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Battery
·vt The act of battering or beating. II. Battery ·vt The pitcher and catcher together. III. Batter...

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battery
A place whereon cannon, mortars, &c., are or may be mounted for action. It generally has a parapet f...

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Floating
·noun The second coat of three-coat plastering. II. Floating ·noun Floating threads. ·see Floating ...

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Bunsen's battery
·- ·Alt. of Bunsen's burner. ...

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Water battery
·- A battery nearly on a level with the water. II. Water battery ·- A voltaic battery in which the ...

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quartz-battery
n. a machine for crushingquartz, and so extracting gold. 1890. `The Argus,' July 26, p. 4, col. 4:...

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water-battery
One nearly on a level with the water ♦ à fleur d'eau; a position of much power when vessels cannot...

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Floating charge
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Floating lien. ...

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Floating lien
·add. ·- A charge, lien, ·etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from ...

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floating academy
See campbell's academy. ...

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floating hell
The hulks. ...

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floating anchor
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...

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floating bethel
An old ship fitted up in a commercial port for the purpose of public Worship. ...

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floating bridge
A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....

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floating coffin
(See frapping a ship.) A term for the old 10-gun brigs. ...

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floating dam
A caisson used instead of gates for a dry-dock. ...

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floating dock
See caisson. ...

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floating light
A vessel moored off rocks or sand-banks, hoisting lights at night. ...

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floating pier
As the stage at Liverpool. ...

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floating stage
For caulkers, painters, &c. ...

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floating graving-dock
A modified camel (which see). ...

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man, isle of, battery
A name given to the three guns mounted on ships' turrets. ...

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