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haul aft a sheet
To pull it in more towards the stern, so as to trim the sail nearer to the wind.
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·vi To collect or bring things together.
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gather
a cradle. Lane.
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·adv & ·adj Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.
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aft
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gather way, to
To begin to feel the impulse of the wind on the sails, so as to obey the helm.
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Sheet
·vt the book itself.
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sheet
A rope or chain fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain the clue d...
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cable-sheet, sheet-cable
The spare bower cable belonging to a ship. Sheet is deemed stand-by, and is also applied to its anch...
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aft-castle
An elevation on the after-part of our ships of war, opposed to forecastle, for the purpose of fighti...
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chock-aft
, chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c.
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flat-aft
The sheets of fore-and-aft sails may be hauled flat-aft, as the jib-sheet to pay her head off, the d...
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veers aft
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hauls aft
, or veers aft.
Said of the wind when it draws astern.
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round-aft
The outward curve or segment of a circle, that the stern partakes of from the wing transom upwards.
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taken aft
Complained of on the quarter-deck.
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Sheet anchor
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Sheet cable
·- The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
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Sheet chain
·- A chain sheet cable.
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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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flowing-sheet
In sailing free or large, is the position of the sheets or lower clues of the principal sails when t...
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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sheet-bend
A sort of double hitch, made by passing the end of one rope through the bight of another, round both...
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sheet-cable
A hempen cable used when riding in deep water, where the weight of a chain cable would oppress a shi...
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sheet-copper
Copper rolled out into sheets, for the sheathing of ships' bottoms, &c.
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sheet-fish
The Silurus glanis, a large fish found in many European rivers and lakes.
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sheet home!
The order, after the sails are loosed, to extend the sheets to the outer extremities of the yards, t...
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standing part of a sheet
That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c.
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broach a business, to
To begin it.
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buffet a billow, to
To work against wind and tide.
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build a chapel, to
To turn a ship suddenly by negligent steerage.
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cable, to coil a
To lay it in fakes and tiers one over the other.
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cleat a gun, to
To nail large cleats under the trucks of the lower-deckers in bad weather, to insure their not fetch...
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clinch a business, to
To finish it; to settle it beyond further dispute, as the recruit taking the shilling.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
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feather, to cut a
When a ship has so sharp a bow that she makes the spray feather in cleaving it.
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lay a gun, to
So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...
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loose a rope, to
To cast it off, or let it go.
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mount a gun, to
To place it on its carriage.
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pay a yard, to
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pay a mast, to
or pay a yard, to
To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...
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point a gun, to
To direct it on a given object.
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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purchase a commission, to
A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the "buying of fetters;" it is the obtaining pre...
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raise a siege, to
To abandon or cause the abandonment of a siege.
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rate a chronometer, to
To determine its daily gaining or losing rate on mean time.
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reduce a charge, to
To diminish the contents of a cartridge, sometimes requisite during heavy firing.
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reduce a place, to
To compel its commander to surrender, or vacate it by capitulation.
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return a salute, to
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risk a run, to
To take chance without convoy.
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scour a beach, to
To pour a quick flanking fire along it, in order to dislodge an enemy.
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shift a berth, to
To move from one anchorage to another.
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speak a vessel, to
To pass within hail of her for that purpose.
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spin a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
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spin a twist or a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
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spread a fleet, to
To keep more open order.
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support a friend, to
To make every exertion to assist a vessel in distress, from whatever cause. Neglect of this incurs p...
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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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top a yard or boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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trail a pike, to
To hold the spear end in the right hand, and the butt trailed behind the bearer.
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traverse a yard, to
To get it fore and aft.
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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wend a course, to
To sail steadily on a given direction.
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
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wring a mast, to
To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...
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bearing backstays aft
To throw the breast backstays out of the cross-tree horns or out-riggers and bear them aft. If not d...
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both sheets aft
The situation of a square-rigged ship that sails before the wind, or with the wind right astern. It ...
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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-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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give her sheet
The order to ease off; give her rope.
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tack or sheet
A man's saying that he will not start tack or sheet implies resolution.
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topsail-sheet bitts
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed.
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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to carry a horse to water
instead of lead or ride him to water. A Southern expression.--Sherwood, Georgia.
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breeze, to kick up a
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row.
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deaden a ship's way, to
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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kick up a dust, to
To create a row or disturbance.
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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her.
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shake out, a reef, to
See let out, a reef, to
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let out, a reef, to
, or shake out, a reef, to
To increase the dimensions of a sail, by untying the points confining a...
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luff into a harbour, to
To sail into it, shooting head to wind, gradually. A ship is accordingly said to spring her luff whe...
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pay a vessel's bottom, to
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.)
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pick up a wind, to
Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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run down a coast, to
To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers.
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run down a vessel, to
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her.
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run out a warp, to
To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and fasten it to some distant place to remove the shi...
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stretch along a brace, to
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it.
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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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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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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
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— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-trip
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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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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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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sprit-sail sheet knot
May be crowned and walled, or double-walled, and is often used as a stopper-knot.
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·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend.
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to bam
To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.
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to bamboozle
To make a fool of any one, to humbug or impose on him.
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to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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to bitch
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
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to bite
To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to...
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to bug
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to grab
To seize a man. The pigs grabbed the kiddey for a crack: the officers, seized the youth for a burgla...
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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to twig
To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, sn...
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v.
to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...
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to cotton to
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An old Anglo-Norman word from abattre, to beat down or destroy; as, to abate a castle or fort, is to...
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abet, to
To excite or encourage a common word, greatly in use at boat-racings, and other competitive acts.
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abrase, to
To dubb or smooth planks.
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accoil, to
To coil together, by folding round. (See coil.)
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accompany, to
To sail together; to sail in convoy.
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accost, to
To pass within hail of a ship; to sail coastwise; to approach, to draw near, or come side by side.
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adjourn, to
To put off till another day. Adjournments can be made in courts-martial from day to day, Sundays exc...
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adjust, to
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a ch...
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advance, to
An old word, meaning to raise to honour.
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aid, to
To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.
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allow, to
To concede a destined portion of stores, &c.
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annul, to
To nullify a signal.
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answer, to
To reply, to succeed; as, the frigate has answered the signal. This boat will not answer.
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dress, to
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
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drive, to
[from the Anglo-Saxon dryfan].
A ship drives when her anchor trips or will not hold. She drives to...
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dubb, to
To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.
♦ To dubb a vessel bright, is to remove t...
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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egg, to
To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
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eke, to
[Anglo-Saxon eácan, to prolong.] To make anything go far by reduction and moderation, as in shorteni...
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embark, to
To go on board, or to put on board a vessel.
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endanger, to
To expose to peril.
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enrol, to
To enter the name on the roll of a corps.
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