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Piece
·noun A castle; a fortified building. II. Piece ·noun One of the superior men, distinguished from a...

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piece
A wench. A damned good or bad piece; a girl who is more or less active and skilful in the amorous co...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
piece
A little while. 'Stay a piece.' Provincial in the north of England.--Johnson. The common expression ...

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piece
applied to time : Stay a piece ; i. e. a little while. York. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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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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Chimney-piece
·noun A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace. ...

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cod piece
The fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they bite, master? where, in the cod piece or collar?--a jocul...

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stomach-piece
apron ...

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cart-piece
An early battering cannon mounted on a peculiar cart. ...

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chamber-piece
See chamber ...

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cross-piece
The transverse timber of the bitts. Also, a rail of timber extending over the windlass of some merch...

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dagger-piece
, or dagger-wood. A timber or plank that faces on to the poppets of the bilge-ways, and crosses th...

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dragon piece
A strut or abutment. ...

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face-piece
A piece of elm tabled on to the knee of the head, in the fore-part, to assist the conversion of the ...

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fish-piece
See fish ...

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gunner's piece
In destroying and bursting guns, means a fragment of the breech, which generally flies upward. ...

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hailshot-piece
A sort of gun supplied of old to our ships, with dice of iron as the missile. ...

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head-piece
A term for the helmet. ...

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lengthening-piece
The same as short top-timber (which see). ...

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pad-piece
See pad ...

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port-piece
An ancient piece of ordnance used in our early fleets. ...

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jaw-piece
See rolling-chock ...

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shoe-piece
A board placed under the heel of a spar, or other weighty mass, to save the deck. In some cases inte...

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sweep-piece
A block at the bottom of the port-sill for receiving the chock of the gun-carriage, and to aid in tr...

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time-piece
, chronometer An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...

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vent-piece
The movable fitment which closes the breech and contains the vent in Armstrong breech-loading guns. ...

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wall-piece
A very heavy powerful musket, for use in fortified places. ...

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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-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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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-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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hand mast-piece
The smaller hand mast-spars. ...

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piece of eight
The early name for the coin of the value of 8 reals, the well-known Spanish dollar. ...

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port-piece chamber
A paterero for loading a port-piece at the breech. ...

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yard-arm piece
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...

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Piece Of Gold
The rendering "pieces of gold," as in (2 Kings 5:5) is very doubtful; and "shekels of gold") as desi...

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Piece Of Silver
I. In the Old Testament the word "pieces" is used in the Authorized Version for a word understood in...

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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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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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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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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...

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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...

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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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