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hold-beams
The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. In a man-of-war they support the orlop-deck. (See orlop-...

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lower-hold
The space for cargo in a merchant-vessel, fitted with 'tween-decks. ...

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beams
Strong transverse pieces of timber stretching across the ship from one side to the other, to support...

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Lower
·adj Compar. of Low, ·adj. II. Lower ·noun Cloudiness; gloominess. III. Lower ·noun A frowning; su...

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Hold
·noun Binding power and influence. II. Hold ·noun The authority or ground to take or keep; claim. ...

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Hold
A fortress, the name given to David's lurking-places (1 Sam. 22:4, 5; 24:22). ...

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hold
a place where people stay to chat in when they are sent on an errand ; a loitering place. N. ...

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hold
The whole interior cavity of a ship, or all that part comprehended between the floor and the lower d...

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break-beams
Beams introduced at the break of a deck, or any sudden termination of planking. ...

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breast-beams
Those beams at the fore-part of the quarter-deck, and the after-part of the forecastle, in those ves...

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deck-beams
See beams. ...

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fork-beams
Short or half beams to support the deck where there is no framing, as in the intervention of hatchwa...

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half-beams
Short timbers, from the side to the hatchways, to support the deck where there is no framing. (See f...

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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...

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bed-beams
See bomb-beds, &c. ...

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orlop-beams
, or hold-beams. Those which support the orlop-deck, but are chiefly intended to fortify the hold....

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paddle-beams
Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (Se...

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skid-beams
Raised stanchions in men-of-war over the main-deck, parallel to the quarter-deck and forecastle beam...

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lower handsomely, lower cheerly
Are opposed to each other; the former being the order to lower gradually, and the latter to lower ex...

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Lower-case
·adj Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; — used to denote the small letters, in distinction ...

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Lower Court
In the Little Minories (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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Lower Mews
Out of the Crescent, Minories, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. ...

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lower, to
The atmosphere to become cloudy. Also, to ease down gradually, expressed of some weighty body suspen...

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lower counter
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...

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lower-deckers
The heaviest armament, usually on the lower deck. ...

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lower-finishing
See finishings. ...

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lower-height
See main-breadth. ...

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lower-hope
A well-known reach in the Thames where ships wait for the turn of the tide. ...

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lower-lifts
The lifts of the fore, main, and crossjack-yards. ...

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lower masts
See mast. ...

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lower transit
The opposite to the upper transit of a circumpolar star: the passage sub polo. ...

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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security. II. Anchor-hold ·noun The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to w...

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Strangle hold
·add. ·- In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed. ...

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Toe hold
·add. ·- A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot. ...

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petticoat hold
One who has an estate during his wife's life, called the apron-string hold. ...

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to hold forth
To harangue; to speak in public.--Todd's Johnson. A petty corjuror telling fortunes, held forth in ...

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to hold on
To wait; stop. 'Hold on a minute;' originally a sea phrase. ...

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to hold up
In allusion to the weather, to clear up, after a storm; to stop raining. Though nice and dark the p...

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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...

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fore-hold
The part of the hold before the fore hatchway. ...

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hold-all
A portable case for holding small articles required by soldiers, marines, and small-arm men on servi...

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hold-fast
A rope; also the order to the people aloft, when shaking out reefs, &c., to suspend the operation. I...

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hold off
The keeping the hove-in part of a cable or hawser clear of the capstan. ...

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hold on
keep all you have got in pulling a rope. ♦ Hold on a minute. Wait or stop. ♦ Hold on with your n...

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hold-stanchions
Those which support the hold-beams amidships, and rest on the kelson. ...

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main-hold
That part of a ship's hold which lies near the main-hatch. ...

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bomb-bed beams
The beams which support the bomb-bed in bomb-vessels. ...

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Lower East Smithfield
West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory). In the eig...

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Lower Thames Street
East from London Bridge to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Tower, Billingsgate and Bridge Wards. Fi...

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lower-breadth-sweep
The second on the builder's draught, representing the lower height of breadth, on which line is set ...

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apron string hold
An estate held by a man during his wife's life. ...

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depth of hold
The height between the floor and the lower-deck; it is therefore one of the principal dimensions giv...

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hold up, to
In meteorological parlance, for the weather to clear up after a gale; to stop raining. ...

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spurs of the beams
Curved pieces of timber, serving as half-beams, to support the decks, where a whole one cannot be pl...

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open lower deckers, to
To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...

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captain of the hold
The last of the captains in rank, as a first-class petty officer. ...

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height of the hold
Used for the depth of the hold. ...

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hold on, good sticks!
An apostrophe often made when the masts complain in a fresh squall, or are over-pressed, and it is u...

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pillar of the hold
A main stanchion with notches for descent. ...

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trim of the hold
The arrangement of the cargo, &c., by which a vessel carries sail well, and becomes under control as...

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Salutation Tavern, Lower Thames Street
See Salutation Court. ...

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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...

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mate of the lower-deck
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...

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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head. ...

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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities. ...

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Nag's Head Court, Lower Thames Street
See Wilson's Yard. ...

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keep a good hold of the land
Is to hug it as near as it can safely be done. ...

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running out, and running in, the lower deck guns
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...

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