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Main
·adj Vast; huge. II. Main ·noun A main-hamper. III. Main ·adj Important; necessary. IV. Main ·nou...

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main
very; main good, very good. Also the chief; madam's the main, i. e. madam is the chief or ruler. C. ...

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main
A continent or mainland. Also, figuratively, the ocean. ...

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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar. II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. ...

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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.) ...

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Main yard
·- The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast. ...

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Main-gauche
·noun The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; — used to parry thru...

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Main-hamper
·noun A hamper to be carried in the hand; a hand basket used in carrying grapes to the press. ...

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Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...

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main-body
The body of troops that marches between the advance-guard and the rear-guard of an army. ...

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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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main-brace
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind. ...

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main-breadth
The broadest part of a ship at any particular timber or frame, distinguished by upper and lower heig...

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main-capstan
The after one, as distinguished from the jeer-capstan. ...

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main-course
The main-sail. ...

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main-guard
The principal guard of a garrison town, usually posted in the place-of-arms, or the market-place. ...

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

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main-jeers
Jeers for swaying up the main-yard. ...

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main-keel
The principal keel, as distinguished from the false-keel and the keelson. ...

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main-piece
The strong horizontal beam of the windlass, supported at the ends by iron spindles in the windlass-b...

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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post. ...

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main-sail
This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...

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main-shaft
The principal shaft in machinery. ...

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main-spring
The source of continuous motion in a time-keeper. Also, that part of a musket-lock which is sunk int...

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main-staysail
A storm-sail set between the fore and main masts. ...

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main-tackle
A large and strong tackle, hooked occasionally upon the main pendant, and used for various purposes,...

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main-transom
A term often applied to the wing-transom (which see). ...

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main-wales
The lower wales, which are generally placed on the lower breadth, and so that the main-deck knee-bol...

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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>. ...

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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...

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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice. II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice. ...

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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream. ...

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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection. ...

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ice-plant
n. Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...

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ice-candles
icicles. Kent. ...

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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf. ...

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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...

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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...

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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season. ...

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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.) ...

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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...

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ground-ice
See anchor-ice. ...

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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...

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

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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions. ...

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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...

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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter. ...

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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage. ...

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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice. ...

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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog. ...

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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...

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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea. ...

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ice-plank
See spike-plank. ...

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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice. ...

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ice-saw
A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...

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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind. ...

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ice-tongue
See tongue. ...

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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel. ...

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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...

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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way. ...

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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons. ...

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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....

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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...

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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...

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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...

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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...

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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land. ...

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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing. ...

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stream-ice
A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...

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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...

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coup de main
A sudden and vigorous attack. ...

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main royal-mast
That above the main topgallant-mast. ...

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main-sail haul!
The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking. ...

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main-tack block
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to. ...

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main-tackle pendant
A stout piece of rope with a hook in one end, and a thimble in the other, sometimes used for hauling...

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main-top bowline
The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...

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main-topsail haul!
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list. ...

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square main-sail
See main-sail. ...

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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. II. Neapolitan ice cream ·add. ·- An...

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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...

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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....

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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...

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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....

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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...

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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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fill the main-yard
An order well understood to mean, fill the main-topsail, after it has been aback, or the ship hove-t...

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splice the main brace
In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...

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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...

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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...

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main-piece of the rudder
The rudder-stock, or piece which is connected by the rudder-bands to the stern-post. ...

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mate of the main-deck
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...

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stay-tackles, fore and main
Special movable purchases for hoisting in and out boats, anchors, &c. They plumb the fore and main h...

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as deaf as the main-mast
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...

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haul aboard the fore and main tacks
This is to haul them forward, and down to the chess-trees on the weather-side. ...

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