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lee-way
What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smoo...
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make stern-way, to
To retreat, or move stern foremost.
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make, to
Is variously applied in sea-language.
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make head-way
A ship makes head-way when she advances through the water.
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Lee
·vi To <<Lie>>; to speak falsely.
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lee
calm, under the wind, shelter. S.
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lee
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Make
·vt To be engaged or concerned in.
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make
A halfpenny. CANT.
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make
1) a match or equal. So MACKLESS is MATCHLESS. North.
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buttons, to make
A common time-honoured, but strange expression, for sudden apprehension or misgiving.
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make sail, to
To increase the quantity of sail already set, either by letting out reefs, or by setting additional ...
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make water, to
Usually signifies the act of a ship leaking, unless the epithet foul be added. (See foul water.)
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Way
·noun Progress; as, a ship has way.
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way
Is sometimes the same as the ship's rake or run, forward or backward, but is most commonly understoo...
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angle of lee-way
The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...
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fetch way, to
Said of a gun, or anything which escapes from its place by the vessel's motion at sea.
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gather way, to
To begin to feel the impulse of the wind on the sails, so as to obey the helm.
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lose way, to
When a ship slackens her progress in the water.
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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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Lee, Nathaniel
(1653?-1692)
Dramatist, s. of a clergyman at Hatfield, was ed. at Westminster School and Camb. Afte...
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Lee, Harriet
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Lee, Sophia
(1750-1824), Lee, Harriet (1757-1851)
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(b. 1859)
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
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lee-beam
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel.
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lee-boards
Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...
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lee-fang
A rope rove through the cringle of a sail, for hauling in, so as to lace on a bonnet.
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lee-fange
The iron bar upon which the sheets of fore-and-aft sails traverse, in small vessels. (See horse.)
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lee-gauge
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company.
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lee-hitch
The helmsman getting to leeward of the course.
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lee-lurches
The sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward when a large wave strikes her on th...
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lee-shore
A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it.
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lee-side
All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...
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lee-tide
A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon whi...
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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman.
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Make-belief
·noun A feigning to believe; make believe.
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Make-believe
·adj Feigned; insincere.
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Make-game
·noun An object of ridicule; a butt.
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Make-peace
·noun A <<Peacemaker>>.
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Make-up
·noun The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is d...
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make weight
A small candle: a term applied to a little slender man.
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to make fish
To cure and prepare fish for commerce. A New England phrase.
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to make tracks
To leave; to walk away. A figurative expression of Western origin.
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make-weight
a small candle, thrown in to complete the pound. N.
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make fast
A word generally used for tying or securing ropes. To fasten.
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make ready!
Be prepared.
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Four-way
·adj Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
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Three-way
·adj Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
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Two-way
·add. ·adj Serving to connect at will one pipe or channel with either of two others; as, a two-way c...
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Water way
·- ·same·as Water course.
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Way shaft
·- A rock shaft.
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Way-going
·adj Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.
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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2.
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Way-wise
·adj Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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carpet-way
a green way, a way on the turf. S.
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gainest-way
the nearest way. N.
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leech-way
the path in which the dead are carried to be buried. Exm.
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spur-way
a bridle-way through any ground, a passage for a horse by right of custom. S.
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way-bit
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way-bread
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whapple-way
a bridle-way, or road where only a horse can pass. S.
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companion-way
The staircase, porch, or berthing of the ladder-way to the cabin.
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covered way
In fortification, a space running along the outside of the ditch for the convenient passage of troop...
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covert-way
See covered way.
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drift-way
Synonymous with lee-way.
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fair-way
The navigable channel of a harbour for ships passing up or down; so that if any vessels are anchored...
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freshen way
When the ship feels the increasing influence of a breeze. Also, when a man quickens his pace.
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fresh way
Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...
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give way
The order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowi...
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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milky way
See via lactea.
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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor.
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sea-way
The progress of a ship through the waves. Also, said when a vessel is in an open place where the sea...
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steerage-way
When a vessel has sufficient motion in the water to admit of the helm being effective.
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stern-way
The movement by which a ship goes stern foremost. The opposite of head-way.
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stoach-way
The streamlet or channel which runs through the silt or sand at low-water in tidal ports; a term pri...
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tide-way
The mid-stream; or a passage or channel through which the tide sets, and runs strongly.
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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...
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'way up!
See way aloft!
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'way aloft!
or 'way up!
The command when the crew are required aloft to loose, reef, furl sails, or man yards,...
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way-gate
The tail-race of a mill.
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wrong way
When the ship casts in the opposite direction to that desired. Also, a ship swinging in a tide's way...
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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...
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to make the fur fly
To claw; scratch; wound severely. Used figuratively.
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·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
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deaden a ship's way, to
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...
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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...
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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.
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luff a-lee
See luff round
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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land.
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make free with the land, to
To approach the shore closely.
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Make and break
·add. ·- Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
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make a light
expressive pigeon-English. An aboriginal'sphrase for to look for, to find. «You been make a lightyar...
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to make a raise
A vulgar expression, meaning to raise; procure; obtain.
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to make oneself scarce
is to leave; to go away.
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make the door
, or WINDOWS
i. e. fasten them. North. Salop, Leic.
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meddle nor make
Neither meddle nor make, i. e. not to interfere. North.
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make it so
The order of a commander to confirm the time, sunrise, noon, or sunset, reported to him by the offic...
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moor a cable each way, to
Is dropping one anchor, veering out two cables' lengths, and letting go another anchor from the oppo...
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
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right-of-way
n.
a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
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caper corner-way
Diagonally.
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fetch head-way
or stern-way.
Said of a vessel gathering motion ahead or astern.
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give way together
So that the oars may all dip and rise together, whereby the force is concentrated.
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keeping her way
The force of steady motion through the water, continued after the power which gave it has varied or ...
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lost her way
When the buoy is streamed, and all is ready for dropping the anchor.
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pilot's fair-way
, or pilot's water.
A channel wherein, according to usage, a pilot must be employed.
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sea-way measurer
A kind of self-registering log invented by Smeaton, the architect of the Eddystone lighthouse.
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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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To-rent
·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend.
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to bam
To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.
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to bamboozle
To make a fool of any one, to humbug or impose on him.
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to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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to bitch
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
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to bite
To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to...
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to bug
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to grab
To seize a man. The pigs grabbed the kiddey for a crack: the officers, seized the youth for a burgla...
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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to twig
To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, sn...
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hump, to
v.
to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...
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jump, to
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to take possession of a claim(mining) on land, on the ground that a former possessor hasabandone...
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to buckle-to
To set about any task with energy and a determination to effect the object. It probably comes from h...
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to cotton to
'To cotton to one,' is to take a liking to him; to fancy him; literally to stick to him, as cotton w...
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abase, to
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abate, to
An old Anglo-Norman word from abattre, to beat down or destroy; as, to abate a castle or fort, is to...
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abet, to
To excite or encourage a common word, greatly in use at boat-racings, and other competitive acts.
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abrase, to
To dubb or smooth planks.
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accoil, to
To coil together, by folding round. (See coil.)
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accompany, to
To sail together; to sail in convoy.
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accost, to
To pass within hail of a ship; to sail coastwise; to approach, to draw near, or come side by side.
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adjourn, to
To put off till another day. Adjournments can be made in courts-martial from day to day, Sundays exc...
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adjust, to
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a ch...
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advance, to
An old word, meaning to raise to honour.
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aid, to
To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.
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allow, to
To concede a destined portion of stores, &c.
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annul, to
To nullify a signal.
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answer, to
To reply, to succeed; as, the frigate has answered the signal. This boat will not answer.
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commute, to
To lighten the sentence of a court-martial, on a recommendation of the court to the commander-in-chi...
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compass, to
To curve; also to obtain one's object.
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complain, to
The creaking of masts, or timbers, when over-pressed, without any apparent external defect. One man ...
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compliment, to
To render naval or military honour where due.
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conquer, to
To overcome decidedly.
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consign, to
To send a consignment of goods to an agent or factor for sale or disposal.
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copper, to
To cover the ship's bottom with prepared copper.
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corn, to
A remainder of the Anglo-Saxon ge-cyrned, salted. To preserve meat for a time by salting it slightly...
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couple, to
To bend two hawsers together; coupling links of a cable; coupling shackles.
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cripple, to
To disable an enemy's ship by wounding his masts, yards, and steerage gear, thereby placing him hors...
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cund, to
To give notice which way a shoal of fish is gone.
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cure, to
To salt meat or fish.
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debark, to
To land; to go on shore.
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decamp, to
To raise the camp; the breaking up from a place where an army has been encamped.
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deck, to
A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails."
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derrick, to
A cant term for setting out on a small not over-creditable enterprise. The act is said to be named f...
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dress, to
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
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drive, to
[from the Anglo-Saxon dryfan].
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dubb, to
To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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egg, to
To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
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eke, to
[Anglo-Saxon eácan, to prolong.] To make anything go far by reduction and moderation, as in shorteni...
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embark, to
To go on board, or to put on board a vessel.
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endanger, to
To expose to peril.
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enrol, to
To enter the name on the roll of a corps.
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ensconce, to
To intrench; to protect by a slight fortification.
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gip, to
To take the entrails out of fishes.
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gird, to
To bind; used formerly for striking a blow.
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glent, to
To turn aside or quit the original direction, as a shot does from accidentally impinging on a hard s...
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glower, to
to stare or look intently.
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grabble, to
To endeavour to hook a sunk article. To catch fish by hand in a brook.
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grapple, to
To hook with a grapnel; to lay hold of. First used by Duilius to prevent the escape of the Carthagin...
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grave, to
To clean a vessel's bottom, and pay it over.
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grill, to
To broil on the bars of the galley-range, as implied by its French derivation.
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griped-to
The situation of a boat when secured by gripes.
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ground, to
To take the bottom or shore; to be run aground through ignorance, violence, or accident.
♦ To stri...
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guddle, to
To catch fish with the hands by groping along a stream's bank.
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