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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
·noun A pulling with force; a violent pull. II. Haul ·vt To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when y...

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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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Wind
·noun Power of respiration; breath. II. Wind ·noun The <<Dotterel>>. III. Wind ·noun Air impregnat...

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wind
To raise the wind; to procure mony. ...

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wind
an alley or narrow street. Scotch. ...

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wind
[precisely the Anglo-Saxon word]. A stream or current of air which may be felt. The horizon being di...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Broken wind
·- The <<Heaves>>. ...

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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind. ...

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Thick wind
·- A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the sign...

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Up-wind
·add. ·adv Against the wind. ...

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Volcanic wind
·add. ·- A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection current...

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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...

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Wind-break
·noun A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. II. Wind-break ·vt To br...

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Wind-broken
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...

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Wind-fertilized
·adj Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind. ...

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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>. ...

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Wind-rode
·adj Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; — said of a vesse...

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Wind-shaken
·add. ·adj Shaken by the wind;. II. Wind-shaken ·add. ·adj affected by wind shake, or anemosis (whi...

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Wind-sucker
·noun A horse given to wind-sucking. II. Wind-sucker ·noun The <<Kestrel>>. ...

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Wind-sucking
·noun A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; — usually associated with cr...

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Wind-up
·add. ·noun Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end. ...

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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...

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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se. ...

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hot wind
n. an Australian meteorologicalphenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.The phras...

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to wind up
To close up; to give the quietus to an antagonist in a debate; to effectually demolish. John Bell, ...

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wind-berry
a bilberry or whortleberry. N. ...

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wind-row
to wind-row, to rake the mown grass into rows, called wind-rows. Norf. and Suff. ...

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wind-gauge
See anemometer ...

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beating wind
That which requires the ship to make her way by tacks; a baffling or contrary wind. ...

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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...

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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...

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eddy-wind
That which is beat back, or returns, from a sail, bluff hill, or anything which impedes its passage;...

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fall-wind
A sudden gust. ...

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foul wind
That which prevents a ship from laying her course. ...

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gall-wind
See wind-gall. ...

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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...

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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...

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high wind
See heavy gale. ...

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leading-wind
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...

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north wind
This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....

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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds. ...

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soldier's wind
One which serves either way; allowing a passage to be made without much nautical ability. ...

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south-wind
A mild wind in the British seas with frequent fogs; it generally brings rain or damp weather. ...

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traverse-wind
A wind which sets right in to any harbour, and prevents the departure of vessels. ...

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west wind
This and its collateral, the S.W., prevail nearly three-fourths of the year in the British seas, and...

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wild-wind
An old term for whirlwind. ...

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wind-bands
Long clouds supposed to indicate bad weather. ...

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wind-bound
Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds. ...

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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...

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wind-gage
See anemometer. ...

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wind-gall
A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye,...

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wind-rode
A ship is wind-rode when the wind overcomes an opposite tidal force, and she rides head to wind. ...

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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...

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wind-taut
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind. ...

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wind-tight
A cask or vessel to contain water is said to be wind-tight and water-tight. ...

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young wind
The commencement of the land or sea breeze. ...

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

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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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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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give her sheet
The order to ease off; give her rope. ...

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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 in, to
To sail close to the wind, in order to approach nearer to an object. ...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by offices and business...

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breath of wind
All but a dead calm. ...

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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...

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capful of wind
A light flaw, which suddenly careens a vessel and passes off. ...

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fret of wind
A squally flaw. ...

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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...

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head to wind
The situation of a ship or boat when her head is pointed directly to windward. The term is particula...

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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...

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on a wind
Synonymous with on a bowline. ...

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shift of wind
Implies that it varies, or has changed in its direction. ...

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slant of wind
An air of which advantage may be taken. ...

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slope of wind
A breeze favouring a long tack near to the required course, and which may be expected to veer to fai...

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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind. ...

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wind away, to
To steer through narrow channels. ...

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

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

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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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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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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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betwixt wind and water
About the line of load immersion of the ship's hull; or that part of the vessel which is at the surf...

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close the wind, to
To haul to it. ♦ Close upon a tack or bowline, or close by a wind, is when the wind is on either b...

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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy. ...

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dead upon a wind
Braced sharp up and bowlines hauled. ...

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down wind, down sea
A proverbial expression among seamen between the tropics, where the sea is soon raised by the wind, ...

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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.) ...

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gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward. ...

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raise the wind, to
To make an exertion; to cast about for funds. ...

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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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wind and water line
That part of a ship lying at the surface of the water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion...

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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.) ...

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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.) ...

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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship. ...

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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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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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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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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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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities. ...

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pick up a wind, to
Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...

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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails. ...

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three sheets in the wind
Unsteady from drink. ...

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whistle for the wind, to
A superstitious practice among old seamen, who are equally scrupulous to avoid whistling during a he...

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haul aboard the fore and main tacks
This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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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
These are opposite terms; the direction of the winds and waves being named from the point of the com...

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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated. ...

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which way does the wind lie?
What is the matter? ...

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eating the wind out of a vessel
Applies to very keen seamanship, by which the vessel, from a close study of her capabilities, steals...

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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current ...

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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...

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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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