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Seeing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<See>>.
II. Seeing ·conj (but originally a present participle) In view of the f...
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an
ăn, conj. [etym. very obscure; v. the various views adduced in Hand, I. p. 296, with which he seems ...
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an
an I conj.
I I. Prop., in a disjunctive question introducing the latter c...
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An
·conj If;
— a word used by old English authors.
II. An ·- This word is properly an adjective, but ...
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With
·noun ·see <<Withe>>.
II. With ·prep To denote association in thought, as for comparison or contras...
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with
An iron instrument fitted to the end of a boom or mast, with a ring to it, through which another boo...
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Eye
·noun Tinge; shade of color.
II. Eye ·noun A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.
III. Eye ·noun The ho...
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Eye
(Heb. ain, meaning "flowing"), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V....
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eye
It's all my eye and Betty Martin. It's all nonsense, all mere stuff.
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eye
The circular loop of a shroud or stay where it goes over the mast.
♦ To eye, to observe minutely.
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Eye
(The practice of painting the eyelids to make the eyes look large, lustrous and languishing is often...
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eye of an anchor
The hole in the shank wherein the ring is fixed.
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Half
·adj Part; side; behalf.
II. Half ·vt To halve. [Obs.] ·see <<Halve>>.
III. Half ·adj Consisting o...
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Clear-seeing
·adj Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
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Sight-seeing
·noun The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
II. Sight-seeing ·adj Engag...
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seeing-glass
a mirror, or looking-glass. N
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Half-and-half
·noun A mixture of two malt liquors, ·esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
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An 't
·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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to speak with
To rob. I spoke with the cull on the cherry-coloured prancer; I robbed the man on the black horse. C...
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gone with
for become of. 'What is gone with it' 'or with him,' for What has become of it or him?--Sherwood's G...
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great with
Intimate with; high in favor with.--Craven Glossary. Dr. Webster notices this word in the same sense...
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Bird's-eye
·adj Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple.
II. Bird's-...
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Blue-eye
·noun The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.
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Bull's-eye
·noun The center of a target.
II. Bull's-eye ·noun A small and thick old-fashioned watch.
III. Bul...
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Bullock's-eye
·noun ·see Bull's-eye, 3.
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Cat's-eye
·noun A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye...
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Cross-eye
·noun ·see <<Strabismus>>.
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Dead-eye
·noun A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three ...
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Evil eye
·- ·see Evil eye under Evil, ·adj.
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Eye opener
·add. ·- That which makes the eyes open, as startling news or occurrence, or (U. S. Slang), a drink ...
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Eye-minded
·add. ·adj Having one's mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one's thoughts and me...
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Eye-saint
·noun An object of interest to the eye; one worshiped with the eyes.
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Eye-splice
·noun A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop o...
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Eye-spot
·noun An eyelike spot of color.
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Eye-spotted
·adj Marked with spots like eyes.
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Ferret-eye
·noun The spur-winged goose;
— so called from the red circle around the eyes.
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Goggle-eye
·noun The <<Goggler>>.
II. Goggle-eye ·noun One of two or more species of American fresh-water fish...
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Golden-eye
·noun A duck (Glaucionetta clangula), found in Northern Europe, Asia, and America. The American vari...
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Heddle-eye
·noun The eye or loop formed in each heddle to receive a warp thread.
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Moon-eye
·noun The <<Cisco>>.
II. Moon-eye ·noun A eye affected by the moon; also, a disease in the eye of a...
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Sheep's-eye
·noun A modest, diffident look; a loving glance;
— commonly in the plural.
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Squint-eye
·noun An eye that squints.
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Tiger-eye
·noun A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much us...
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Wall-eye
·noun The alewife;
— called also wall-eyed herring.
II. Wall-eye ·noun A California surf fish (Hol...
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White-eye
·noun Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops pal...
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Evil eye
(Prov. 23:6), figuratively, the envious or covetous. (Comp. Deut. 15:9; Matt. 20:15.)
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black eye
We gave the bottle a black eye, i.e. drank it almost up. He cannot say black is the white of my eye;...
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bull's eye
A crown-piece.
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to cutty-eye
To look out of the corners of one's eyes, to leer, to look askance. The cull cutty-eyed at us; the f...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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eye-sore
A disagreeable object. It will be an eye-sore as long as she lives, said by a limn whose wife was cu...
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jew's eye
That's worth a Jew's eye; a pleasant or agreeable sight: a saying taken from Shakespeare.
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blue-eye
n.
a bird name. The Blue facedHoney-eater (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. p...
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bull's-eye
n.
a fish of New South Wales, Priacanthus macracanthus, Cuv.and Val. Priacanthus, says Guenther, is...
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golden-eye
n.
the bird Certhialunulatu, Shaw; now called Melithreptus lunulatus,Shaw, and classed as White-nap...
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ring-eye
n.
one of the many names for thebirds of the genus Zosterops (q.v.).
...
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silver-eye
n.
a bird-name. Same as Wax-eye, White-eye, or Blight-bird (q.v.).
1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of N...
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wax-eye
i.q. one of the many names for the birdcalled Silver-Eye, White-Eye, Blight-Bird,etc. See Zosterops....
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white-eye
n.
another name for the bird calledvariously Silver-Eye, Wax-Eye, Blight-Bird, etc., Zosterops (q.v...
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buck-eye
In the Western States, the people of each are known by certain nicknames. The natives of Ohio are ca...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cross-eye
That sort of squint, by which both the eyes turn towards the nose, so that the rays, in passing to t...
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eye-breen
the eye-brows. Lane. F.
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artificial eye
An eye worked in the end of rope, which is neater but not so strong as a spliced eye.
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bull's-eye
A sort of block without a sheave, for a rope to reeve through; it is grooved for stropping. Also, th...
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dead-eye
, or dead man's eye.
A sort of round flattish wooden block, or oblate piece of elm, encircled, and...
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elliot-eye
The Elliot-eye, introduced by the Hon. Admiral Elliot, secretary of the Admiralty, is an eye worked ...
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eye-bolts
Those which have an eye or opening in one end, for hooking tackles to, or fastening ropes.
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eye-shot
Within sight.
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eye-sore
Any disagreeable object.
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eye-splice
(See splice.) A kind of splice made by turning the end of a rope back, and the strands passed throug...
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flemish eye
A kind of eye-splice, in which the ends are scraped down, tapered, passed oppositely, marled, and se...
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gimlet-eye
A penetrating gaze, which sees through a deal plank.
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made-eye
Synonymous with Flemish eye (which see).
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ox-eye
A small cloud, or weather-gall, seen on the coast of Africa, which presages a severe storm. It appea...
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weather-eye
"Keep your weather-eye open," be on your guard; look out for squalls.
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Half blood
·noun A person so related to another.
II. Half blood ·noun A person whose father and mother are of ...
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Half nelson
·add. ·- A hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent, generally be...
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Half tone
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Half-tone.
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Half-blooded
·adj Degenerate; mean.
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Half-boot
·noun A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. ·see <<Cocker>>, and Congress boot, under <<C...
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Half-bound
·noun Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book.
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Half-bred
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-bred ·adj Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not w...
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Half-breed
·adj Half-blooded.
II. Half-breed ·noun A person who is blooded; the offspring of parents of differ...
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Half-brother
·noun A brother by one parent, but not by both.
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Half-caste
·noun One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Als...
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Half-clammed
·adj Half-filled.
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Half-cracked
·adj Half-demented; half-witted.
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Half-deck
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>.
II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
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Half-decked
·adj Partially decked.
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Half-faced
·adj Showing only part of the face; wretched looking; meager.
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Half-fish
·noun A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
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Half-hatched
·adj Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs.
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Half-heard
·adj Imperfectly or partly heard to the end.
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Half-hearted
·adj Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm.
II. Half-hearted ·adj Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerou...
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Half-hourly
·adj Done or happening at intervals of half an <<Hour>>.
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Half-learned
·adj Imperfectly learned.
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Half-length
·adj Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
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Half-mast
·noun A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mou...
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Half-moon
·noun The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
II. Half-moon ·noun The moon at the quarters, when half...
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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...
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Half-port
·noun One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.
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Half-ray
·noun A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, ...
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Half-read
·adj Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
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Half-sighted
·adj Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment.
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Half-sister
·noun A sister by one parent only.
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Half-strained
·adj Half-bred; imperfect.
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Half-sword
·noun Half the length of a sword; close fight.
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Half-timbered
·adj Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry;
— said of buildings.
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Half-tone
·add. ·noun A half step.
II. Half-tone ·add. ·noun A half-tone photo-engraving.
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Half-tounue
·noun A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
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Half-wit
·noun A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
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Half-witted
·adj Weak in intellect; silly.
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Half-yearly
·adj Two in a year; semiannual.
— ·adv Twice in a year; semiannually.
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half cock
'To go off at half cock,' is a metaphorical expression borrowed from the language of sportsmen, and ...
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half-beams
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...
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half-cock
To go off at half-cock is an unexpected discharge of a fire-arm; hurried conduct without due prepara...
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half-davit
Otherwise fish-davit (which see).
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half-deck
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
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half-flood
See flood.
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half-galley
See galley.
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half-hitch
Pass the end of a rope round its standing part, and bring it up through the bight. (See three half-h...
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half-man
A landsman or boy in a coaster, undeserving the pay of a full-man.
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half-mast
The lowering a flag in respect for the death of an officer.
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half-moon
An old form of outwork somewhat similar to the ravelin, originally placed before the salients of bas...
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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...
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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle.
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half-ports
A sort of one-inch deal shutter for the upper half of those ports which have no hanging lids; the lo...
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half-sea
The old term for mid-channel.
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half-speed!
An order in steam navigation to reduce the speed. (See full speed!)
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half-timbers
The short timbers or futtocks in the cant-bodies, answering to the lower futtocks in the square-body...
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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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In and an
·adj & ·adv Applied to breeding from a male and female of the same parentage. ·see under <<Breeding>...
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to hang an arse
To hang back, to hesitate.
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well-an-ere!
alas! Derb. N .
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working an observation
Reducing the altitudes or distances of heavenly bodies by calculation.
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met up with
for overtook.--Sherwood's Georgia.
Mich. The common abbreviation fur Michigan.
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bating with child
breeding, gravid. N.
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beating with child
breeding. York.
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away with it
The order to walk along briskly with a tackle fall, as catting the anchor, &c.
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fell in with
Met by chance.
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parrel with trucks
Is composed of a single rope passing through a number of bull's-eye trucks, sufficient to embrace th...
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will, with a
With all zeal and energy.
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with a will
Pull all together.
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with the sun
Ropes coiled from the left hand towards the right; but where the sun passes the meridian north of th...
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Bird's-eye maple
·- ·see under <<Maple>>.
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bung your eye
Drink a dram; strictly speaking, to drink till one's eye is bunged up or closed.
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cock your eye
Shut one eye: thus translated into apothecaries Latin.--Gallus tuus ego.
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finger in eye
To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...
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bull's-eye cringle
A piece of wood in the form of a ring, which answers the purpose of an iron thimble; it is seldom us...
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dead man's eye
See dead-eye
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Half seas over
·- Half drunk.
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Half Moon Alley
1) Out of Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in th...
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Half Moon Court
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, with a passage north into Half Moon Alley (q.v.), in Aldersgate Wa...
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Half Moon Passage
1) West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 157, to Bartholomew close, eastern end in Aldersgate Ward, ...
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Half Moon Street
West out of Bishopsgate Street Without. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-O.S. 1880).
Forme...
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Half Moon, Aldersgate
A tenement so called in parish of St. Bartholomew Smithfield, adjoining shops in parish of St. Botol...
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Half Moon, Cheapside
Messuage so called in Westchepe in parish of Blessed Mary Colechurch, 23 Eliz. (Lond. I. p.m. III. 4...
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Half Paved Court
East out of Dorset Street to Bridewell Precinct, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 188...
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half seas over
Almost drunk.
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half seas over
Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression.
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half-breadth plan
In ship-building, the same as floor-plan.
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half-drowned land
Shores which are rather more elevated and bear more verdure than drowned land (which see).
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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half seas over
Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift.
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half-tide rocks
Those showing their heads at half-ebb. (See tide.)
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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half-watch tackle
A luff purchase. (See watch-tackle.)
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three half-hitches are more than a king's yacht wants
An exclamatory remark to a green hand, meaning that two are enough.
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jack in an office
An insolent fellow in authority.
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blade of an anchor
That part of the arm prepared to receive the palm.
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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar
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blade or wash of an oar
Is the flat part of it which is plunged into the water in rowing. The force and effect in a great me...
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cheeks of an embrasure
The interior faces or sides of an embrasure.
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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feather an oar, to
In rowing, is to turn the blade horizontally, with the top aft, as it comes out of the water. This l...
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flank of an army
The right or left side or end, as distinguished from the front and rear a vulnerable point. Also, th...
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inclination of an orbit
The angle which the path of a comet or planet makes with the plane of the ecliptic.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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magnitude of an eclipse
The proportion which the eclipsed part of the surface of the sun or moon bears to the diameter; it i...
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nuts of an anchor
Two projections either raised or welded on the square part of the shank, for securing the stock to i...
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peak of an anchor
The bill or extremity of the palm, which, as seamen by custom drop the k, is pronounced pea; it is t...
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stock of an anchor
A cross-beam of wood, or bar of iron, secured to the upper end of the shank at right angles with the...
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trend of an anchor
The lower end of the shank, where it thickens towards the arms, usually at one-third from the crown....
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y's of an instrument
The Y-shaped bearings for the telescope axis, on the precision of which the value of an astronomical...
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beast with two backs
A man and woman in the act of copulation. Shakespeare in Othello.
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cat-with-two-tails
an earwig. Northum.
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joy go with thee!
a favourable wish ; sometimes used ironically. Derb.
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down with the helm!
An order to put the helm a-lee.
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fall in with, to
To meet, when speaking of a ship; to discover, when speaking of the land.
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ready with the lead!
A caution when the vessel is luffed up to deaden her way, followed by "heave."
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
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up with the helm
Put it a-weather; that is, over to the windward side, or (whichever way the tiller is shipped) so as...
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drop in the eye
Almost drunk.
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larry dugan's eye water
Blacking: Larry Dugan was a famous shoe-black at Dublin.
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bird of the eye
the pupil or sight of the eye. Suff.
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eye of a stay
That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...
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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.)
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