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Topsail
·noun In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the ...

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

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Fore-topsail
·noun ·see <<Sail>>. ...

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Gaff-topsail
·noun A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast. ...

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gaff-topsail
A light triangular or quadrilateral sail, the head being extended on a small gaff which hoists on th...

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jib-topsail
A light sail set on the topmost stay of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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topsail-schooner
Is full schooner-rigged, but carries a square-topsail on the fore-mast; the fore-sail not bent, but ...

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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-timber
That timber in the stern which is placed amidships. ...

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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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main-topsail haul!
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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square-topsail sloop
Sloops which carry standing yards. ...

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topsail-sheet bitts
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed. ...

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tubs, topsail-halliard
Circular framed racks in which the topsail-halliards are coiled clear for running, and are prevented...

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two-topsail-schooner
See topsail-schooner. ...

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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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