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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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Wind
·noun Power of respiration; breath.
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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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wind away, to
To steer through narrow channels.
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-head
(suffix.) A variant of -hood.
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Head
·noun Power; armed force.
II. Head ·noun The antlers of a deer.
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head
n.
the rammer for crushing quartz ingold-mining.
1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p.7:
«Forty addi...
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head
face ; I told him to his head, I told him to his face. Berks.
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head
The upper part or end of anything, as a mast-head, a timber-head. Also, an ornamental figure on a sh...
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
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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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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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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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beak-head bulk-head
The old termination aft of the space called beak-head, which inclosed the fore part of the ship.
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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Addle-head
·noun ·Alt. of Addle-pate.
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Cittern-head
·noun Blockhead; dunce;
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Cubbridge-head
·noun A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.
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Death's-head
·noun A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of de...
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Dragon's head
·- ·Alt. of Dragon's tail.
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Feather-head
·noun A frivolous or featherbrained person.
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Giddy-head
·noun A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment.
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Head gear
·noun ·Alt. of <<Headgear>>.
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Head-cheese
·noun A dish made of portions of the head, or head and feet, of swine, cut up fine, seasoned, and pr...
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
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Head-lugged
·adj Lugged or dragged by the head.
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Hot-head
·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head.
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Pope's head
·add. ·- A long-handled brush for dusting ceilings, ·etc., also for washing windows.
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Shock-head
·adj Shock-headed.
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Snake's-head
·noun The Guinea-hen flower;
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Torsion head
·add. ·- That part of a torsion balance from which the wire or filament is suspended.
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Tough-head
·noun The ruddy duck.
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Tow-head
·noun The hooded merganser.
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Turk's-head
·add. ·noun The melon cactus.
II. Turk's-head ·add. ·noun Any of several species of Echinocactus.
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Woolly-head
·noun A <<Negro>>.
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Head-bands
(Heb. kishshurim), properly girdles or belts for the waist (Isa. 3:20, R.V., "sashes;" Jer. 2:32, re...
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Head-dress
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
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Bishop's Head
A messuage so called in Coleman Street in parish of St. Stephen 27 Eliz. 1585 (Lond. I. p.m. III. p....
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The Boar's Head
On the north side of Great Eastcheap in the parish of St. Clement Eastcheap, at Nos. 20-22, near the...
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Bore's Head
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 87).
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The Bull Head
A tavern so called within the precinct of St. Martin le Grand, 32 H. viii. 1541 (L. and P. H. VIII. ...
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Dog's Head
In Aldersgate Street (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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The Horse Head
A capital messuage or tenement so called in Thames Street given to St. Dunstan's Church (Strype, ed....
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
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Moryan's Head
In Bread Street, given to the Parish of All Hallows, 9 Eliz. (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 201).
No la...
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Paul's Head
A hostel so called near " Poulescheyae" in parish of St. Gregory, in Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, Ed...
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The Rammes Head
Brewhouse of Roger James called "The Rammes Head" in parish of All Hallows Barking, 1591 (Maskell, p...
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Saracen's Head
1) See The Horse Head and King's Head.
2) South out of Little Carter Lane in parish of St. Mary Mag...
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cod's head
A stupid fellow.
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head rails
Teeth.
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jolter head
A large head; metaphorically a stupid fellow.
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sheep's head
Like a sheep's head, all jaw; saying of a talkative man or woman.
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swelled head
A disorder to which horses are extremely liable, particularly those of the subalterns of the army. T...
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big-head
n.
a fish. The name is used locallyfor various fishes; in Australia it is Eleotrisnudiceps, Castln....
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blue-head
n.
Tasmanian name for the fishcalled the blue-groper (q.v.)
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bull-head
n.
The name is applied to manyfishes of different families in various parts of the world,none of wh...
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copper-head
n.
See under snake.
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head-station
n.
the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...
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leather-head
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.), Philemon corniculatus, Lath.See Tropidorhynchus.
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maori-head
n.
a swamp tussock, so called froma fancied resemblance to the head of a Maori. (Compare Black-boy....
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nigger-head
n.
1) Name given in New Zealandto hard blackstones found at the Blue Spur and other miningdistricts...
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white-head
n.
a bird of New Zealand, Clitonyx albicapilla, Buller. Found in North Island,but becoming very rar...
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yellow-head
n.
name given to a bird of NewZealand, Clitonyx ochrocephala, or Native Canary (q.v.), common in So...
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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head-cheese
The ears and feet of swine cut up fine, and, after being boiled, pressed into the form of a cheese.
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snake-head
An object of dread to travellers on railways. The end of an iron rail, which sometimes is thrown up ...
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gattle-head
a forgetful person. S.
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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beetle-head
A large beetle, weighing 1000 lbs., swayed up by a crabwinch to a height, and dropped by a pincer-sh...
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billet-head
A carved prow bending in and out, contrariwise to the fiddle-head (scroll-head). Also, a round piece...
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black-head
The pewitt-gull (Larus ridibundus).
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blether-head
A blockhead.
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boulder-head
A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden stakes.
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bull-head
, or bull-jub
A name of the fish called miller's thumb (Cottus gobio).
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cat-head
The cat-head passes through the bow-bulwark obliquely forward on a radial line from the fore-mast, r...
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cross-head
In a steamer's engine, is on the top of the piston-rod athwart the cylinder; and there is another fi...
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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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dun-head
In east-country barges the after-planking which forms the cabin.
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family-head
When the stem was surmounted with several full-length figures, as was the custom many years ago.
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fell-head
The top of a mountain not distinguished by a peak.
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fiddle-head
When there is no figure; this means that the termination of the head is formed by a scroll turning a...
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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...
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floor-head
This, in marine architecture, is the third diagonal, terminating the length of the floors near the b...
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futtock-head
In ship-building, is a name for the 5th, the 7th, and the 9th diagonals, the intervening bevellings ...
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gilt-head
, or gilt-poll.
The Sparus aurata, a fish of the European and American seas, with a golden mark be...
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grey-head
A fish of the haddock kind, taken on the coast of Galloway.
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
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head-boards
The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails.
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head-cringles
Earing-cringles at the upper clues or corners of a sail.
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head-earings
The laniards to haul out the earings. (See earings.)
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head-fast
A rope or chain employed to fasten the head of a ship or boat to a wharf or buoy, or to some other v...
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head-holes
The eyelet-holes where the rope-bands of a sail are fitted; they are worked button-hole fashion, ove...
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head-knees
Pieces of moulded compass timber fayed edgeways to the cut-water and stem, to steady the former. The...
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head-netting
An ornamental netting used in merchant ships instead of the fayed planking to the head-rails.
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head-piece
A term for the helmet.
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head-pump
A small pump fixed at the vessel's bow, its lower end communicating with the sea: it is mostly used ...
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head-quarters
The place where the general, or commanding officer, takes up his quarters. Also, the man-of-war, or ...
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head-rails
The short rails of the head, extending from the back of the figure to the cat-head: equally useful a...
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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head-sails
A general name for all those sails which may be set on the fore-mast and bowsprit, jib, and flying j...
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head-sea
A name given to the waves when they oppose a ship's course, as the ship must rise over, or cut throu...
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head-sheets
Specially jibs and staysail sheets, before the fore-mast.
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head-stick
A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...
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head-way
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mast-head
The upper part of a mast above the rigging.
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ram-head
An old word for halliard-block.
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rudder-head
The upper end of the rudder-stock. Also, the flat surface of the trunk, which in cabins and ward-roo...
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scroll-head
A slightly curved piece of timber bolted to the knees of the head, in place of a figure: finished of...
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skunk-head
An American coast-name for the pied duck.
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tiller-head
The extremity of the tiller, to which the tiller-ropes are attached.
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trundle-head
The lower drumhead of a capstern, when it is double, and worked on one shaft both on an upper and lo...
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turk's head
An ornamental knot, so called from resembling a turban, used on side-ropes, &c.; it is worked with a...
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warren-head
A northern term for a dam across a river.
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weather-head
The secondary rainbow.
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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
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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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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind.
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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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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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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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