leave-breaking

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• Leave

  ·vi To <<Depart>>; to set out. II. Leave ·v To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. III. L...

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• leave

  Permission to be absent from the ship for the day. (See absence, liberty.) ♦ French leave. Going o...

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• Breaking

  ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Break>>. ...

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• breaking

  Breaking out stores or cargo in the hold. The act of extricating casks or other objects from the hol...

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• Leave-taking

  ·noun Taking of leave; parting compliments. ...

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• french leave

  To take French leave; to go off without taking leave of the company: a saying frequently applied to ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• french leave

  'To take French leave,' is to depart without taking leave; to run away. And Love, who on their br...

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• french leave

  Being absent without permission. ...

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• leave-ticket

  See liberty-ticket. ...

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• long-leave

  Permission to visit friends at a distance. ...

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• breaking shins

  Borrowing money; perhaps from the figurative operation being, like the real one, extremely disagreea...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• breaking liberty

  Not returning at the appointed time. ...

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• breaking-plate distance

  The point within which iron-plated ships, under concentrated fire, may be damaged. ...

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• breaking the ey

  See eyght. ...

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• breaking of a gale

  Indications of a return of fine weather; short gusts at intervals; moaning or whistling of the wind ...

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• breaking-up of the monsoon

  A nautical term for the violent storms that attend the shifting of periodical winds. ...

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• the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.

  Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose