middle-timber

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• Middle

  ·adj Intermediate; intervening. II. Middle ·adj the <<Waist>>. III. Middle ·adj Equally distant fr...

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• Timber

  ·vi To make a nest. II. Timber ·vi To light on a tree. III. Timber ·noun The crest on a coat of ar...

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• timber

  [Anglo-Saxon]. All large pieces of wood used in ship-building, as floor-timbers, cross-pieces, futto...

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• Middle-age

  ·- Of or pertaining to the Middle Ages; mediaeval. ...

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• Middle-aged

  ·adj Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old. ...

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• Middle-earth

  ·noun The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell. ...

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• Middle-ground

  ·noun That part of a picture between the foreground and the background. ...

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• Middle Court

  In Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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• Middle Row

  1) In Newgate Street, extending from Blow bladder street to Newgate Market (Leake, 1666). In Farring...

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• Middle Street

  West out of Cloth Street to King Street and Cloth Fair (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without....

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• Middle Temple

  One of the Inns of Court (q.v.). On the western side of the Temple precincts, to the west of Middle...

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• middle band

  One of the bands of a sail, to give additional strength. ...

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• middle-topsail

  A deep-roached sail, set in some schooners and sloops on the heel of their top-masts between the top...

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• middle-wales

  The three or four thick strakes worked along each side between the lower and middle-deck-ports in th...

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• middle-watch

  The portion of the crew on deck-duty from midnight to 4 A.M. ...

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• middle-watcher

  The slight meal snatched by officers of the middle-watch about five bells (or 2·30 A.M.) ...

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• Timber Wharf

  1) See Dorset Wharf. 2) South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of Timber Yard (Rocque, 1746...

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• Timber Yard

  1) See Little Somerset Street. 2) At the south end of William Street, between Wood and Co.'s Wharf ...

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• belly timber

  Food of all sorts. ...

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• timber toe

  A man with a wooden leg. ...

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• timber-tug

  Kent. The carriage of a waggon for conveying timber, with a long perch, which may be adapted to any ...

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• knee-timber

  That sort of crooked timber which forms at its back or elbow an angle of from 24° to 45°; but the mo...

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• proof timber

  In naval architecture, an imaginary timber, expressed by vertical lines in the sheer-draught, to pro...

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• seasoned timber

  Such as has been cut down, squared, and stocked for one season at least. ...

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• ship-timber

  Contraband in time of war. ...

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• tasting timber

  Chipping it with an adze, and boring it with an augur, to ascertain its quality. ...

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• timber-converter

  A dockyard official who has the charge of converting timber for its different purposes in ship-build...

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• timber-heads

  The heads of the timbers that rise above the decks, and are used for belaying hawsers, large ropes, ...

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• timber-hitch

  , is made by taking the end of a rope round a spar, and after leading it under and over the standing...

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• timber-taster

  One appointed to examine and pronounce upon the fitness of timber. ...

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• Middle New Street

  East out of Great New Street at No. 18 and New Street Square, Fetter Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farri...

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• Middle Temple Hall

  On the west side of Middle Temple Lane, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). Great Hall new...

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• Middle Temple Lane

  South out of Fleet Street at No. 3 through the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward...

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• middle-latitude sailing

  A method of converting departure in difference of longitude, and vice versâ, by using the middle lat...

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• High Timber Street

  South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...

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• grain of timber

  In a transverse section of a tree, two different grains are seen: those running in a circular manner...

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• grain-cut timber

  That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...

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• rough-tree timber

  Upright pieces of timber placed at intervals along the side of a vessel, to support the rough-tree. ...

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• side counter-timber

  The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...

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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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• top-timber breadth

  The distance between the upper part of the same timber and the middle line. ...

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• top-timber hollow

  A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber. ...

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• Timber Yard, Dorset Street

  See New River Office and Yard. ...

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• Dark Lane, High Timber Street

  See Dark House Lane. ...

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• Timber Yard, Upper Thames Street

  See George Yard. ...

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