A beautiful natural phenomenon incidental to high latitudes. It appears opposite to the sun, and is usually broad and white, but sometimes assumes the prismatic colours. Indicative of clearing off of mists. (See fog-eater.)
·noun A state of mental confusion. II. Fog ·noun A second growth of grass; aftergrass. III. Fog ·v...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Smoke. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
long grass : more properly after-grass. North. Coarse grass. Norf. and Suff. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A mist at sea, consisting of the grosser vapours floating in the air near the surface of the sea. Th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·vi To manage the bow. II. Bow ·vi To play (music) with a bow. III. Bow ·vi To <<Stop>>. IV. Bow ...
The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
I. The fore-end of a ship or boat; being the rounding part of a vessel forward, beginning on both ...
(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forwa...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·- A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland...
A dense haze, presenting the appearance of a thick cloud resting upon the horizon; it is known in hi...
Those transient prismatic breaks which occur in thick mists, and considered good symptoms of the wea...
A synonym of fog-dog and fog-bow. It may be explained as the clearing of the upper stratum, permitti...
The naval code established by guns to keep a fleet together, to tack, wear, and perform sundry evolu...
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand. II. Bow hand ·- The hand that draws the bow, ...
·- A net for catching birds. II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...
·- The oar used by the bowman. II. Bow oar ·- One who rows at the bow of a boat. ...
·noun ·pl The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom. ...
·noun An <<Arcograph>>. II. Bow-compass ·noun A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate rivet...
·pl of Bow-compass. ...
·noun Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. ·see Bow-compass. ...
·noun Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil. ...
·noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame. ...
·- ·see Marine rainbow, under <<Rainbow>>. ...
The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" (Hab. 3:9) means tha...
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
1) South out of Cheapside at No. 58, to Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In...
The childish name for a dog; also a jeering appellation for a man born at Boston in America. ...
A broad bluff bow. ...
The situation of a ship when, in stays, she falls back off the wind again, and gets into irons, whic...
Two long chase-guns placed forward in the bow-ports to fire directly ahead, and being of small bore ...
A rope or chain for securing a vessel by the bow. (See fast.) ...
In ship-building, longitudinal curves representing the ship's fore-body cut in a vertical section. ...
The foremost oar or oars, in pulling a boat. ...
The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...
A rail round the bows. ...
Early supplied to our men-of-war. ...
Those which form the bow of the ship. ...
Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or...
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore. ...
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...
Having a sharp entrance; a thin narrow bow being opposed to bold bow. Fine forward, very fine is lea...
A noted weapon formerly supplied to our men-of-war. ...
A species of cross-bow formerly used for discharging fire arrows. ...
A cross-bow for shooting stones. ...
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...
The parsonage house for St. Mary le Bow in 1676 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 23). No later reference....
Dog's flesh. ...
A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. Se...
(Fr. bois d'arc.) A western tree, the wood of which is used to make bows with. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A provincial name for hawse-wood. ...
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...
See Crown Court16, Trinity Lane. ...
See Half Moon Court. ...
This seems to have been one of the three schools in London, mentioned by Fitzstephen in 1175, the ot...
See Robin Hood Court. ...
Bequest to this fraternity made in 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33). ...