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Give
·vi To have a misgiving. II. Give ·vi To become soft or moist. III. Give ·vi To give a gift or gif...

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Sheet
·vt the book itself. II. Sheet ·vt To expand, as a sheet. III. Sheet ·vt A <<Sail>>. IV. Sheet ·v...

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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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Her
(·pron ·pl) ·Alt. of <<Here>>. II. Her ·pron & ·adj The form of the objective and the possessive ca...

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give her so and so
The direction of the officer of the watch to the midshipman, reporting the rate of sailing by the lo...

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give best
v. Australian slang, meaning toacknowledge superiority, or to give up trying at anything. 1883. Ke...

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give way
The order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowi...

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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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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge. II. Sheet...

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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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back-her
The order, in steam-navigation, directing the engineer to reverse the movement of the cranks and urg...

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ease her!
In a steamer, is the command to reduce the speed of the engine, preparatory to "stop her," or before...

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meet her!
The order to adjust the helm, so as to check any further movement of the ship's head in a given dire...

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slow her!
In steam navigation, the same as "Ease her!" ...

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snubbing her
Bringing a ship up suddenly with an anchor, and short range of cable, yet without jerking. [Said to ...

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stop her!
An order to check the cable in being payed out. Also, a self-explanatory phrase to direct the engine...

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to give him jessy
is to give him a flogging. A vulgarism of recent origin. Well, hoss, you've slashed the hide off 'e...

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give a spell
To intermit or relieve work. (See spell.) ...

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give chase, to
to make sail in pursuit of a stranger. ...

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give way together
So that the oars may all dip and rise together, whereby the force is concentrated. ...

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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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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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answers her helm
When a ship obeys the rudder or steers. ...

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dragging on her
Said of a vessel in chase, or rounding a point, when she is obliged to carry more canvas to a fresh ...

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eyes of her
The foremost part of the bay, or in the bows of a ship. In olden times, and now in Spanish and Itali...

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hang on her!
In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat. ...

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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind. ♦ Haul your wind, or haul to the wind, signif...

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keep her own
Not to fall off; not driven back by tide. ...

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keeping her way
The force of steady motion through the water, continued after the power which gave it has varied or ...

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lost her way
When the buoy is streamed, and all is ready for dropping the anchor. ...

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pricking her off
Marking a ship's position upon a chart by the help of a scale and compasses, so as to show her situa...

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to give him the mitten
This phrase is used of a girl who discards her sweetheart. She gave him the mitten means that she ga...

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to give it to one
is to rate, scold, or beat him severely.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. Used in the same sense in America. ...

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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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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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woman and her husband
A married couple, where the woman is bigger than her husband. ...

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lay her course, to
To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it. ...

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luff and touch her!
Try how near the wind she will come. (See touching.) ...

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steer her course, to
Going with the wind fair enough to lay her course. ...

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give way with a will
Pull heartily together. ...

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gather aft a sheet, to
to pull it in, by hauling in slack. ...

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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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odds plut and her nails
A Welch oath, frequently mentioned in a jocular manner by persons, it is hoped, ignorant of its mean...

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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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run away with her anchor
Said of a ship when she drags or "shoulders" her anchor; drifting away owing to the anchor not holdi...

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room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.
Stealing poultry. ...

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