luff upon luff

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• Luff

  ·noun The roundest part of a ship's bow. II. Luff ·noun The side of a ship toward the wind. III. L...

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• luff

  , or loofe. The order to the helmsman, so as to bring the ship's head up more to windward. Sometim...

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• luff round

  , or luff a-lee. The extreme of the movement, by which it is intended to throw the ship's head up ...

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• luff-tackle

  A purchase composed of a double and single block, the standing end of the rope being fast to the sin...

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• choke the luff

  To place suddenly the fall of a tackle close to the block across the jaw of the next turn of the rop...

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• keep your luff

  An order to the helmsman to keep the ship close to the wind, i.e. sailing with a course as near as p...

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• luff and lie

  A very old sea-term for hugging the wind closely. ...

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• luff a-lee

  See luff round ...

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• luff and touch her!

  Try how near the wind she will come. (See touching.) ...

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• Upon

  ·prep On; — used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. ...

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• Upon

  This expression is used instead of "in" in the case of Lothbury, Bucklersbury, Aldermanbury, and Cor...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• luff into a harbour, to

  To sail into it, shooting head to wind, gradually. A ship is accordingly said to spring her luff whe...

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• to allot upon

  To intend, to form a purpose; as, I allot upon going to Boston. Used by uneducated people in the int...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• down upon

  To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• nigh upon

  Nearly; almost. I got your letter and razor-strap. It's a complete strap as you ever see; and as so...

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• doubling upon

  In a naval engagement, the act of inclosing any part of a hostile fleet between two fires, as Nelson...

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• lap upon

  The mast carlings are said to lap upon the beams by reason of their great depth, and head-ledges at ...

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• raised upon

  When a vessel is heightened in her upper works. ...

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• Judah upon Jordan

  The Authorized Version, following the Vulgate, has this rendering in Josh. 19:34. It has been sugges...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Conduit upon Cornhill

  In Cornhill opposite the north end of Change Alley and the eastern side of the Royal Exchange. Show...

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• (St.) Michael upon Thames

  See St. Michael Queenhithe. ...

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• (St.) Miltheldrede upon Walbrook

  See St. Mildred Poultry. ...

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• Tun upon Cornhill

  In Cornhill, opposite the north end of Change Alley. Built as a prison for night walkers by Henry le...

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• dance upon nothing

  To be hanged. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• account, going upon

  A phrase for buccaneering. ...

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• double upon, to

  See doubling upon. ...

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• ship raised upon

  One of which the upper works have been heightened by additional timbers. About the year 1816 several...

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• six-upon-four

  Reduced allowance; four rations allotted to six men. ...

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• whip upon whip

  A sort of easy purchase, much used in colliers. It consists of one whip applied to the falls of anot...

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• Le Dolphyn upon le Hoop

  A brewhouse tenement called "le Dolphyn upon le hoop" in parish of St. Magnus by London Bridge, 23 H...

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• going upon the dub

  Going out to break open, or pick the locks of, houses. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dead upon a wind

  Braced sharp up and bowlines hauled. ...

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• (St.) Mildred de Walebroc, upon Walebroke

  See St. Mildred Poultry. ...

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• death's head upon a mop-stick

  A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy. See otomy.-- He looked as pleasant as the p...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Chapel upon the Charnell in St. Paul's Churchyard

  Newly built chapel in St. Paul's Churchyard beyond the charnel house mentioned in will of Roger Beyv...

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