jaw-breakers

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• breakers

  Small barrels for containing water or other liquids; they are also used in watering the ship as gang...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Jaw

  ·noun A notch or opening. II. Jaw ·noun Impudent or abusive talk. III. Jaw ·noun In the plural, th...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• jaw

  Speech, discourse. Give us none of your jaw; let us have none of your discourse. A jaw-me-dead; a ta...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jaw

  In low language, gross abuse.--Johnson. TO JAW To scold; to clamor; to abuse grossly.--Todd. He n...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• jaw

  The inner, hollowed, semicircular end of a gaff or boom, which presses against the mast; the points ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Jaw-fall

  ·noun Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Jaw-fallen

  ·adj Dejected; chopfallen. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Locked-jaw

  ·noun ·see <<Lockjaw>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Lumpy-jaw

  ·add. ·- <<Actinomycosis>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Jaw-bone

  Of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. 15:15), in whic...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• jaw-rope

  A line attached to the horns of the jaws to prevent the gaff from coming off the mast. It is usually...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• jaw parrels

  See parrel with ribs and trucks ...

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• jaw-piece

  See rolling-chock ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bear-garden jaw

  Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• jaw-me-down

  An arrogant, overbearing, and unsound loud arguer. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• jaw of a block

  The space in the shell where the sheave revolves. ...

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