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Hearty
·superl Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber. II. Hearty ·super...

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hearty
Open and free. "My hearties," a cheerful salute to shipmates and seamen in general. "What cheer, my ...

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Heave
·vt To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. II. Heave ·vi To be thrown up or raised; to ...

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to heave
To rob. To heave a case; to rob a house. To heave a bough; to rob a booth. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hearty choak
He will have a hearty choak and caper sauce for breakfast; i.e. he will be hanged. ...

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Heave offering
·- An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offe...

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Heave offering
Heb. terumah, (Ex. 29:27) means simply an offering, a present, including all the offerings made by t...

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heave, to
To throw anything overboard. To cast, as heaving the log or the lead. Also, to drag, prize, or purch...

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heave handsomely
Gently. ...

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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...

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heave about, to
To go upon the other tack suddenly. ...

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heave and paul
Is the order to turn the capstan or windlass till the paul may be put in, by which it is prevented f...

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heave and rally!
An encouraging order to the men at the capstan to heave with spirit, with a rush, and thereby force ...

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heave and set
The ship's motion in rising and falling to the waves when at anchor. ...

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heave out there!
The order to hasten men from their hammocks. ...

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heave short, to
To heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor, or sufficiently near it for sai...

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heave the lead
To take soundings with the hand lead-line. "Get a cast of the lead," with the deep-sea lead and line...

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heave the log
Determine the ship's velocity by the log line and glass. ...

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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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yeo-heave-yeoing
The chant or noise made at the windlass and purchase-falls in a merchantman, to cheer and lighten la...

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hearty as a buck
A hunter's phrase, now in very common use. Well, how d'ye do, any how? So, so, middlin'. I'm heart...

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paul there, my hearty
Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse. ...

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heave and a-wash
An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....

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heave and a-weigh
Signifies that the next effort will start the anchor from its bed, and make it a-trip. "Heave and a-...

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heave and in sight
A notice given by the boatswain to the crew when the anchor is drawn up so near the surface of the w...

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heave of the sea
The power that the swell of the sea exerts upon a ship in driving her out of, or faster on in, her c...

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capstan, to heave at the
To urge it round, by pushing against the bars, as already described. ...

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