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on a bowline
Close to the wind, when the sail will not stand without hauling the bowlines.
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Wind
·noun Power of respiration; breath.
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wind
To raise the wind; to procure mony.
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wind
an alley or narrow street. Scotch.
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wind
[precisely the Anglo-Saxon word]. A stream or current of air which may be felt. The horizon being di...
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On
·prep <<Of>>.
II. On ·prep At the peril of, or for the safety of.
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On
pain; force; iniquity
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On
Light; the sun, (Gen. 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer. 43:13...
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on
prep.
Used for In, in many cases,especially of towns which sprang from Goldfields, and where theori...
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on
to be a little on is to be tipsy. Derb.
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on
The sea is said to be "on" when boisterous; as, there is a high sea on.
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dead upon a wind
Braced sharp up and bowlines hauled.
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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bent on a splice
Going to be married.
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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A
·- Of.
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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Broken wind
·- The <<Heaves>>.
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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind.
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Thick wind
·- A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the sign...
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Up-wind
·add. ·adv Against the wind.
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Volcanic wind
·add. ·- A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection current...
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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...
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Wind-break
·noun A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
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Wind-broken
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...
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Wind-fertilized
·adj Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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Wind-rode
·adj Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide;
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Wind-shaken
·add. ·adj Shaken by the wind;.
II. Wind-shaken ·add. ·adj affected by wind shake, or anemosis (whi...
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Wind-sucker
·noun A horse given to wind-sucking.
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·noun A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air;
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Wind-up
·add. ·noun Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se.
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hot wind
n.
an Australian meteorologicalphenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.The phras...
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to wind up
To close up; to give the quietus to an antagonist in a debate; to effectually demolish.
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wind-berry
a bilberry or whortleberry. N.
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wind-row
to wind-row, to rake the mown grass into rows, called wind-rows. Norf. and Suff.
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wind-gauge
See anemometer
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beating wind
That which requires the ship to make her way by tacks; a baffling or contrary wind.
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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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eddy-wind
That which is beat back, or returns, from a sail, bluff hill, or anything which impedes its passage;...
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fall-wind
A sudden gust.
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foul wind
That which prevents a ship from laying her course.
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gall-wind
See wind-gall.
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
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high wind
See heavy gale.
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leading-wind
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...
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north wind
This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....
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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds.
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soldier's wind
One which serves either way; allowing a passage to be made without much nautical ability.
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south-wind
A mild wind in the British seas with frequent fogs; it generally brings rain or damp weather.
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traverse-wind
A wind which sets right in to any harbour, and prevents the departure of vessels.
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west wind
This and its collateral, the S.W., prevail nearly three-fourths of the year in the British seas, and...
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wild-wind
An old term for whirlwind.
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wind-bands
Long clouds supposed to indicate bad weather.
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wind-bound
Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds.
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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...
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wind-gage
See anemometer.
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wind-gall
A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye,...
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wind-rode
A ship is wind-rode when the wind overcomes an opposite tidal force, and she rides head to wind.
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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wind-taut
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind.
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wind-tight
A cask or vessel to contain water is said to be wind-tight and water-tight.
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young wind
The commencement of the land or sea breeze.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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pick up a wind, to
Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...
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Ca-on
·noun A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses.
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Hanger-on
·noun One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to o...
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Hangers-on
·pl of Hanger-on.
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On dit
·- They say, or it is said.
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On-hanger
·noun A hanger-on.
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On-looker
·noun A looker-on.
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On-looking
·adj Looking on or forward.
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Pi-on
·noun ·see Monkey's puzzle.
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Putter-on
·noun An <<Instigator>>.
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Slip-on
·noun A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak.
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hanger on
A dependant.
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try on
To endeavour. To live by thieving. Coves who try it on; professed thieves.
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to carry on
To riot; to frolic.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to hold on
To wait; stop. 'Hold on a minute;' originally a sea phrase.
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to let on
To mention; to disclose; to betray a knowledge or consciousness of anything. 'He never let on,' i. e...
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to light on
To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find.--Webster.
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to take on
To grieve; to fret at a misfortune or disappointment.
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to tell on
To tell of; to tell about.
"Well," says the Gineral, "I am glad I didn't understand him, for now it...
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goings on
Behavior; actions; conduct. Used by us as in England mostly in a bad sense. See Carryings on.
Prett...
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hanger-on
A dependant; one who eats and drinks without payment.--Johnson.
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on hand
At hand; present. A colloquial expression in frequent use.
The Anti-Sabbath meeting, so long talked...
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leck-on
pour on more liquor. N. Perhaps from LEEK. N.
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lite on
to* lite on, to rely on. N.
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minnin-on
a forenoon luncheon. York.
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think on
think of it ; as, I will if I think on.
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broadside-on
The whole side of a vessel; the opposite of end-on.
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clap on!
The order to lay hold of any rope, in order to haul upon it.
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
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holding-on
The act of pulling back the hind part of any rope.
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hold on
keep all you have got in pulling a rope.
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on board
Within a ship; the same as aboard.
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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set on!
The order to set the engine going on board a steamer.
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shutting on
Joining the arms of an anchor to its shank. Also, welding one piece of iron to another to lengthen i...
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tail on
, or tally on
The order to clap on to a rope.
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lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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laying or lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms.
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
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breath of wind
All but a dead calm.
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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capful of wind
A light flaw, which suddenly careens a vessel and passes off.
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fret of wind
A squally flaw.
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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...
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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind.
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haul my wind
An expression when an individual is going upon a new line of action. To avoid a quarrel or difficult...
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head to wind
The situation of a ship or boat when her head is pointed directly to windward. The term is particula...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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shift of wind
Implies that it varies, or has changed in its direction.
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slant of wind
An air of which advantage may be taken.
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slope of wind
A breeze favouring a long tack near to the required course, and which may be expected to veer to fai...
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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wind away, to
To steer through narrow channels.
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block, on the
1) On the promenade above referred to.
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to put on airs
To assume airs of importance.
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
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joys on thee!
sometimes GOODING ON THEE! an imprecation of blessing. Derb.
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carrying on duty
The operations of the officer in charge of the deck or watch.
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carry on, to
To spread all sail; also, beyond discretion, or at all hazards. In galley-slang, to joke a person ev...
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crack on, to
to carry all sail.
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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dragging on her
Said of a vessel in chase, or rounding a point, when she is obliged to carry more canvas to a fresh ...
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hang on her!
In rowing, is the order to stretch out to the utmost to preserve or increase head-way on the boat.
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off and on
When a ship beating to windward approaches the shore by one board, and recedes from it when on the o...
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on deck there!
The cry to call attention from aloft or below.
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on either tack
Any way or every way; a colloquialism.
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on-shore winds
Those which blow from the offing, and render bays uncomfortable and insecure.
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on the beam
Implies any distance from a ship on a line with her beams, or at right angles with the keel.
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on the bow
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...
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on the quarter
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
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, against impressment, were but little regarded. Yet seafaring men above 55, and under 18, were by s...
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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eating the wind out of a vessel
Applies to very keen seamanship, by which the vessel, from a close study of her capabilities, steals...
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moor with a spring on the cable, to
See spring.
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betwixt wind and water
About the line of load immersion of the ship's hull; or that part of the vessel which is at the surf...
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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down wind, down sea
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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.)
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gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward.
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raise the wind, to
To make an exertion; to cast about for funds.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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wind and water line
That part of a ship lying at the surface of the water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion...
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
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See Blackhorse Alley, Court, Fleet Street.
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Castle on the Hoop
Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street.
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Helm on ye Hoope
Tenement of Thomas de Lillyngston so called in parish of St. Peter de Cornhull, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 3...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hert on ye Hop
A tenement so called without Crepelgate, 1348-9 (Ct. H.W. I. 530).
Not further identified.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Horsheved on the Hoop
Tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Colechurche near the Conduit, south of the Poultry, in Chea...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Iren on the Hope
A tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Magdalene in Olde fisshe-strete, in ward of Castle baynar...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.