muster-paper

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• inside muster-paper

  A description of paper supplied from the dockyards, ruled and headed, for making ships' books. ...

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• outside muster-paper

  A paper with the outer part blank, but the inner portion ruled and headed; supplied from the dock ya...

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• Muster

  ·vt A show; a display. II. Muster ·vt Any assemblage or display; a gathering. III. Muster ·vt Some...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Paper

  ·vt To fold or inclose in paper. II. Paper ·noun A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. III. P...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Paper

  The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), "the paper reeds by the brooks," is in the Rev...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Paper

  [Writing] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• count-muster

  n. a gathering, especially ofsheep or cattle in order to count them. 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Syd...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• false muster

  An incorrect statement of the crew on the ship's books, which if proved subjects the captain to cash...

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• muster, to

  To assemble in order that the state and condition of the men may be seen, and also at times to inspe...

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• muster-book

  A copy of a ship of war's open list, drawn up for the use of the clerk of the check, in calling over...

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• muster-roll

  A document kept by the master of every British vessel, specifying the name, age, quality, and countr...

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• Alpha paper

  ·add. ·- A sensitized paper for obtaining positives by artificial light. It is coated with gelatin c...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Asthma paper

  ·add. ·- Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burning paper are often inhaled as an ...

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• Blotting paper

  ·- A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written man...

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• Carborundum paper

  ·add. ·- Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum. ...

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• Casse Paper

  ·- Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream. ...

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• Joss paper

  ·add. ·- Gold and silver paper burned by the Chinese, in the form of coins or ingots, in worship and...

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• Note paper

  ·- Writing paper, not exceeding in size, when folded once, five by eight inches. ...

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• Ozone paper

  ·add. ·- Paper coated with starch and potassium iodine. It turns blue when exposed to ozone. ...

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• Torchon paper

  ·add. ·- Paper with a rough surface; ·esp., handmade paper of great hardness for the use of painters...

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• Touch-paper

  ·noun Paper steeped in saltpeter, which burns slowly, and is used as a match for firing gunpowder, a...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Paper Buildings

  On the west side of King's Bench Walk, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). First mention:...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Paper Street

  East out of Redcross Street at No.49, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). First mention: ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• paper scull

  A thin-scull'd foolish fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• paper-fish

  n. a Tasmanian name. See Bastard Trumpeter and Morwong. 1883. `Royal Commission on Fisheries of Ta...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• ravel-paper

  Kent. A sort between white and brown, and called in the North whity-brown paper. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bang-tail muster

  See quotation. 1887. W. S. S. Tyrwhitt, `The New Churn in the Queensland Bush,'p. 61: «Every third...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• muster the watch

  A duty performed nightly at 8 P.M., and repeated when the watch is relieved up to 4 A.M. ...

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• phrase of paper

  Half a quarter of a sheet. See *vessel, physog. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• vessels of paper

  Half a quarter of a sheet. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• paper-bark tree

  or Paper-barked Tea-tree ,n. Called also Milk-wood (q.v.). Name given tothe species Melaleuca leuc...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• phrase of paper

  See fraze. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• vessel of paper

  See fraze. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• whity-brown paper

  See ravel-bread before. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• brown-paper warrant

  See warrant. ...

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• protections, on paper

  , against impressment, were but little regarded. Yet seafaring men above 55, and under 18, were by s...

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