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Thwart
·prep Across; athwart. II. Thwart ·adj Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. III. Thwart ·adj Thwartly; ob...

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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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thwart knees
Those which secure the after, main, and fore thwarts to the rising and gunwales, and which support t...

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thwart clamps or knees
Those which secure the after, main, and fore thwarts to the rising and gunwales, and which support t...

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thwart-ships
Across the ship, or from one side to the other. (See athwart.) ...

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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-deck
That part from the fore-mast to the bows. ...

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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-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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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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thwart-marks, to a harbour
Two objects on the land, which, brought into line with each other, mark the safe course between shoa...

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

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