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Helm
·noun ·see <<Haulm>>, straw. II. Helm ·noun A <<Helve>>. III. Helm ·noun A <<Helmet>>. IV. Helm ·...

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helm
1) a hovel. N. 2) stubble gathered after the corn is housed ; also pease straw. S. ...

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helm
Properly is the tiller, but sometimes used to express the rudder, and the means used for turning it,...

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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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helm-port
The round hole or cavity in a ship's counter, through which the head of the rudder passes into the t...

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slack helm
If the ship is too much by the stern, she will carry her helm too much a-lee. ...

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small-helm
One of the principal results of sound seamanship is the proper trim of the vessel and the sail carri...

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taut helm
, or taut weather-helm. A ship with a side wind is said to carry a taut weather-helm, when the wat...

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weather-helm
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...

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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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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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helm and hawn
the handle of a spade, &c. Derb. ...

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

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ease the helm!
An order often given in a vessel close-hauled, to put the helm down a few spokes in a head sea, with...

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helm-port transom
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...

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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel. ...

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shift the helm!
The order for an alteration of its position, by moving it towards the opposite side of the ship; tha...

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starboard the helm!
So place the helm that the rudder is brought on the port side of the stern-post. (See hard-a-starboa...

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taut weather-helm
See taut helm ...

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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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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind. ♦ Haul your wind, or haul to the wind, signif...

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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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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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Helm on ye Hoope
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...

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down with the helm!
An order to put the helm a-lee. ...

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feel the helm, to
To have good steerage way, carrying taut weather-helm, which gives command of steerage. Also said of...

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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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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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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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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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