A buoy made of staves, somewhat in the form of a double cone; large in the middle, and tapering rapidly to the ends; the slinging of which is a good specimen of practical rigging tact.
·noun The European blue titmouse. II. Nun ·noun The <<Smew>>. III. Nun ·noun A white variety of do...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
same as Non ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11). ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(fish, or posterity), the father of the Jewish captain Joshua. (Exodus 33:11) etc. His genealogical ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·vi To <<Float>>; to rise like a buoy. II. Buoy ·vt To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking...
A sort of close cask, or block of wood, fastened by a rope to the anchor, to show its situation afte...
The Sailor's Word-Book
East out of Coleman Street at No.74. In Coleman Street Ward (P.O Directory). First mention: "Nuns C...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
·- ·see under Buoy, ·noun. ...
A large can-buoy on which is placed, in wicker-work, a bell, which is sounded by the heaving and set...
The rope which attaches the buoy to the anchor, which should always be of sufficient strength to lif...
See can-buoys. ...
East out of Aldermanbury at No. 19 (P.O. Directory). In Bassishaw Ward and Cripplegate Ward Within, ...
A prostitute. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Used where the end is lashed to the shank. A knot made by unlaying the strands of a cable-laid rope,...
Clearing it of the water which has entered it by leakage, and would otherwise prevent its watching. ...
To let the buoy fall from the after-part of the ship's side into the water, preparatory to letting g...
See Three Nuns Yard. ...
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...