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Navy
·noun A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. II. Navy ·noun...

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navy
Any assembly of ships, whether for commerce or war. More particularly the vessels of war which, belo...

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Board
·noun The side of a ship. II. Board ·noun A table to put food upon. III. Board ·noun To enter, as ...

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board
n. term used by shearers. See quotation. 1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Dec. 23, p. 6, col. 1: «...

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board
Certain offices under the control of the executive government, where the business of any particular ...

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board and board
Alongside, as when two ships touch each other. ...

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Navy blue
·add. ·- Prussian blue. ...

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Volunteer navy
·add. ·- A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who sail under the flag of the regula...

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Navy Office
On the south side of Crutched Friars and east of Seething Lane. In Tower and Aldgate Wards (Strype, ...

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navy office
The Fleet prison. Commander of the Fleet; the warden of the Fleet prison. ...

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navy agents
Selected mercantile houses, about fourteen, who manage the affairs of officers' pay, prizes, &c., fo...

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navy bills
Bills of removal, transfer, &c., are not negotiable, nor can they be made other use of. ...

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navy transport
See transport. ...

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navy-yard
A royal arsenal for the navy. ...

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Plug board
·add. ·- A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs. ...

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Sound-board
·noun A sounding-board. ...

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Sounding-board
·noun ·see Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. II. Sounding-board ·noun A thin board which propag...

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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc. ...

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penance board
The pillory. ...

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above-board
In open sight; without artifice, or trick. "A figurative expression," says Johnson, "borrowed from g...

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above-board
Over the deck; a term used for open fair dealing, without artifice or trick. ...

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arch-board
The part of the stern over the counter, immediately under the knuckles of the stern-timbers. ...

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back-board
A board across the stern sheets of a boat to support the back of passengers; and also to form the bo...

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bevelling-board
A piece of board on which the bevellings or angles of the timbers are described. ...

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board him
A colloquialism for I'll ask, demand, or accost him. Hence Shakspeare makes Polonius say of Hamlet, ...

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clap-board
[German, klapp-bord]. An east-country commercial plank, which ought to be upwards of 13 feet in le...

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covering-board
See plank-sheer. ...

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flashing-board
To raise or set off. ...

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foot-board
The same as gang-board, but not so sailor-like. (See stretchers.) ...

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free-board
See plank-sheer. ...

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gang-board
The narrow platform within the side next the gunwale, connecting the quarter-deck to the forecastle....

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in-board
Within the ship; the opposite of out-board. ...

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letter-board
Another term for name-board (which see). ...

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log-board
Two boards shutting together like a book, and divided into several columns, in which to record, thro...

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medical board
A number of medical officers convened to examine sick and wounded officers and men, for invaliding o...

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name-board
The arch-board, or part whereon the ship's name and port are painted. ...

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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard. ...

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out-board
The outside of the ship: the reverse of in-board. ...

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pointer-board
A simple contrivance for duly training a ship's guns. ...

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sea-board
The line along which the land and water meet, indicating the limit common to both. ...

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serving-board
A flattened piece of hard wood with a handle, for passing service on the smaller ropes. ...

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stern-board
This term is familiarly known to seamen as tacking by misadventure in stays; or purposely, as a seam...

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traverse-board
A thin circular piece of board, marked with all the points of the compass, and having eight holes bo...

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wash-board
, or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward. ...

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within-board
Inside a ship. ...

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Old Navy Office
See Navy Office. ...

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board of trade
A committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of commercial matters. ...

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by the board
Over the ship's side. When a mast is carried away near the deck it is said to go by the board. ...

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local marine-board
See marine boards. ...

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commissioners of the navy
Certain officers formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the navy, under the direction of t...

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comptroller of the navy
Formerly the chief commissioner of the navy board, at which he presided. ...

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surveyors of the navy
Two officers who formerly sat at the navy board, being invested with the charge of building and repa...

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Metropolitan Asylums' Board Offices
On the north side of Victoria Embankment, in Farringdon Ward Without. See Saxton's Still House. ...

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make a good board
See board. ...

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accountant-general of the navy
Superintendent of pay and general accounts of the navy. ...

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lieutenant, in the royal navy
The officer next in rank and power below the commander. There are several lieutenants in a large shi...

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pay of the royal navy
is settled by act of parliament. In the merchant service seamen are paid by the month, and receive t...

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wages or pay of the royal navy
is settled by act of parliament. In the merchant service seamen are paid by the month, and receive t...

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board him in the smoke
To take a person by surprise, as by firing a broadside, and boarding in the smoke. ...

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take water on board, to
To ship a sea. ...

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victualling-yards for the royal navy
Large magazines where provisions and similar stores are deposited, conveniently contiguous to the ro...

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volunteering from a merchantman into the navy
Any seaman can leave his ship for the purpose of forthwith entering into the royal navy; and thus le...

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