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Local
·noun On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published. II. Lo...

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Marine
·adj A picture representing some marine subject. II. Marine ·adj Formed by the action of the curren...

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marine
Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...

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Board
·noun The side of a ship. II. Board ·noun A table to put food upon. III. Board ·noun To enter, as ...

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board
n. term used by shearers. See quotation. 1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Dec. 23, p. 6, col. 1: «...

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board
Certain offices under the control of the executive government, where the business of any particular ...

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local attraction
The effect of the iron in a ship on her compasses; it varies with the position of a compass in a shi...

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board and board
Alongside, as when two ships touch each other. ...

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Fluvio-marine
·adj Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. ...

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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square. ...

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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...

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engine, marine
(See marine engines.) Engine was of old a military machine for warfare. ...

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horse-marine
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place. ...

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marine barometer
A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the m...

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marine boards
Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...

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marine buildings
Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c. ...

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marine engines
Those steam engines which are used to propel ships, whether on the ocean or in rivers, in contradist...

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marine glue
, or jeffrey's glue. A well-known adhesive composition of great importance in ship carpentry, and ...

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marine insurance
A contract by which an individual or a company agree to indemnify the losses or damages happening to...

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marine lagoon
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action. ...

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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...

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marine railway
A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair. ...

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marine stores
A general term for the iron-work, cordage, sails, provisions, and other outfit, with which a vessel ...

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mercantile marine
See marine. ...

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Plug board
·add. ·- A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs. ...

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Sound-board
·noun A sounding-board. ...

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Sounding-board
·noun ·see Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. II. Sounding-board ·noun A thin board which propag...

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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc. ...

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penance board
The pillory. ...

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above-board
In open sight; without artifice, or trick. "A figurative expression," says Johnson, "borrowed from g...

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above-board
Over the deck; a term used for open fair dealing, without artifice or trick. ...

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arch-board
The part of the stern over the counter, immediately under the knuckles of the stern-timbers. ...

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back-board
A board across the stern sheets of a boat to support the back of passengers; and also to form the bo...

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bevelling-board
A piece of board on which the bevellings or angles of the timbers are described. ...

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board him
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet, ...

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clap-board
[German, klapp-bord]. An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...

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covering-board
See plank-sheer. ...

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flashing-board
To raise or set off. ...

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foot-board
The same as gang-board, but not so sailor-like. (See stretchers.) ...

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free-board
See plank-sheer. ...

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gang-board
The narrow platform within the side next the gunwale, connecting the quarter-deck to the forecastle....

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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board. ...

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letter-board
Another term for name-board (which see). ...

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log-board
Two boards shutting together like a book, and divided into several columns, in which to record, thro...

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medical board
A number of medical officers convened to examine sick and wounded officers and men, for invaliding o...

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name-board
The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted. ...

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navy board
The commissioners of the navy collectively considered, but long since abolished. ...

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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard. ...

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out-board
The outside of the ship: the reverse of in-board. ...

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pointer-board
A simple contrivance for duly training a ship's guns. ...

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sea-board
The line along which the land and water meet, indicating the limit common to both. ...

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serving-board
A flattened piece of hard wood with a handle, for passing service on the smaller ropes. ...

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stern-board
This term is familiarly known to seamen as tacking by misadventure in stays; or purposely, as a seam...

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traverse-board
A thin circular piece of board, marked with all the points of the compass, and having eight holes bo...

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wash-board
, or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward. ...

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within-board
Inside a ship. ...

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artillery, royal marine
Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...

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aspirant de marine
Midshipman in the French navy. ...

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marine clothing-room
A compartment of the after-platform, to receive the clothes and stores of the royal marines. ...

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mercantile marine fund
A public fund accumulated by fees payable to the Board of Trade on account of the merchant shipping....

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oscillating marine-engine
A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...

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royal marine artillery
Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.) ...

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board of trade
A committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of commercial matters. ...

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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board. ...

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Metropolitan Asylums' Board Offices
On the north side of Victoria Embankment, in Farringdon Ward Without. See Saxton's Still House. ...

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make a good board
See board. ...

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cranks of a marine engine
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...

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board him in the smoke
To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke. ...

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take water on board, to
To ship a sea. ...

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frame of the marine steam-engine
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...

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