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make, to
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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.
2) a match or equal. N.
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buttons, to make
A common time-honoured, but strange expression, for sudden apprehension or misgiving.
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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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Sail
·noun A wing; a van.
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sail
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crowd sail, to
To carry an extraordinary press of canvas on a ship, as in pursuit of, or flight from, an enemy, &c....
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out-sail, to
To sail faster than another ship, or to make a particular voyage with greater despatch.
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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale.
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make lee-way, to
To drift to leeward of the course.
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make stern-way, to
To retreat, or move stern foremost.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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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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sprit-sail top-sail
A sail extended above the sprit-sail by a yard, which hung under the jib-boom.
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Studding sail
·- A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase...
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Water sail
·- A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to t...
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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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top sail
He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to. sea and left them unpaid. SCT sol...
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drag-sail
Any sail with its clues stopped so as when veered away over the quarter to make a stop-water when ve...
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drift-sail
A contrivance, by means of immersing a sail, to diminish the drift of a ship during a gale of wind. ...
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fore-sail
The principal sail set on the fore-mast. (See sail.)
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ghrime-sail
The old term for a smoke-sail.
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lug-sail
A sail used in boats and small vessels. It is in form like a gaff-sail, but depends entirely on the ...
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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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sail burton
A purchase extending from topmast-head to deck, for sending sails aloft ready for bending; it usuall...
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sail ho!
The exclamation used when a strange ship is first discerned at sea either from the deck or from the ...
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sail-hook
A small hook used for holding the seams of a sail while in the act of sewing.
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sail-loft
A large apartment in dockyards where the sails are cut out and made.
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sail-loosers
Men specially appointed to loose the sails when getting under weigh, or loosing them to dry.
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sail-maker
A qualified person who (with his mates) is employed on board ship in making, repairing, or altering ...
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sail-netting
The fore-topmast staysail, main-topmast staysail, and main staysail are generally stowed in the nett...
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sheer-sail
A drift-sail.
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smoke-sail
A small sail hoisted against the fore-mast when a ship rides head to wind, to give the smoke of the ...
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sprit-sail
A sail formerly attached to a yard which hung under the bowsprit, and of importance in naval actions...
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square-sail
The flying sail, set on the fore-yard of a schooner, or the spread-yard of a cutter or sloop.
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steering-sail
An incorrect name for a studding-sail.
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storm-sail
A sail made of stout No. 1 canvas, of reduced dimensions, for use in a gale.
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strange sail
A vessel heaving in sight, of which the particulars are unknown.
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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails.
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water-sail
A save-all, or small sail, set occasionally under the lower studding-sail or driver-boom, in a fair ...
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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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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·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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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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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 head-way
A ship makes head-way when she advances through the water.
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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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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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middling a sail
Arranging it for bending to the yard.
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press of sail
As much sail as the state of the wind, &c., will permit a ship to carry.
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pricking a sail
The running a middle seam between the two seams which unite every cloth of a sail to the next adjoin...
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sprit-sail yard
A yard slung across the bowsprit, lashed to the knight-heads, and used to spread the guys of the jib...
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sprit-sail yarding
A cruelty in which some fishermen wreak vengeance on sharks, dog-fish, &c., that encroach on their b...
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
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square-sail boom
A boom hooked on to an eye-bolt in the fore-part of the fore-mast of a fore-and-aft vessel, to boom ...
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studding-sail boom
A spar rigged out for the purpose of setting a studding-sail, and taking its name from the sail it b...
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studding-sail yard
The spar to which the head of the studding-sail is extended.
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top-sail haul!
or main-topsail haul!
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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.
II. To-day ·prep On this day; on 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
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
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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
v.
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
An old word signifying to lower a flag or sail. Abaisser is in use in the French marine, and both ma...
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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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diddle, to
To deceive.
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ding, to
To dash down or throw with violence.
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dip, to
To lower. An object is said to be dipping when by refraction it is visible just above the horizon. A...
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discourse, to
An old sea term to traverse to and fro off the proper course.
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dish, to
To supplant, ruin, or frustrate.
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dismount, to
To break the carriages of guns, and thereby render them unfit for service. Also, in gun exercise, to...
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disorganize, to
To degrade a man-of-war to a privateer by irregularity.
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dive, to
To descend or plunge voluntarily head-foremost under the water. To go off deck in the watch. A ship ...
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doff, to
To put aside.
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double, to
To cover a ship with an extra planking, usually of 4 inches, either internally or externally, when t...
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douse, to
To lower or slacken down suddenly; expressed of a sail in a squall of wind, an extended hawser, &c. ...
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dout, to
To put out a light; to extinguish; do out. Shakspeare makes the dauphin of France say in "King Henry...
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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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equip, to
A term frequently applied to the business of fitting a ship for a trading voyage, or arming her for ...
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export, to
To send goods or commodities out of a country, for the purposes of traffic, under the general name o...
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faff, to
To blow in flaws.
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fag, to
to tire
♦ A fag. A deputy labouring-man, or one who works hard for another.
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fall, to
A town or fortress is said to fall when it is compelled to surrender to besiegers.
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fang, to
To pour water into a pump in order to fetch it, when otherwise the boxes do not hold the water left ...
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favour, to
to be careful of; also to be fair for.
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fay, to
To fit any two pieces of wood, so as to join close and fair together; the plank is said to fay to th...
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feaze, to
To untwist, to unlay ropes; to teaze, to convert it into oakum.
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fell, to
To cut down timber. To knock down by a heavy blow. Fell is the Anglo-Saxon for a skin or hide.
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fetch, to
To reach, or arrive at; as, "we shall fetch to windward of the lighthouse this tack."
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fettle, to
To fit, repair, or put in order. Also, a threat.
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flying-to
Is when a vessel, from sailing free or having tacked, and her head thrown much to leeward, is coming...
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founder, to
to fill with water and go down.
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frap, to
To bind tightly together. To pass lines round a sail to keep it from blowing loose. To secure the fa...
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free, to
♦ To free a prisoner. To restore him to liberty.
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freeze, to
To congeal water or any fluid. Thus sea-water freezes at 28° 5′ Fah.; fresh water at 32°; mercury at...
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freshen, to
To relieve a rope of its strain, or danger of chafing, by shifting or removing its place of nip.
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fumigate, to
To purify confined or infectious air by means of smoke, sulphuric acid, vinegar, and other correctiv...
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furl, to
To roll up and bind a sail neatly upon its respective yard or boom.
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gammon, to
To pass the lashings of the bowsprit.
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gee, to
To suit or fit; as, "that will just gee."
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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.
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guddle, to
To catch fish with the hands by groping along a stream's bank.
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gudge, to
To poke or prod for fish under stones and banks of a river.
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