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Gale
·noun A song or story. II. Gale ·vi To sale, or sail fast. III. Gale ·vi To <<Sing>>. IV. Gale ·n...

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gale
1) an old bull, castrated. Hants. 2) a tun-dish, used in brewing. N. 3) the vat in which the beer ...

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Fresh
·noun A flood; a freshet. II. Fresh ·superl New; original; additional. III. Fresh ·noun A stream o...

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fresh
Forward; as, 'don't make yourself too fresh here;' that is to say, not quite so much at home. Consi...

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fresh
1) a flood, or overflowing of a river. This heavy rain will bring down the freshes. N. 2) tipsy. No...

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fresh
When applied to the wind, signifies strong, but not violent; hence an increasing gale is said to fre...

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Gale-opithecus
·noun A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. ·see <<Colugo>>. ...

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Loom-gale
·noun A gentle gale of wind. ...

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chocolate-gale
A brisk N.W. wind of the West Indies and Spanish main. ...

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feeding-gale
A storm which is on the increase, sometimes getting worse at each succeeding squall. When a gale fre...

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gentle gale
In which a ship carries royals and flying-kites; force 4. ...

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hard gale
When the violence of the wind reduces a ship to be under her storm staysails, No. 10 force. ...

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heavy gale
A strong wind, in which a ship is reduced to storm-staysails and close-reefed main-topsail. Force 10...

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loom-gale
An easy gale of wind, in which a ship can carry her whole top-sails a-trip. ...

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moderate gale
In which a ship carries double reefs in her top-sails. ...

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steady gale
A fresh breeze pretty uniform in force and direction. ...

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strong gale
That strength of wind under which close-reefed top-sails and storm-staysails are usually carried whe...

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Fresh-new
·adj <<Unpracticed>>. ...

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Fresh-water
·adj Unskilled; raw. II. Fresh-water ·adj Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a se...

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Fresh Wharf
On the south side of Lower Thames Street, next to St. Magnus Church (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgat...

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fresh milk
Cambridge new comers to the university. ...

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fresh breeze
A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...

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fresh grub
The refreshments obtained in harbour. ...

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fresh shot
A river swollen by rain or tributaries; it also signifies the falling down of any great river into t...

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fresh spell
Men coming to relieve a gang at work. ...

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fresh water
Water fit to drink, in opposition to sea or salt water; now frequently obtained at sea by distillati...

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fresh way
Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...

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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...

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Fresh Wharf Gateway
Leading to Fresh Wharf (P.C. 1732). ...

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fresh-water herring
n. In Sydney, the fish is Clupea richmondia, Macl. Elsewhere in Australia, and inTasmania, it is an...

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fresh-water perch
n. name given in Tasmania tothe fish Microperca tasmaniae. ...

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fresh-water jack
The same as fresh-water sailor. ...

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fresh-water sailor
An epithet for a green hand, of whom an old saying has it, "whose shippe was drowned in the playne o...

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fresh-water seas
A name given to the extensive inland bodies of fresh water in the Canadas. Of these, Lake Superior i...

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breaking of a gale
Indications of a return of fine weather; short gusts at intervals; moaning or whistling of the wind ...

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tail of a gale
The latter part of a gale, when its violence is dying out. ...

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lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...

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try, to, or lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...

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fresh hand at the bellows
Said when a gale freshens suddenly. ...

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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...

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