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• Deck

  ·v A heap or store. II. Deck ·v The roof of a passenger car. III. Deck ·v A pack or set of playing...

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• fore

  fŏre, inf., irregular, from the obsolete fuo, and equivalent to futurum esse; and fŏrem, fores, fore...

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• fore

  fore, forem see sum. ...

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• Fore

  ·adv Formerly; previously; afore. II. Fore ·adv In or towards the bows of a ship. III. Fore ·vi Jo...

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• fore

  The distinguishing character of all that part of a ship's frame and machinery which lies near the st...

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• Half-deck

  ·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>. II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...

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• Quarter-deck

  ·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. ...

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• Turret deck

  ·add. ·- A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vesse...

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• Water deck

  ·- A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. ...

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• berth-deck

  The 'tween decks. ...

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• deck, to

  A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails." ...

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• deck-beams

  See beams. ...

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• deck-cargo

  , otherwise deck-load (which see). ...

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• deck-cleats

  Pieces of wood temporarily nailed to the deck to secure objects in bad weather, as guns, deck-load, ...

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• deck-hook

  The compass timber bolted horizontally athwart a ship's bow, connecting the stem, timbers, and deck-...

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• deck-house

  An oblong-house on the deck of some merchantmen, especially east-country vessels, and latterly in pa...

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• deck-load

  Timber, casks, or other cargo not liable to damage from wet, stowed on the deck of merchant vessels....

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• deck-nails

  A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...

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• deck-pipe

  An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker. ...

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• deck-pumps

  In a steamer, are at the side of the vessel, worked with a lever by manual power, to supply addition...

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• deck-seam

  The interstices between the planks. ...

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• deck-sheet

  That sheet of a studding-sail which leads directly to the deck, by which it is steadied until set; i...

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• deck-stopper

  (See stopper of the cable.) A strong stopper used for securing the cable forward of the capstan or w...

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• deck-tackle

  A purchase led along the decks. ...

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• flush-deck

  A continued floor laid from the stem to the stern, upon one range, without any break. ...

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• forecastle-deck

  The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...

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• grating-deck

  A light movable deck, similar to the hatch-deck, but with open gratings. ...

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• gun-deck

  See decks. ...

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• half-deck

  A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...

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• hatch-deck

  Gun brigs had hatches instead of lower decks. ...

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• hurricane-deck

  A light deck over the saloon of some steamers. ...

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• mess-deck

  The place where a ship's crew mess. ...

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• quarter-deck

  That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...

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• spar-deck

  This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...

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• under deck

  The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks. ...

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• upper deck

  The highest of those decks which are continued throughout the whole length of a ship without falls o...

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• Fore part

  ·noun ·Alt. of <<Forepart>>. ...

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• Fore teeth

  ·pl of Fore tooth. ...

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• Fore tooth

  ·- One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an <<Incisor>>. ...

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• Fore-night

  ·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime. ...

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• Fore-topgallant

  ·adj Designating the mast, sail, yard, ·etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. ·see ...

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• Fore-topmast

  ·noun The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgall...

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• Fore-topsail

  ·noun ·see <<Sail>>. ...

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• Fore Court

  1) At Bridewell, Fleet Ditch (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) At Doctors'...

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• Fore Street

  East out of Redcross Street at No. 34 to No. 9 Finsbury Pavement (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street...

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• fore-handed

  To be fore-handed is to be in good circumstances; to be comfortably off. The expression is much used...

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• fore-end

  the beginning of a week, month, or year. North. ...

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• fore-think

  to be sorry for ; to repent. North. ...

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• fore-bay

  A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay. ...

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• fore-body

  An imaginary figure of that part of the ship afore the midships or dead-flat, as seen from ahead. ...

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• fore-bowline

  The bowline of the fore-sail. ...

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• fore-braces

  Ropes applied to the fore yard-arms to change the position of the fore-sail occasionally. ...

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• fore-cockpit

  See cockpit. ...

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• fore-course

  The fore-sail (which see). ...

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• fore-finger

  , or index-finger. The pointing finger, which was called shoot-finger by the Anglo-Saxons, from it...

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• fore-foot

  The foremost piece of the keel, or a timber which terminates the keel at the forward extremity, and ...

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• fore-goer

  The same as fore-ganger. ...

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• fore-gripe

  See gripe. ...

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• fore-guy

  A rope to the swinging-boom of the lower studding-sail. ...

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• fore-hammer

  The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...

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• fore-hold

  The part of the hold before the fore hatchway. ...

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• fore-hoods

  The foremost of the outside and inside planks of a vessel. ...

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• fore-hooks

  The same as breast-hooks (which see). ...

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• fore-lightroom

  See light-room. ...

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• fore-magazine

  See magazine. ...

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• fore-mast

  The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See mast.) ...

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• fore-ness

  An old term for a promontory. ...

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• fore-peak

  The contracted part of a vessel's hold, close to the bow; close forward under the lower deck. ...

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• fore-rake

  That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the keel. ...

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• fore-sail

  The principal sail set on the fore-mast. (See sail.) ...

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• fore-ship

  An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel. ...

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• fore-shrouds

  See shrouds. ...

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• fore-staff

  An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies. The fore-staff, call...

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• fore-stage

  The old name for forecastle. ...

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• fore-stay

  See stay. ...

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• fore-tack

  Weather tack of the fore-sail hauled to the fore-boomkin when on a wind. ...

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• fore-tackle

  A tackle on the fore-mast, similar to the main-tackle (which see). It is used for similar purposes, ...

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• fore-thwart

  The seat of the bowman in a boat. ...

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• fore-top

  See top. ...

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• fore-tye

  See tye. ...

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• fore-yard

  (See yard.) For the yards, sails, rigging, &c., of the top-mast and topgallant-mast see those two ...

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• deck-beam knees

  The same as lodging-knees. ...

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• deck standard-knees

  Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a h...

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• double deck-nails

  See deck-nails. ...

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• jack's quarter-deck

  The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...

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• on deck there!

  The cry to call attention from aloft or below. ...

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• quarter-deck nettings

  See netting. ...

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• quarter-deck officers

  A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...

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• Fore Old Jewry

  By Aldgate (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728). See Jewry Street. ...

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• Fore Street Avenue

  North out of Fore Street at No. 72 (P.O. Directory), with a branch West to Moor Lane and east to Moo...

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• fore-and-aft

  From head to stern throughout the ship's whole length, or from end to end; it also implies in a line...

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• fore-and-after

  A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...

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• fore cat-harpings

  See cat-harpings. ...

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• fore-man afloat

  The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock. ...

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• fore-mast man

  From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship. ...

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• fore-reach, to

  To shoot ahead, or go past another vessel, especially when going in stays: to sail faster, reach bey...

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• fore-sheet horse

  An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...

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• fore-sheet traveller

  An iron ring which traverses along on the fore-sheet horse of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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• fore-and-aft sails

  Jibs, staysails, and gaff-sails; in fact, all sails which are not set to yards. They extend from the...

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• mate of the lower-deck

  An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...

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• mate of the main-deck

  The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...

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• walk the quarter-deck, to

  A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...

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• fore-part of a ship

  The bay, or all before the fore-hatches. ...

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• fore-sheets of a boat

  The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...

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• shoe of the fore-foot

  See fore-foot, gripe, horse. ...

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• stay-tackles, fore and main

  Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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• lee-side of the quarter-deck

  Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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• Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle

  In Queen Street, Cheapside. See Great St. Thomas Apostle. ...

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• fore-ganger of the chain bower cables

  Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...

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• haul aboard the fore and main tacks

  This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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• running out, and running in, the lower deck guns

  The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...

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• room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.

  Stealing poultry. ...

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