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grain of timber
In a transverse section of a tree, two different grains are seen: those running in a circular manner...
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Grain
·noun To yield fruit.
II. Grain ·noun A tine, prong, or fork.
III. Grain ·noun A blade of a sword,...
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Grain
Used, in Amos 9:9, of a small stone or kernel; in Matt. 13:31, of an individual seed of mustard; in ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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grain
1) A particle; a bit. Ex. 'I don't care a grain;' 'Push the candle a grain further from you.'
2) Th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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grain
In the grain of, is immediately preceding another ship in the same direction.
♦ Bad-grain, a sea-l...
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Timber
·vi To make a nest.
II. Timber ·vi To light on a tree.
III. Timber ·noun The crest on a coat of ar...
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timber
[Anglo-Saxon]. All large pieces of wood used in ship-building, as floor-timbers, cross-pieces, futto...
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Cut
·noun A skein of yarn.
II. Cut ·adj Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
III. Cut ·vi To interfere, as a hor...
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cut
Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cu...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cut
1) A quantity of yarn, twelve of which make what is called a hank or skein. Common in England and Am...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut
A narrow boat channel; a canal.
♦ To cut, to renounce acquaintance with any one.
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grain-staff
a quarter -staff, with a short pair of tines at the end, called grains. S.
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grain upset
When a mast suffers by buckles, it is said to have its grain upset. A species of wrinkle on the soft...
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turkey-grain
A name for maize.
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Timber Wharf
1) See Dorset Wharf.
2) South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of Timber Yard (Rocque, 1746...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Timber Yard
1) See Little Somerset Street.
2) At the south end of William Street, between Wood and Co.'s Wharf ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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belly timber
Food of all sorts.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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timber toe
A man with a wooden leg.
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timber-tug
Kent. The carriage of a waggon for conveying timber, with a long perch, which may be adapted to any ...
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knee-timber
That sort of crooked timber which forms at its back or elbow an angle of from 24° to 45°; but the mo...
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middle-timber
That timber in the stern which is placed amidships.
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proof timber
In naval architecture, an imaginary timber, expressed by vertical lines in the sheer-draught, to pro...
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seasoned timber
Such as has been cut down, squared, and stocked for one season at least.
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ship-timber
Contraband in time of war.
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tasting timber
Chipping it with an adze, and boring it with an augur, to ascertain its quality.
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timber-converter
A dockyard official who has the charge of converting timber for its different purposes in ship-build...
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timber-heads
The heads of the timbers that rise above the decks, and are used for belaying hawsers, large ropes, ...
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timber-hitch
, is made by taking the end of a rope round a spar, and after leading it under and over the standing...
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timber-taster
One appointed to examine and pronounce upon the fitness of timber.
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Clean-cut
·adj ·see Clear-cut.
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Clear-cut
·adj Concisely and distinctly expressed.
II. Clear-cut ·adj Having a sharp, distinct outline, like ...
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Cut-off
·noun That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
II. Cut-off ·noun Any device fo...
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Cut-out
·noun A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
II. Cut-out ·noun A species of swit...
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Draw-cut
·noun A single cut with a knife.
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Rose-cut
·adj Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows;
— said of...
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Sharp-cut
·adj Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of a...
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to cut bene
To speak gently. To cut bene whiddes; to give good words. To cut queer whiddes; to give foul languag...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cut out
v.
1) To separate cattle from therest of the herd in the open.
1873. Marcus Clarke, `Holiday Peak,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut didoes
Synonymous with to cut capers, i. e. to be frolicksome.
Who ever heerd them Italian singers recitin...
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to cut dirt
To run; to go fast. A vulgar expression, probably derived from the quick motion of a horse or carria...
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to cut out
To supersede one in the affections of another. A familiar expression in common use: "Miss A was enga...
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to cut short
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson.
The judge cut off the counsel very shor...
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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York.
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to cut up
1) To criticise with severity; as, he was severely cut up in the newspapers.
Some correspondent ask...
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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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cut off
A term used to denote a vessel's being seized by stratagem by the natives, and the crew being murder...
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cut-water
The foremost part of a vessel's prow, or the sharp part of the knee of a ship's head below the beak....
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diamond-cut
See rhombus.
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against the grain
Unwilling. It went much against the grain with him, i.e. it was much against his inclination, or aga...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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knave in grain
A knave of the first rate: a phrase borrowed from the dyehouse, where certain colours are said to be...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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High Timber Street
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...
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rough-tree timber
Upright pieces of timber placed at intervals along the side of a vessel, to support the rough-tree. ...
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side counter-timber
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
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timber and room
, is the distance between two adjoining timbers, which always contain the breadth of two timbers, an...
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top-timber breadth
The distance between the upper part of the same timber and the middle line.
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top-timber hollow
A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber.
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
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to cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to cut out of
To cheat, deprive of.
Having been cut out of my speech in Congress, by the "previous question."--Cr...
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to cut up shines
To cut capers, play tricks.
A wild bull of the prairies was cutting up shines at no great distance,...
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cut and dried
Ready made.
I am for John C. Calhoun for the presidency; and will not go for Mr. Van Buren, the man...
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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cut out, to
To attack and carry a vessel by a boat force; one of the most dashing and desperate services practis...
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ship cut down
One which has had a deck cut off from her, whereby a three-decker is converted into a two-decker, an...
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Timber Yard, Dorset Street
See New River Office and Yard.
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and come again
An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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cut of the jib
A phrase for the aspect of a vessel, or person.
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cut the cable, to
A manœuvre sometimes necessary for making a ship cast the right way, or when the anchor cannot be we...
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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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Dark Lane, High Timber Street
See Dark House Lane.
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Timber Yard, Upper Thames Street
See George Yard.
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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