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Aboard
·prep Across; athwart.
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aboard
Inside or upon a ship; the act of residing afloat; to hug the land in approaching the shore.
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main-sail haul!
The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking.
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main-topsail haul!
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set.
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stay-tackles, fore and main
Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...
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Haul
·noun A pulling with force; a violent pull.
II. Haul ·vt To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when y...
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Main
·adj Vast; huge.
II. Main ·noun A main-hamper.
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main
very; main good, very good. Also the chief; madam's the main, i. e. madam is the chief or ruler. C.
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main
A continent or mainland. Also, figuratively, the ocean.
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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-and-after
A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart. Also, a very usual term for a schooner ...
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fore
fŏre, inf., irregular, from the obsolete fuo, and equivalent to futurum esse; and fŏrem, fores, fore...
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fore
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Fore
·adv Formerly; previously; afore.
II. Fore ·adv In or towards the bows of a ship.
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fore
The distinguishing character of all that part of a ship's frame and machinery which lies near the st...
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becket, the tacks and sheets in the
The order to hang up the weather-main and fore-sheet, and the lee-main and fore-tack, to the small k...
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rise tacks and sheets
The lifting the clues of the courses, previously to bracing round the yards in tacking or wearing.
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raise or rise tacks and sheets
The lifting the clues of the courses, previously to bracing round the yards in tacking or wearing.
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close-aboard
Near or alongside; too close to be safe. "The boat is close aboard," a caution to the officer in com...
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keep the land aboard
Is to sail along it, or within sight, as much as possible, or as close as danger will permit.
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coat-tacks
The peculiar nails with which the mast coats are fastened.
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jawing-tacks
When a person speaks with vociferous fluency, he is said to have hauled his jawing-tacks on board.
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opposite tacks
Making contrary boards. Also, a colloquialism for cross purposes.
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pump-tacks
Small iron or copper tacks, used for nailing the leather on the pump-boxes.
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short-tacks
See short boards.
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let go and haul!
or afore haul!
The order to haul the head-yards round by the braces when the ship casts on the oth...
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veer and haul, to
To gently tauten and then slacken a rope three times before giving a heavy pull, the object being to...
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haul under the chains
This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...
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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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fill the main-yard
An order well understood to mean, fill the main-topsail, after it has been aback, or the ship hove-t...
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splice the main brace
In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...
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bowline haul
A hearty and simultaneous bowse. (See one! two!! three!!!) In hauling the bowline it is customary fo...
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down-haul
A rope passing up along a stay, leading through cringles of the staysails or jib, and made fast to t...
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haul, to
An expression peculiar to seamen, implying to pull or bowse at a single rope, without the assistance...
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haul-bowlings
The old name for the able-bodied seamen.
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haul round
Said when the wind is gradually shifting towards any particular point of the compass. Edging round a...
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afore haul!
See let go and haul!
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out-haul
, or out-hauler
A rope used for hauling out the tack of a jib lower studding-sail, or the clue of ...
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And
·conj If; though. ·see <<An>>, ·conj.
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and
• The people who inhabited generally the whole of that country.
• In (Genesis 10:18-20) the seats o...
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Main yard
·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
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Main-gauche
·noun The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right;
— used to parry thru...
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Main-hamper
·noun A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press.
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Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...
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main-body
The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army.
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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
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main-brace
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind.
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main-breadth
The broadest part of a ship at any particular timber or frame, distinguished by upper and lower heig...
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main-capstan
The after one, as distinguished from the jeer-capstan.
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main-course
The main-sail.
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main-guard
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place.
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main-hold
That part of a ship's hold which lies near the main-hatch.
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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...
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main-jeers
Jeers for swaying up the main-yard.
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main-keel
The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson.
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main-piece
The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...
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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post.
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main-sail
This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...
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main-shaft
The principal shaft in machinery.
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main-spring
The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...
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main-staysail
A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts.
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main-tackle
A large and strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon the main pendant, and used for various purposes,...
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main-transom
A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see).
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main-wales
The lower wales, which are generally placed on the lower breadth, and so that the main-deck knee-bol...
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brace up and haul aft!
The order usually given after being hove-to, with fore or main top-sail square or aback, and jib-she...
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Fore part
·noun ·Alt. of <<Forepart>>.
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Fore teeth
·pl of Fore tooth.
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Fore tooth
·- One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an <<Incisor>>.
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Fore-night
·noun The evening between twilight and bedtime.
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Fore-topgallant
·adj Designating the mast, sail, yard, ·etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. ·see ...
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Fore-topmast
·noun The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgall...
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Fore-topsail
·noun ·see <<Sail>>.
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Fore Court
1) At Bridewell, Fleet Ditch (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Fore Street
East out of Redcross Street at No. 34 to No. 9 Finsbury Pavement (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street...
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fore-handed
To be fore-handed is to be in good circumstances; to be comfortably off. The expression is much used...
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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North.
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fore-think
to be sorry for ; to repent. North.
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fore-bay
A rising at a lock-gate flooring. Also, the galley or the sick-bay.
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fore-body
An imaginary figure of that part of the ship afore the midships or dead-flat, as seen from ahead.
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fore-bowline
The bowline of the fore-sail.
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fore-braces
Ropes applied to the fore yard-arms to change the position of the fore-sail occasionally.
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fore-cockpit
See cockpit.
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fore-course
The fore-sail (which see).
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fore-deck
That part from the fore-mast to the bows.
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fore-finger
, or index-finger.
The pointing finger, which was called shoot-finger by the Anglo-Saxons, from it...
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fore-foot
The foremost piece of the keel, or a timber which terminates the keel at the forward extremity, and ...
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fore-goer
The same as fore-ganger.
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fore-gripe
See gripe.
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fore-guy
A rope to the swinging-boom of the lower studding-sail.
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fore-hammer
The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...
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fore-hold
The part of the hold before the fore hatchway.
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fore-hoods
The foremost of the outside and inside planks of a vessel.
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fore-hooks
The same as breast-hooks (which see).
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fore-lightroom
See light-room.
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fore-magazine
See magazine.
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fore-mast
The forward lower-mast in all vessels. (See mast.)
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fore-ness
An old term for a promontory.
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fore-peak
The contracted part of a vessel's hold, close to the bow; close forward under the lower deck.
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fore-rake
That part of the hull which rakes beyond the fore-end of the keel.
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fore-sail
The principal sail set on the fore-mast. (See sail.)
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fore-ship
An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel.
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fore-shrouds
See shrouds.
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fore-staff
An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies. The fore-staff, call...
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fore-stage
The old name for forecastle.
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fore-tack
Weather tack of the fore-sail hauled to the fore-boomkin when on a wind.
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fore-tackle
A tackle on the fore-mast, similar to the main-tackle (which see). It is used for similar purposes, ...
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fore-thwart
The seat of the bowman in a boat.
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fore-yard
(See yard.)
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main-piece of the rudder
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post.
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mate of the main-deck
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
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shoe of the fore-foot
See fore-foot, gripe, horse.
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club-haul, to
A method of tacking a ship by letting go the lee-anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, whi...
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down-haul tackles
Employed when lower yards are struck in bad weather to prevent them from swaying about after the tru...
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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind.
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haul in, to
To sail close to the wind, in order to approach nearer to an object.
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haul my wind
An expression when an individual is going upon a new line of action. To avoid a quarrel or difficult...
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haul of all!
An order to brace round all the yards at once a manœuvre sometimes used in tacking, or on a sudden c...
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haul off, to
To sail closer to the wind, in order to get further from any object.
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peak down-haul
A rope rove through a block at the outer end of the gaff to haul it down by.
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top-sail haul!
or main-topsail haul!
When the main-sail is not set, this is the order given to haul the after-yar...
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fall aboard of, to
To strike another vessel, or have a collision with it. Usually applied to the motion of a disabled s...
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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...
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coup de main
A sudden and vigorous attack.
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main royal-mast
That above the main topgallant-mast.
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main-tack block
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to.
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main-tackle pendant
A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...
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main-top bowline
The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...
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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list.
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr
On the north side of Lombard Street at No. 58 east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne W...
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warping and framing the timbers
Putting in the beam-knees, coamings, &c., and dividing the spaces between the beams for fitting the ...
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Washing The Hands And Feet
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Fore Old Jewry
By Aldgate (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728).
See Jewry Street.
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Fore Street Avenue
North out of Fore Street at No. 72 (P.O. Directory), with a branch West to Moor Lane and east to Moo...
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fore cat-harpings
See cat-harpings.
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fore-man afloat
The dockyard officer in charge of the shipwrights working on board a ship not in dock.
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fore-mast man
From "before the mast." A private seaman as distinguished from an officer of a ship.
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fore-reach, to
To shoot ahead, or go past another vessel, especially when going in stays: to sail faster, reach bey...
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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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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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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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haul out to leeward!
In reefing top-sails, the cry when the weather earing is passed.
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fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...
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(St.) Edmond the Bishop and Marie Magdalen
A charnell and chapell of St. Edmund the Bishop and Marie Magdalen near St. Mary Spital, founded by ...
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(St.) Edmund the King and Martyr Churchyard
On the north side of the church (O. and M., 1677-O.S. 1880).
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to blot the skrip and jar it
To stand engaged or bound for any one. Cant.
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set of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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direction or set of the wind and current
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Veil Of The Tabernacle And Temple
[Tabernacle; Temple]
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Jukes, The
·add. ·- A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose hu...
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Hermonites, the
(Ps. 42:6, 7) = "the Hermons", i.e., the three peaks or summits of Hermon, which are about a quarter...
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Sea, The
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...
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Transfiguration, the
Of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8;...
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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
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bag, the
Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...
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Archite, The
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's frie...
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Arkite, The
from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the co...
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Ashurites, The
Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; ...
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Bachrites, The
the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)
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Baharumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Barhumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Belaites, The
(Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3]
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Beriites, The
A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situate...
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Berothite, The
(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]
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Canaanite, The
the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in (Matthew 10:4...
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Canaanites, The
a word used in two senses:
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Chemarim, The
(those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of...
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Jimnites, The
descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)
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Kenite, The
and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the...
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Machirites, The
the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29)
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Mahavite, The
the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David's guard, whose name is preserved in the ...
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Manassites, The
that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33)
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Maonites, The
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) el...
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Mecherathite, The
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel l...
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Median, The
Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," (Daniel 9:1) or "the Mede," ch. (Daniel 11...
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Meholathite, The
a word occurring once only- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place cel...
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Mehunims, The
a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural...
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Meronothithe, The
that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have...
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Mesobaite, The
a title attached to the name of Jasiel. (1 Chronicles 11:47) It is impossible to pronounce with any ...
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Mishraites, The
the fourth of the four "families of Kirjath-jearim," i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding...
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Mithnite, The
the designation of Joshaphat, one of David's guard in the catalogue of (1 Chronicles 11:43)
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Morasthite, The
that is, the native of a place named Moresheth. It occurs twice- (Jeremiah 26:18; Micah 1:1)-each ti...
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Naamites, The
the family descended from Naaman, the grandson of Benjamin. (Numbers 28:40) only.
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Nehelamite, The
the designation of a man named Shemaiah, a false prophet, who went with the captivity to Babylon. (J...
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Pelonite, The
Two of David's men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015...
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Pentateuch, The
is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is d...
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Perizzite, The
and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before a...
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Pharzites. The
the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20)
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Plague, The
The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors).-Like the cho...
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Praltite, The
Helez "the Paltite" is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David's mighty men. (B.C. 1015.)
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Puhites, The
According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the "Puhites" or "Puthites" belonged to the families of Kirjath-jea...
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Punites, The
the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
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Quicksands, The
more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast betwee...
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