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Dam
·noun A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. II. Dam ·noun A firebrick wall, or a stone, ...

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dam
A small Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws: hence etymologists may, if they please, d...

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dam
n. In England, the word means a barrierto stop water in Australia, it also means the water so stopp...

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dam
A barrier of stones, stakes, or rubble, constructed to stop or impede the course of a stream. (See i...

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

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coffer-dam
A coffer-dam consists of two rows of piles, each row boarded strongly inside, and being filled with ...

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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 battery
A vessel expressly fitted for action in harbours or sheltered waters, having heavier offensive and d...

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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 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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Bear-trap dam
·add. ·- A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at t...

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

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