Originally devised there for working guns under a low roof. (See gyn.)
·add. ·noun A kind of candy sweetmeat, or a piece of it; — called, in full, Gibraltar rock. II. Gi...
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·vi To begin [Obs.] ·see <<Gin>>. ...
A three-legged machine fitted with a windlass, heaving in the fall from a purchase-block at the summ...
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