Formerly a heavy-armed body of foot; more recently applied to Irish infantry soldiers.
·vt To fright or terrify. ·see <<Gally>>, ·vt. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Shades fitted to instruments of reflection for preventing the bright rays of the sun from hurting th...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Two small speculums on one of the radii of a quadrant or sextant; the one half of the fore horizon-g...
The half-hour glasses employed to measure the periods of the watch, so that the several stations the...
See glass. ...