Are opposed to each other; the former being the order to lower gradually, and the latter to lower expeditiously.
·adj Compar. of Low, ·adj. II. Lower ·noun Cloudiness; gloominess. III. Lower ·noun A frowning; su...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...
In the Little Minories (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Out of the Crescent, Minories, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. ...
The atmosphere to become cloudy. Also, to ease down gradually, expressed of some weighty body suspen...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...
The heaviest armament, usually on the lower deck. ...
See finishings. ...
See main-breadth. ...
The space for cargo in a merchant-vessel, fitted with 'tween-decks. ...
A well-known reach in the Thames where ships wait for the turn of the tide. ...
The lifts of the fore, main, and crossjack-yards. ...
See mast. ...
The opposite to the upper transit of a circumpolar star: the passage sub polo. ...
·adj Gay; cheerful. II. Cheerly ·adv <<Cheerily>>. ...
Quickly; with a hearty will. "Cheerly, boys, cheerly," when the rope comes in slowly, or hoisting a ...
·adv In a handsome manner. II. Handsomely ·adv Carefully; in shipshape style. ...
Signifies steadily or leisurely; as, "lower away handsomely," when required to be done gradually and...
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory). In the eig...
East from London Bridge to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Tower, Billingsgate and Bridge Wards. Fi...
The second on the builder's draught, representing the lower height of breadth, on which line is set ...
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...
To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...
Gently. ...
See Salutation Court. ...
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head. ...
See Wilson's Yard. ...
,or ease away there! To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully. ...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...