Those objects which, kept in line or in transit, guide the pilot while working into port, as trees, spires, buoys, &c.
·noun Suggestion; hint; example. II. Leading ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Lead>>. III. Leading ·p.pr. & ·v...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·add. ·- ·same·as Advancing edge, above. ...
The several blocks used for guiding the direction of any purchase, as hook, snatch, or tail blocks. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The rope of a tackle which runs between the fall and the standing part. Generally confused with the ...
The yoke-lines for steering a boat. ...
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...
East from St. Mary Axe at No. 52 to Duke Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First mention: S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
An alley in St. Clements Lane called "St. Marckes Aley," 1482 (Anc. Deeds, C. 1058). Not further id...
A ship must not be loaded above her birth-marks, for, says a maritime proverb, a master must know th...
The ripply appearance left at low water on the flat part of a sandy beach. ...
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Marks are the measured notifications on the hand lead-line, with white, blue, and red bunting, leath...
South out of Bevis Marks. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755). "Plow Yard" (O. and M. 1677). N...
See Plough Yard ...
On the north side of Bevis Marks, near its junction with Camomile Street. In AIdgate Ward (O. and M....
Two objects on the land, which, brought into line with each other, mark the safe course between shoa...