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wales
The thickest strakes of wrought stuff in a vessel. Strong planks extending all along the outward tim...

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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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Petty Wales
1) Tenements so called in parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, 1563, within the Clo...

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channel-wales
Strakes worked between the gun-deck and the upper deck ports of large ships. Also, the outside plank...

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middle-wales
The three or four thick strakes worked along each side between the lower and middle-deck-ports in th...

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sheer-wales
Strakes of thick stuff in the top-sides of three-decked ships, between the middle and upper deck-por...

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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-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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New South Wales
n. the name of the oldest andmost important colony in Australia. The name «New Wales» wasfirst give...

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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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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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