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blocks, fixed
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Fixed
·adj Stable; non-volatile. II. Fixed ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Fix>>. III. Fixed ·adj Securely placed or ...

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blocks
The several transverse pieces or logs of timber, piled in plane, on which a ship is built, or to pla...

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fixed fact
A positive or well established fact. The Boston Post, in speaking of the trial of Capt. Stetson for...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
fixed ammunition
Is, complete in each round, the cartridge being attached to the projectile, to facilitate simultaneo...

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fixed star
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stars, fixed
Those innumerable bodies bespangling the heavens from pole to pole, distinguishable from the planets...

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back-blocks
n. 1) The far interior ofAustralia, and away from settled country. Land in Australia isdivided on t...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bee-blocks
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the outer end of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through...

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bilge-blocks
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bullock-blocks
Blocks secured under the top-mast trestle-trees, which receive the top-sail ties through them, in or...

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cant-blocks
The large purchase-blocks used by whalers to cant the whales round under the process of flensing. ...

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cheek-blocks
Usually fitted to the fore-topmast head, for the purpose of leading the jib-stay, halliards, &c. ...

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clump-blocks
Those that are made thicker or stronger than ordinary blocks. (See block, tack-and-sheet.) ...

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hanging-blocks
These are sometimes fitted with a long and short leg, and lash over the eyes of the top-mast rigging...

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hawse-blocks
Bucklers, or pieces of wood made to fit over the hawse-holes when at sea, to back the hawse-plugs. ...

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jeer-blocks
Are twofold or threefold blocks, through which the jeer-falls are rove, and applied to hoist, suspen...

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jewel-blocks
Are attached to eye-bolts on those yards where studding-sails are hoisted, and carry these sails to ...

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keel-blocks
Short log ends of timbers on which the keel of a vessel rests while building or repairing, affording...

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leading-blocks
The several blocks used for guiding the direction of any purchase, as hook, snatch, or tail blocks. ...

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pedestal-blocks
Synonymous with plumber-blocks (which see). ...

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plumber-blocks
These, in a marine steam-engine, are Y's, wherein are fixed the bushes, in which the shafts or pinio...

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purchase-blocks
All blocks virtually deserve this name, but it is distinctively given to those used in moving heavy ...

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quarter-blocks
Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...

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running-blocks
Those which are made fast to the running rigging or tackles. ...

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span-blocks
Blocks seized into each bight of a strap, long enough to go across a cap, and allow the blocks to ha...

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speck-blocks
See flense, to. ...

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transporting-blocks
Two snatch-blocks, fitted one on each side above the taffrail, to admit a hawser, when transporting ...

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two-blocks
The same as chock-a-block (which see). ...

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iron-bound blocks
Those which are fitted with iron strops. ...

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sliding bilge-blocks
Those logs made to slide under the bilge of a ship in order to support her. ...

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