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hack-watch
, or job-watch
(which see).
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harbour-watch
A division or subdivision of the watch kept on night-duty, when the ship rides at single anchor, to ...
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job-watch
, or hack-watch
, for taking astronomical sights, which saves taking the chronometer on deck or on...
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larboard-watch
The old term for port-watch. The division of a ship's company called for duty, while the other, the ...
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middle-watch
The portion of the crew on deck-duty from midnight to 4 A.M.
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morning watch
Those of the crew on watch from 4 to 8 A.M.
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quarter-watch
A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is ...
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watch-bill
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
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watch-glasses
The half-hour glasses employed to measure the periods of the watch, so that the several stations the...
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watch-setting
In the army, retreat, or the time for mounting the night-guards.
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watch-tackle
A small luff purchase with a short fall, the double block having a tail to it, and the single one a ...
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Old Watch House, Bishopsgate
On the west side of Bishopsgate, south of St. Botolph's Bishopsgate Churchyard.
"Ye olde Watch Hous...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watch House, Barbican
At the northern end of Red Cross Street at its junction with the Barbican (Rocque, 1746).
Removed i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watch House, Bishopsgate
See Old Watch House.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Watch House, Minories
Removed 1830, when the system of parochial watching was superseded by the establishment of the polic...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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call the watch
This is done every four hours, except at the dog-watches, to relieve those on deck, also by pipe. "A...
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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keeping a watch
To have charge of the deck. Also, the act of being on watch-duty.
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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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setting the watch
The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by ...
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First-born, Redemption of
From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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John, First Epistle of
The fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was evidently written by John the evangelist, a...
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Peter, First Epistle of
This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (...
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Timothy, First Epistle to
Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Lao...
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first point of aries
See aries.
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Peter, First Epistle Of
The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is e...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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midshipman's watch and chain
A sheep's heart and pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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battle the watch, to
To shift as well as we can; to contend with a difficulty. To depend on one's own exertions.
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mate of a watch
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
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officer of the watch
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch.
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Corinthians, First Epistle to the
Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apost...
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First-born, Sanctification of the
A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the f...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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a buck of the first head
One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in L...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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first quarter of the moon
See quarter, first.
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Corinthians, First Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul toward the close of his nearly three-years stay at Ephesus, (Act...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Thessalonians, First Epistle To The
was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalo...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
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John, The First Epistle General Of
There can be no doubt that the apostle John was the author of this epistle. It was probably written ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
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