A large chest containing the medical necessaries that may be required for 100 men during the cruize. Several chests are thus fitted and supplied in proportion to the ship's crew, ready for detached service.
·noun A philter or love potion. II. Medicine ·noun A <<Physician>>. III. Medicine ·add. ·noun Shor...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Egypt was the earliest home of medical and other skill for the region of the Mediterranean basin, an...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·vi To place in a coffin. II. Chest ·noun A <<Coffin>>. III. Chest ·noun Strife; contention; contr...
(Heb. 'aron, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
By this word are translated in the Authorized Version two distinct Hebrew terms: • Aron ; this is i...
·add. ·- Treatment by commands or positive statements addressed to a more or less hypnotized patient...
i.q. horse-radish tree (q.v.). ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
·- A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and...
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
The reservoir for steam above the water of the boiler; sometimes termed steam-chamber. ...
A shoe-black's brush and wig, &c. Irish. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An ancient institution, restored and established by an order in council of Queen Elizabeth, in 1590,...