foreign-going

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• Foreign

  ·adj Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. II. Foreign ·adj Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; ...

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• foreign

  Of another country or society; a word used adjectively, being joined with divers substantives in sev...

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• Going

  ·noun <<Departure>>. II. Going ·noun Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. III. Going ·noun Course o...

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• going

  The state of the roads; the travelling. Ex. 'The going is bad, owing to the deep snow or mud in the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• foreign judgment

  See judgment. ...

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• foreign remittance

  See wages remitted from abroad. ...

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• foreign service

  Vessels or forces stationed in any part of the world out of the United Kingdom. The opposite of home...

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• Away-going

  ·adj Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; — said of cr...

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• Easy-going

  ·adj Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive. ...

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• In-going

  ·noun The act of going in; entrance. II. In-going ·adj Going; entering, as upon an office or a poss...

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• Way-going

  ·adj Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away. ...

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• Woolward-going

  ·noun A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance. ...

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• going about

  Tacking ship. ...

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• going free

  When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam. ...

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• going large

  Sailing off the wind. ...

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• going room

  , room The old term for going large, or from, the wind. (See lask, to and large.) It is mentioned by...

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• sea-going

  Fit for sea-service abroad. ...

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• foreign remove-ticket

  A document for discharging men from one ship to another on foreign stations: it is drawn up in the s...

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• account, going upon

  A phrase for buccaneering. ...

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• ocean-going ship

  In contradistinction to a coaster. ...

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• runners of foreign goods

  Organized smugglers. ...

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• going upon the dub

  Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• clear for going about

  Every man to his station, and every rope an-end. ...

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• going through the fleet

  A cruel punishment, long happily abolished. The victim was sentenced to receive a certain portion of...

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