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Clothing
·noun ·see Card clothing, under 3d Card. II. Clothing ·noun The art of process of making cloth. II...

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clothing
The rigging of the bowsprit. ♦ Clothing the bowsprit is rigging it. Also, the purser's slops for t...

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Clothing
[Dress] ...

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Marine
·adj A picture representing some marine subject. II. Marine ·adj Formed by the action of the curren...

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marine
Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...

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Room
·adj Spacious; roomy. II. Room ·vi To occupy a room or rooms; to <<Lodge>>; as, they arranged to ro...

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to room
To occupy a room; to lodge.--Worcester. ...

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room
A name given to some reserved apartment in a ship, as ♦ The bread-room. In the aftermost part of t...

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Room
The references to "room" in (Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 14:7,8; 20:46) signify the highest place...

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Fluvio-marine
·adj Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. ...

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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square. ...

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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...

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engine, marine
(See marine engines.) Engine was of old a military machine for warfare. ...

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horse-marine
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place. ...

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marine barometer
A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the m...

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marine boards
Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...

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marine buildings
Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c. ...

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marine engines
Those steam engines which are used to propel ships, whether on the ocean or in rivers, in contradist...

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marine glue
, or jeffrey's glue. A well-known adhesive composition of great importance in ship carpentry, and ...

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marine insurance
A contract by which an individual or a company agree to indemnify the losses or damages happening to...

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marine lagoon
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action. ...

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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...

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marine railway
A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair. ...

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marine stores
A general term for the iron-work, cordage, sails, provisions, and other outfit, with which a vessel ...

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mercantile marine
See marine. ...

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Amber room
·- A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and ...

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By-room
·noun A private room or apartment. ...

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Drawing-room
·noun The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawin...

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Sea room
·- Room or space at sea for a vessel to maneuver, drive, or scud, without peril of running ashore or...

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Tiring-room
·noun The room or place where players dress for the stage. ...

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Withdrawing-room
·noun A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room. ...

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elbow room
Sufficient space to act in. Out at elbows; said of an estate that is mortgaged. ...

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keeping-room
A common sitting-room; the parlor in New England. The term is chiefly used in the interior, although...

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state-room
A small room in a ship or steam-vessel for one or two passengers.--Worcester. ...

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bare-room
An old phrase for bore-down. ...

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bread-room
The lowest and aftermost part of the orlop deck, where the biscuit is kept, separated by a bulk-head...

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capstan-room
See room. ...

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cook-room
, or cook-house. The galley or caboose containing the cooking apparatus, and where victuals are dr...

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filling room
Formerly a small place parted off and lined with lead, in a man-of-war magazine, wherein powder may ...

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fish-room
A space parted off by bulk-heads in the after-hold, now used for waste stores, but formerly used for...

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gun-room
A compartment on the after-end of the lower gun-deck of large ships of war, partly occupied by the j...

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light-room
In a ship-of-war, a small space parted off from the magazine, having double-glass windows for more s...

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going room
, room The old term for going large, or from, the wind. (See lask, to and large.) It is mentioned by...

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sea-room
Implies a sufficient distance from land, rocks, or shoals wherein a ship may drive or scud without d...

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shell-room
An important compartment in ships of war, fitted up with strong shelves to receive the shells when c...

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slop-room
The place appointed to keep the slops in, for the ship's company; generally well aft and dry. ...

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spirit-room
A place or compartment abaft the after-hold, to contain the ship's company's spirits. ...

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state-room
A sleeping cabin, or small berth, detached from the main cabin of merchantmen or saloon of passenger...

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trade-room
A part of the steerage of a Yankee notion-trader where light goods and samples of the cargo are kept...

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turning-room
Space in a narrow channel for a ship to work in. ...

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ward-room
The commissioned officers' mess-cabin, on the main-deck in ships of the line. ...

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artillery, royal marine
Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...

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aspirant de marine
Midshipman in the French navy. ...

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local marine-board
See marine boards. ...

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mercantile marine fund
A public fund accumulated by fees payable to the Board of Trade on account of the merchant shipping....

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oscillating marine-engine
A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...

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royal marine artillery
Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.) ...

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dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham...

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boatswain's store-room
Built expressly for boatswain's stores, on a platform or light deck. ...

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bread-room jack
The purser's steward's help. ...

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captain's store-room
A place of reserve on the platform deck, for the captain's wines and sea-stores. ...

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carpenter's store-room
An apartment built below, on the platform-deck, for keeping the carpenter's stores and spare tools i...

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engine-room telegraph
A dial-contrivance by which the officer on deck can communicate with the engineer below. ...

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lieutenant's store-room
More commonly called the ward-room store-room (which see). ...

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timber and room
, is the distance between two adjoining timbers, which always contain the breadth of two timbers, an...

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ward-room officers
Those who mess in the ward-room, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paym...

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cranks of a marine engine
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...

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Lombard Exchange and Reading Room
On the south side of Lombard Street, about No. 40 (O.S. 1880). White Hart Yard and Quaker's Meeting...

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jack in the bread-room
, or jack in the dust. The purser's steward's assistant in the bread and steward's room. ...

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lady of the gun-room
A gunner's mate, who takes charge of the after-scuttle, where gunners' stores are kept. ...

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well-room of a boat
The place in the bottom where the water lies, between the ceiling and the platform of the stern-shee...

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frame of the marine steam-engine
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...

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room. she lets out her fore room and lies backwards: saying of a woman suspected of prostitution.
Stealing poultry. ...

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