jacob's ladder

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• Ladder

  ·vi That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to emine...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ladder

  Occurs only once, in the account of Jacob's vision (Gen. 28:12). ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• ladder

  To go up the ladder to rest; to be hanged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• ladder

  The accommodation ladder is a sort of light staircase occasionally fixed on the gangway. It is furni...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Jacob's Well

  (John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Jacobs, Joseph

  (b. 1854) Writer on folk-lore and Jewish history. English Fairy Tales (1890), Celtic Fairy Tales (1...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• jacob's staff

  , or cross-staff. A mathematical instrument to take altitudes, consisting of a brass circle, divid...

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• Jacobs Well

  a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ's time and Nablus at the present d...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• horse ladder

  A piece of Wiltshire wit, which consists in sending some raw lad, or simpleton, to a neighbouring fa...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• louse ladder

  A stitch fallen in a stocking. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• after-ladder

  leads to captain's and officers' quarters, and only used by officers. ...

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• bowsprit-ladder

  Skids over the bowsprit from the beak-head in some ships, to enable men to run out upon the bowsprit...

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• companion-ladder

  Denotes the ladder by which the officers ascend to, and descend from, the quarter-deck. ...

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• gallery-ladder

  Synonymous with stern-ladder. ...

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• ladder-ways

  The hatchways, scuttles or other openings in the decks, wherein the ladders are placed. ...

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• ladie's ladder

  Shrouds rattled too closely. ...

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• quarter-ladder

  From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...

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• rope-ladder

  Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c. ...

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• salmon-ladder

  A short trough placed suitably in any fall where the water is tolerably deep, leaving a narrow troug...

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• accommodation-ladder

  See side-ladder ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• side-ladder

  , or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...

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• stern-ladder

  Made of ropes with wooden steps, for getting in and out of the boats astern. ...

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• Jacobs, William Wymark

  (b. 1863) Novelist. Many Cargoes (1896), The Skipper's Wooing (1897), A Master of Craft (1900), At ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jacob's Well Alley

  1) East out of Golden Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). The site is ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Jacob's Well Passage

  South out of Barbican, at No. 20, to Paul's Alley, crossing the Metropolitan Railway lines (P.O. Dir...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.