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quarter-shot
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moor, to
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·vt Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
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moor
An upland swamp, boggy, with fresh water. Also, an open common.
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moor across, to
To lay out one of the anchors across stream.
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moor along, to
To anchor in a river with a hawser on shore to steady her.
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Quarter
·vt Friendship; amity; concord.
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quarter
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Shot
·pl of Shot.
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shot
To pay one's shot; to pay one's share of a reckoning. Shot betwixt wind and water; poxed or clapped....
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shot
Another pronunciation of the word scot, a reckoning.
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shot
All sorts of missiles to be discharged from fire-arms, those for great guns being mainly of iron; fo...
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moor the boat, to
To fasten her with two ropes, so that the one shall counteract the other, and keep her in a steady p...
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Moor Court
1) In Miles' Lane, near Crooked Lane (Strype, Ed. 1755~Boyle, 1799).
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Moor Lane
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Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51).
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Moor Yard
South out of Old Fish Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677 Boyle, 1799).
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moor-hen
n.
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moor-gallop
A west-country term for a sudden squall coming across the moors.
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Quarter round
·- An <<Ovolo>>.
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Quarter-deck
·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
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Quarter-saw
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Three-quarter
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five;
— said of portraitures.
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staring quarter
An ox cheek.
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last quarter
See quarter, last.
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quarter, first
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...
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quarter, last
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards...
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quarter-badge
Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...
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quarter-bill
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...
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quarter-blocks
Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...
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quarter-boat
Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter.
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quarter-cask
One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons.
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quarter-cloths
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...
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quarter-davits
Pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quar...
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quarter-deck
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.)
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quarter-deckers
Those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship.
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quarter-deckish
Punctilious, severe.
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quarter-fast
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quarter-flood
See flood.
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quarter-gallery
A sort of balcony with windows on the quarters of large ships. (See gallery.)
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quarter-galley
A Barbary cruiser.
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quarter-guard
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp.
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quarter-gunner
See gunner.
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quarter-ladder
From the quarter-deck to the poop.
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quarter-man
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen.
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quarter-master
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...
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quarter-nettings
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...
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quarter-pieces
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries.
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quarter-point
A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle.
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quarter-ports
Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...
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quarter-rails
Narrow moulded planks, reaching from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence to the quarter...
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quarter-sights
The engraved index on the base-rings of cannon in quarter degrees from point-blank to two or three d...
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quarter-slings
Are supports attached to a yard or other spar at one or both sides of (but not in) its centre.
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quarter-stanchions
Strong iron stanchions in a square-sterned vessel, connecting the main-rail with the taffrail; used ...
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quarter-tackle
A strong tackle fixed occasionally upon the quarter of the main-yard, to hoist heavy bodies in or ou...
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quarter-timbers
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter.
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quarter-watch
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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds.
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Burrel shot
·- A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, ·etc., fired from a cannon at short range, ...
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Case shot
·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
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Flight-shot
·noun The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, — about the fifth of a mile.
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Headmold shot
·- ·Alt. of Headmould shot.
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Headmould shot
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Masse shot
·noun A stroke made with the cue held vertically.
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Pot shot
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Shot samples
·add. ·- Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granul...
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Shot-clog
·noun A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, o...
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Shot-free
·adj Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
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Shot-proof
·adj Impenetrable by shot.
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Sight-shot
·noun Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Snap shot
·add. ·- Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
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Split shot
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Split stroke.
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buck-shot
n.
a settlers' term for ageological formation. See quotation.
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shanghai-shot
n.
a short distance,a stone's-throw.
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by a long shot
By a long way; by a great deal.
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slung-shot
An offensive weapon formed of two leaden or iron bullets fastened together by a piece of rope five o...
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shot-flagon
the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb.
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angel-shot
A ball cut in two, and the halves joined by a chain.
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canister shot
See case-shot, common.
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chain-shot
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
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chilled shot
Shot of very rapidly cooled cast-iron, i.e. cast in iron moulds, and thus found to acquire a hardnes...
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ear-shot
The distance or range of hearing.
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eye-shot
Within sight.
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fresh shot
A river swollen by rain or tributaries; it also signifies the falling down of any great river into t...
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gun-shot
Formerly, the distance up to which a gun would throw a shot direct to its mark, without added elevat...
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hail-shot
Small shot for cannon.
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hollow shot
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hot-shot
Balls made red-hot in a furnace. Amongst the savages in Bergou, the women are in the rear of the com...
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long-shot
A distant range. It is also used to express a long way; a far-fetched explanation; something incredi...
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musket-shot
Was the computed distance of 400 yards, now undergoing change.
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random shot
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round shot
The cast-iron balls fitting the bores of their respective guns, as distinguished from grape or other...
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sand-shot
Those cast in moulds of sand, when economy is of more importance than form or hardness; the small ba...
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shot-locker
A compartment built up in the hold to contain the shot.
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shot-net
A mackerel-net.
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shot-plugs
Tapered cones to stop any sized shot-hole.
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shot-racks
Wooden frames fixed at convenient distances to contain shot.
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spent shot
A shot that has lost its penetrative velocity, yet capable of inflicting grave injury as long as it ...
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tier-shot
That kind of grapeshot which is secured in tiers by parallel iron discs.
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trundle-shot
An iron bolt 16 or 18 inches long, with sharp points, and a ball of lead just inside each head.
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water-shot
, or quarter-shot.
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·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer.
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On the east side of Moor Lane north of the Metropolitan Railway. In Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1...
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Little Moor Gate
See Blomfield Street.
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moor a cable each way, to
Is dropping one anchor, veering out two cables' lengths, and letting go another anchor from the oppo...
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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jack's quarter-deck
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle.
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on the quarter
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
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quarter-deck nettings
See netting.
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quarter-deck officers
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command.
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quarter-master general
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...
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case-shot, common
Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...
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cross-bar-shot
The famed cross-bar-shot, or properly bar-shot, used by the Americans: when folded it presented a ba...
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double-headed shot
Differing from bar-shot by being similar to dumb-bells, only the shot are hemispherical.
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spherical case-shot
See shrapnel shell.
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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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Carr Yard, Moor Lane
See Car Square.
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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To-rent
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to bam
To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.
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to bamboozle
To make a fool of any one, to humbug or impose on him.
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to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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to bitch
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
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to bite
To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to...
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to bug
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
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to grab
To seize a man. The pigs grabbed the kiddey for a crack: the officers, seized the youth for a burgla...
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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to twig
To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, sn...
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hump, to
v.
to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...
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jump, to
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to buckle-to
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to cotton to
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abase, to
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abate, to
An old Anglo-Norman word from abattre, to beat down or destroy; as, to abate a castle or fort, is to...
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abet, to
To excite or encourage a common word, greatly in use at boat-racings, and other competitive acts.
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abrase, to
To dubb or smooth planks.
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accoil, to
To coil together, by folding round. (See coil.)
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accompany, to
To sail together; to sail in convoy.
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accost, to
To pass within hail of a ship; to sail coastwise; to approach, to draw near, or come side by side.
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adjourn, to
To put off till another day. Adjournments can be made in courts-martial from day to day, Sundays exc...
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adjust, to
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a ch...
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advance, to
An old word, meaning to raise to honour.
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aid, to
To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.
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allow, to
To concede a destined portion of stores, &c.
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annul, to
To nullify a signal.
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answer, to
To reply, to succeed; as, the frigate has answered the signal. This boat will not answer.
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commute, to
To lighten the sentence of a court-martial, on a recommendation of the court to the commander-in-chi...
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compass, to
To curve; also to obtain one's object.
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compliment, to
To render naval or military honour where due.
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conquer, to
To overcome decidedly.
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consign, to
To send a consignment of goods to an agent or factor for sale or disposal.
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copper, to
To cover the ship's bottom with prepared copper.
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corn, to
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couple, to
To bend two hawsers together; coupling links of a cable; coupling shackles.
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cripple, to
To disable an enemy's ship by wounding his masts, yards, and steerage gear, thereby placing him hors...
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cund, to
To give notice which way a shoal of fish is gone.
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cure, to
To salt meat or fish.
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debark, to
To land; to go on shore.
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decamp, to
To raise the camp; the breaking up from a place where an army has been encamped.
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deck, to
A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails."
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derrick, to
A cant term for setting out on a small not over-creditable enterprise. The act is said to be named f...
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dress, to
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
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drive, to
[from the Anglo-Saxon dryfan].
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dubb, to
To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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egg, to
To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
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eke, to
[Anglo-Saxon eácan, to prolong.] To make anything go far by reduction and moderation, as in shorteni...
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embark, to
To go on board, or to put on board a vessel.
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endanger, to
To expose to peril.
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enrol, to
To enter the name on the roll of a corps.
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ensconce, to
To intrench; to protect by a slight fortification.
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gip, to
To take the entrails out of fishes.
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gird, to
To bind; used formerly for striking a blow.
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glent, to
To turn aside or quit the original direction, as a shot does from accidentally impinging on a hard s...
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glower, to
to stare or look intently.
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grabble, to
To endeavour to hook a sunk article. To catch fish by hand in a brook.
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grapple, to
To hook with a grapnel; to lay hold of. First used by Duilius to prevent the escape of the Carthagin...
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