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

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Roll
·v Part; office; duty; role. II. Roll ·v That which rolls; a roller. III. Roll ·v A cylindrical tw...

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Roll
The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered "roll" or "volume" is meghillah, found in...

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roll
A uniform beat of the drum, without variation, for a considerable time. The divisions are summoned b...

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Roll
A book in ancient times consisted of a single long strip of paper or parchment, which was usually ke...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
count-muster
n. a gathering, especially ofsheep or cattle in order to count them. 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Syd...

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

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Counter-roll
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...

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Ragman's roll
·- The rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance t...

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roll up
v. intr. to gather, to assemble. 1887. J. Farrell, `How he died,' p. 26: «The miners all rolled u...

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roll-up
n. a meeting. See preceding verb. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxxv. p. 308: «Makin...

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bend-roll
A rest formerly used for a heavy musket. ...

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easy roll
A vessel is said to "roll deep but easy" when she moves slowly, and not with quick jerks. ...

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fire-roll
A peculiar beat of the drum to order people to their stations on an alarm of fire. Summons to quarte...

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midshipman's roll
A slovenly method of rolling up a hammock transversely, and lashing it endways by one clue. ...

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

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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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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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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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Tobacco Roll Court
West out of Gracechurch Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). The site i...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly. ...

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