lantern-braces

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• Lantern

  ·noun ·see Aristotle's lantern. II. Lantern ·noun A perforated barrel to form a core upon. III. La...

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• lantern

  Ships of war had formerly three poop-lanterns, and one in the main-top, to designate the admiral's s...

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• Lantern

  (so called of its shining) occurs only in (John 18:3) (It there probably denotes any kind of covered...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• diagonal braces

  , knees, planks, &c., are such as cross a vessel's timbers obliquely. (See diagonal trussing.) ...

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• fore-braces

  Ropes applied to the fore yard-arms to change the position of the fore-sail occasionally. ...

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• rudder braces

  The iron or composition hinges on which a rudder turns. ...

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• Aristotle's lantern

  ·- The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins. ...

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• Fres'nel' lan'tern

  ·- A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens. ...

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• Lantern-jawed

  ·adj Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person. ...

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• lantern, ballarat

  n. a local term.See quotation. 1875. Wood and Lapham, `Waiting for the Mail,' p. 21: «I may expla...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lantern-fish

  A west-country name for the smooth sole. ...

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• poop-lantern

  A light carried by admirals to denote the flag-ship by night. ...

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• top-lantern

  , or top-light. A large signal-lantern placed in the after-part of a top, in ships where an admira...

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• Jack-o'-lantern

  ·noun ·see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack. ...

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• jack o' lantern

  The corpo santo, or St. Elmo's light, is sometimes so called. ...

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• marry, to, the ropes, braces, or falls

  To hold both together, and by pressure haul in both equally. Also so to join the ends of two ropes, ...

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