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moderate
mŏdĕrātē, adv., v. modero fin. ...

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moderate
moderātē adv.with comp.and sup.moderatus, with moderation, moderately : agere: auctoritate uti: iu...

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Moderate
·vi To preside as a moderator. II. Moderate ·adj Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at...

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Gale
·noun A song or story. II. Gale ·vi To sale, or sail fast. III. Gale ·vi To <<Sing>>. IV. Gale ·n...

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gale
1) an old bull, castrated. Hants. 2) a tun-dish, used in brewing. N. 3) the vat in which the beer ...

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moderate breeze
When all the flying kites may be pleasantly carried. ...

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Gale-opithecus
·noun A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. ·see <<Colugo>>. ...

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Loom-gale
·noun A gentle gale of wind. ...

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chocolate-gale
A brisk N.W. wind of the West Indies and Spanish main. ...

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feeding-gale
A storm which is on the increase, sometimes getting worse at each succeeding squall. When a gale fre...

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fresh gale
A more powerful wind than a fresh breeze (which see). ...

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gentle gale
In which a ship carries royals and flying-kites; force 4. ...

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hard gale
When the violence of the wind reduces a ship to be under her storm staysails, No. 10 force. ...

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heavy gale
A strong wind, in which a ship is reduced to storm-staysails and close-reefed main-topsail. Force 10...

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loom-gale
An easy gale of wind, in which a ship can carry her whole top-sails a-trip. ...

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steady gale
A fresh breeze pretty uniform in force and direction. ...

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strong gale
That strength of wind under which close-reefed top-sails and storm-staysails are usually carried whe...

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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...

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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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tail of a gale
The latter part of a gale, when its violence is dying out. ...

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lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...

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try, to, or lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...

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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...

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