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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
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mate of a watch
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
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Mate
·adj ·see 2d Mat.
II. Mate ·vt To <<Checkmate>>.
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mate
Generally implies adjunct or assistant.
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Merchant
·noun A trading vessel; a merchantman.
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Merchant
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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed.
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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold.
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carcass of a ship
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are stripped off.
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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...
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eyes of a ship
(See eyes of her.)
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freight of a ship
The hire, or part thereof, usually paid for the carriage and conveyance of goods by sea; or the sum ...
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loading of a ship
See cargo and lading.
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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...
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track of a ship
The line of a ship's course through the water. (See wake.)
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tread of a ship or keel
The length of her keel.
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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees.
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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chapelling a ship
The act of turning her round in a light breeze, when she is close hauled, without bracing the head-y...
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docking a ship
The act of drawing her into dock, and placing her properly on blocks, in order to give her the requi...
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frapping a ship
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...
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swifting a ship
Either bringing her aground or upon a careen; also passing cables round her bottom and upper-works, ...
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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.
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supernatant part of a ship
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....
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-ship
·noun A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chan...
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Ship
·noun Pay; reward.
II. Ship ·vi To embark on a ship.
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The Ship
1) Rent out of Corner House in Thames Street, being the sign of the Ship in parish of St. Mary at Hi...
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ship
[from the Anglo-Saxon scip]. Any craft intended for the purposes of navigation; but in a nautical se...
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Ship
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chainage of ship
An old right of the admiral.
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Co-mate
·noun A <<Companion>>.
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Smothered mate
·add. ·- Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.
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barge-mate
The officer who steers when a high personage is to visit the ship.
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boatswain's mate
Is an assistant to the boatswain, who had the peculiar command of the long-boat. He summons the watc...
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cabin-mate
A companion, when two occupy a cabin furnished with two bed-places.
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chief mate
, or chief officer
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gunner's mate
A petty officer appointed to assist the gunner.
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Merchant Taylors
Originally called Tailors and Linen-Armourers. A charter of Liberties was granted to them under this...
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caper merchant
A dancing master, or hop mercbant; marchand des capriolles. FRENCH TERM.--To cut papers; to leap or ...
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hop merchant
A dancing master.
See caper merchant.
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turkey merchant
A poulterer.
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forwarding merchant
One whose business it is to receive and forward goods for others. The internal navigation and trade ...
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cape-merchant
[capo].
An old name for super-cargo in early voyages, as also the head merchant in a factory.
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merchant service
The mercantile marine.
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merchant-venturers
A company of merchants who traded with Russia, Turkey, and other distant parts. In the Affectionate ...
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royal merchant
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fitting out a ship
The act of providing a ship with sufficient masts, sails, yards, ammunition, artillery, cordage, anc...
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
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·- Of.
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Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
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mate of the lower-deck
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...
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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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training-ship for the merchant service
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...
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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her.
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putting a ship in commission
The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted. This act brought the crew unde...
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Battle ship
·add. ·- An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thou...
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Burgess-ship
·noun The state of privilege of a burgess.
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Gauger-ship
·noun The office of a gauger.
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Hostess-ship
·noun The character, personality, or office of a hostess.
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Light-ship
·noun A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of danger...
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Lode-ship
·noun An old name for a pilot boat.
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Log-ship
·noun A part of the log. ·see Log-chip, and 2d Log, ·noun, 2.
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Ship railway
·add. ·- A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.
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Ship-rigged
·adj Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
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Tank ship
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Tank vessel.
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Ship Alley
1) An alley so called in parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, 36 Eliz. {Lond. I. p.m. III. 201)....
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Ship Court
West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now...
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Ship Tavern
1) On the east side of Water Lane. A passage at the upper end of Custom House Court leads through th...
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Ship Yard
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fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease.
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ship shape
Proper, as it ought to be.
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to re-ship
To ship again; to ship what has been conveyed by water or imported.--Webster.
Much used in all our ...
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british ship
May be foreign built, or rebuilt on a foreign keel which belonged to any of the people of Great Brit...
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carpenter, ship
A ship-builder. An officer appointed to examine and keep in order the hull of a ship, and all her ap...
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chandler, ship
Dealer in general stores for ships.
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chartered ship
One let to hire to one or more, or to a company. A general ship is where persons, unconnected, load ...
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clean ship
A whale-ship unfortunate in her trip, having no fish or oil.
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convict-ship
A vessel appropriated to the convicts of a dockyard; also one hired to carry out convicts to their d...
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crack-ship
One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...
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cupola-ship
Captain Coles's; the cupola being discontinued, now called turret-ship (which see).
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discovery ship
A vessel fitted for the purpose of exploring unknown seas and coasts. Discovery vessels were formerl...
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fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...
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flag-ship
A ship bearing an admiral's flag.
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fore-ship
An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel.
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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes.
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general ship
Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on board, in contradistinction to a chartered s...
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guard-ship
A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbour, and to visit the ships whi...
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gunnery-ship
A ship fitted for training men in the practice of charging, pointing, and firing guns and mortars fo...
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handy-ship
One that steers easily, and can be worked with the watch; or as some seamen would express it, "work ...
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hospital-ship
A vessel fitted to receive the sick, either remaining in port, or accompanying a fleet, as circumsta...
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ladrone ship
Literally a pirate, but it is the usual epithet applied by the Chinese to a man-of-war.
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light ship
In contradistinction to laden; a ship is said to be light when she has no cargo, or merely in ballas...
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lode-ship
A pilot boat, which was also employed in fishing; it is mentioned in statute 31 Edward III. c. 2.
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log-ship
A small line about 100 fathoms long, fastened to the log-ship by means of two legs, one of which pas...
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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...
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pennant-ship
Generally means the commodore, and vessels in the employ of government. It is also an authority dele...
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pivot-ship
In certain fleet evolutions, the sternmost ship remains stationary, as a pivot upon which the other ...
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prison-ship
One fitted up for receiving and detaining prisoners of war.
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pump ship!
The order to the crew to work the pumps to clear the hold of water.
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rated ship
Synonymous with post-ship in former times; the term ship alone now infers that it is a captain's com...
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rear-ship
The sternmost ship of a fleet.
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receiving-ship
At any port, to receive supernumerary seamen, or entered or impressed men for the royal navy.
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register ship
A Spanish plate-ship or galleon.
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re-ship
To ship again, or ship goods that have been imported or conveyed by water.
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shield-ship
A vessel fitted with one or more massive iron shields, each protecting a heavy gun or guns. The name...
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ship-boy
Boys apprenticed to learn their sea-duties, but generally appointed as servants.
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ship-breaker
A person who purchases old vessels to break them to pieces for sale.
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ship-broker
One who manages business matters between ship-owners and merchants, in procuring cargoes, &c., for v...
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ship-builder
Synonymous with naval constructor.
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ship-building
, or naval architecture
The art of constructing a ship so as to answer a particular purpose either...
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ship-chandler
A tradesman who supplies ships with their miscellaneous marine stores. (See material men.)
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ship-contractor
The charterer or freighter of a vessel.
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ship-craft
Nearly the same as the Anglo-Saxon scyp-cræft, an early word for navigation.
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ship-guns
Those cast expressly for sea-service.
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ship-keeper
An officer not much given to going on shore. Also, the man who has charge of a ship whilst she is wi...
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ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like.
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ship-launch
See launch.
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ship-load
The estimated lading or cargo of a vessel.
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ship-log
See log-book.
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ship-lord
A once recognized term for the owner of a ship.
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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...
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ship-owner
A person who has a right of property in a ship. The interest of part-owners is quite distinct, so th...
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ship-propeller
See screw-propeller.
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ship-shape
In colloquial phrase implies, in a seamanlike manner; as, "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put...
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ship-sloop
Commanders were appointed to 24-gun sloops, but when the same sloops were commanded by captains, the...
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ship-star
The Anglo-Saxon scyp-steora, an early name for the pole-star, once of the utmost importance in navig...
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ship-timber
Contraband in time of war.
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store-ship
A government vessel appropriated for carrying munitions and stores.
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tall ship
A phrase among the early voyagers for square-rigged vessels having top-masts.
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turret-ship
A vessel, more or less armoured, fitted with one or more heavily plated revolving turrets, each carr...
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unwholesome ship
One that will neither hull, try, nor ride, without labouring heavily in a sea. Also applied to a sug...
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war-ship
Any ship equipped for offence and defence; whereas man-of-war generally signifies a vessel belonging...
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wholesome ship
One that will try, hull, and ride well, without heavy labouring in the sea.
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A. F. of L.
·add. ·- American Federation of Labor.
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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son of a gun
This phrase is heard in low language with us as in England.
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boll of a tree
the stem, trunk, or body. N.
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newst of a newstness
i. e. much of a muchness. Glouc.
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abandonment of a vessel
Deserting and abandoning her by reason of unseaworthiness or danger of remaining in her, also when g...
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antecedent of a ratio
The first of the two terms.
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bar of a harbour
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bar of a port
or bar of a harbour
An accumulated shoal or bank of sand, shingle, gravel, or other uliginous subs...
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barrel of a capstan
The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece.
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barrel of a pump
The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine.
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bed of a mortar
The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...
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body, of a place
In fortification, the space inclosed by the enceinte, or line of bastions and curtains.
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breaking of a gale
Indications of a return of fine weather; short gusts at intervals; moaning or whistling of the wind ...
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breech of a cannon
The after-end, next the vent or touch-hole. It is the most massive part of a gun; strictly speaking,...
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broth of a boy
An excellent, though roystering fellow.
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bunt of a sail
The middle part of it, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. I...
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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle.
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carriage of a gun
The frame on which it is mounted for firing, constructed either exclusively for this purpose, or als...
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chamber of a mine
The seat or receptacle prepared for the powder-charge, usually at the end of the gallery, and out of...
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chase of a gun
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
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clue of a hammock
The combination of small lines by which it is suspended, being formed of knittles, grommets, and lan...
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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coom of a wave
The comb or crest. The white summit when it breaks.
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crater of a mine
Synonymous with funnel (which see).
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depth of a sail
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech...
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detention of a vessel
: on just ground, as supposed war, suspicious papers, undue number of men, found hovering, or cargo ...
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ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale.
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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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eye of a stay
That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...
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eyes of a messenger
Eyes spliced in its ends to lash together.
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.
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fetch of a gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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flight of a shot
The trajectory formed between the muzzle of the gun and the first graze.
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fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...
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gallery of a mine
The passage of horizontal communication, as distinguished from the shaft or vertical descent, made u...
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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...
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hood of a pump
A frame covering the upper wheel of a chain-pump.
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hullock of a sail
A small part lowered in a gale.
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profile of a fort
See orthographic projection.
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range of a gun
The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...
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refusal of a pile
Its stoppage or obstruction, when it cannot be driven further in.
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ribs of a parrel
An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...
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score of a block, or of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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shaft of a mine
The narrow perpendicular pit by which the gallery is entered, and from which the branches of the min...
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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shoulder of a bastion
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...
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sill of a dock
The timber at the base against which the gates shut; and the depth of water which will float a vesse...
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skeleton of a regiment
Its principal officers and staff.
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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son of a gun
An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when w...
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tail of a gale
The latter part of a gale, when its violence is dying out.
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