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·noun A chamber lamp or light. II. Mortar ·vt To plaster or make fast with mortar. III. Mortar ·no...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen. 11:3; Ex. 1:14); also potter's clay (Isa. 41:25; Nah. 3:...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A short piece of ordnance used for throwing shells, so that they may fall nearly vertical; they thus...
The Sailor's Word-Book
(Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; Leviticus 14:42,45; Isaiah 41:25; Ezekiel 13:10,11,14,15; 22:28; Nehemia...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A general term for those employed in the fisheries, from the catching of sprats to the taking of wha...
All paint outside, and no order within. ...
Those equipped for examining coasts, dangers, &c.; their utility is unquestionable. Some of the smal...
An efficient apparatus for throwing a shell with a line and chain attached to it, over a stranded ve...
See bomb-beds, &c. ...
See bomb-vessel. ...
A brass one of 5-1/2 inches diameter of bore, and 150 lbs. weight, throwing a 24-pounder shell up to...
Half a quarter of a sheet. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Ships from foreign parts, as distinguished from coasters. ...
The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.) ...