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Mid
·noun <<Middle>>. II. Mid ·prep ·see <<Amid>>. III. Mid ·superl Denoting the middle part; as, in m...

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mid
The intermediate or middle part of anything. Also, per contractionem, a midshipman. ...

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Channel
·noun A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. II. Channel ·vt To course through or over, as in a...

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Channel
1) The bed of the sea or of a river (Ps. 18:15; Isa. 8:7). 2) The "chanelbone" (Job 31:22 marg.), p...

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channel
In hydrography, the fair-way, or deepest part of a river, harbour, or strait, which is most convenie...

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Mid sea
·- ·Alt. of Mid-sea. ...

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Mid-sea
·- The middle part of the sea or ocean. ...

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channel-bill
n. name given to a birdresembling a large cuckoo, Scythrops novae-hollandiae,Lath. See Scythrops. ...

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channel-bolts
The long bolts which pass through all the planks, and connect the channel to the side. ...

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channel-gropers
The home-station ships cruising in the Channel; usually small vessels to watch the coast in former t...

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channel-groping
The carrying despatches, and cruising from port to port in soundings. ...

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channel-plates
See chain-plates. ...

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channel-wales
Strakes worked between the gun-deck and the upper deck ports of large ships. Also, the outside plank...

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