A term which has been applied to a slip for hauling vessels on to repair.
·noun A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj A picture representing some marine subject. II. Marine ·adj Formed by the action of the curren...
Belonging to the sea. It is a general name for the royal or mercantile navy of any state; also the w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·add. ·- An elevated cableway. II. Aerial railway ·add. ·- A stretched wire or rope elevated above ...
·add. ·- A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track. ...
·add. ·- A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water. II. Ship railway...
South out of Cannon Street leading to the Station (P.O. Directory). First named 1910. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
South out of Fenchurch Street at No.63 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First mentioned: O.S. 184...
·adj Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers. ...
See Wellclose Square. ...
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
(See marine engines.) Engine was of old a military machine for warfare. ...
An awkward lubberly person. One out of place. ...
A barometer, the tube of which is contracted in one part to prevent the sudden oscillations of the m...
Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...
Those constructed for making or preserving ships, as docks, arsenals, store-houses, &c. ...
Those steam engines which are used to propel ships, whether on the ocean or in rivers, in contradist...
, or jeffrey's glue. A well-known adhesive composition of great importance in ship carpentry, and ...
A contract by which an individual or a company agree to indemnify the losses or damages happening to...
A lake or inlet formed by the encroachments of the sea, and the deposits of fluviatile action. ...
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...
A general term for the iron-work, cordage, sails, provisions, and other outfit, with which a vessel ...
See marine. ...
North from Liverpool Street along the western boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without to the northern b...
Formerly a select branch of the R. Marines, specially instructed in gunnery and the care of artiller...
Midshipman in the French navy. ...
See marine boards. ...
A compartment of the after-platform, to receive the clothes and stores of the royal marines. ...
A public fund accumulated by fees payable to the Board of Trade on account of the merchant shipping....
A steam-engine where the top of the piston-rod is coupled with the crank, and the piston-rod moves b...
Originally selected from the royal marines, now specially enlisted. (See artillery, royal marine.) ...
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...
On the west side of Laurence Lane at No. 23, in Cheap Ward, on the western boundary of the ward (P.O...
, is the strong supporter of the paddle-shafts and intermediate shaft; it rests on columns, and is f...
On the north side of Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory). Covers the site of Merchant Taylors' Almsh...