over-masted

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• Masted

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Mast>>. II. Masted ·adj Furnished with a mast or masts; — chiefly in compositio...

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• Over

  ·adv From inside to outside, above or across the brim. II. Over ·adv At an end; beyond the limit of...

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• over

  for under. In these expressions, 'He wrote over the signature of Junius;' 'He published some papers ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• over

  1) upper, as The over side. The contrast is Nether. North. 2) to recover from an illness : I am afr...

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

• under-masted

  When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...

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• Over-arm

  ·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>. ...

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• Over-busy

  ·adj Too busy; officious. ...

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• Over-garment

  ·noun An outer garment. ...

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• Over-story

  ·noun The clearstory, or upper story, of a building. ...

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• Stop-over

  ·add. ·noun Act or privilege of stopping over. II. Stop-over ·adj Permitting one to stop over; as, ...

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• Up-over

  ·add. ·adj Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising i...

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• Walk-over

  ·noun In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, co...

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• to do over

  Carries the same meaning, but is not so briefly expressed: the former having received the polish of ...

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• done over

  Robbed: also, convicted or hanged. Cant.-- See do. ...

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• mullock over

  v. Shearing slang.See quotation. 1893. `The Age,' Sept. 23, p. 14, col. 4: «I affirm as a practic...

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• to blow over

  Said properly of a storm; and hence generally, to pass away without effect. This metaphor is very co...

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• to fork over

  To hand over; to pay over, as money. A common expression in colloquial language. He groaned in spir...

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• to keel over

  A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration. As it see...

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• to tip over

  To turn over; to capsize.--Worcester. ...

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• to whap over

  To turn over. (New England.) ...

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• all over

  Bearing a resemblance to some particular object. The word is common in familiar language. The South...

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• over-careful

  Careful to excess.--Webster. ...

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• left over

  left off. ...

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• over-anunt

  Opposite. Glouc. ...

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• over-bodied

  when a new upper part (or body) is put to an old gown. Lane. ...

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• over-get

  to overtake ; he is but a little before, you will soon over-get him. N. ...

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• forging over

  The act of forcing a ship violently over a shoal, by the effort of a great quantity of sail, steam, ...

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• lap over or upon

  The mast carlings are said to lap upon the beams by reason of their great depth, and head-ledges at ...

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• lie over

  A ship heeling to it with the wind abeam. ...

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• over-anent

  Opposite to. ...

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• over-bear

  One ship overbears another if she can carry more sail in a fresh wind. ...

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• over-boyed

  Said of a ship when the captain and majority of the quarter-deck officers are very young. ...

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• over-gunned

  Where the weight of metal is disproportioned to the ship, and the quarters insufficient for the guns...

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• over-insurance

  See re-insurance, and double insurance. ...

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• over-loft

  An old term for the upper deck of a ship. ...

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• over-looker

  Generally an old master appointed by owners of ships to look after everything connected with the fit...

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• over-rake

  When a ship rides at anchor in a head-sea, the waves of which frequently break in upon her, they are...

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• over-rigged

  A ship with more and heavier gear than necessary, so as to be top-hampered. ...

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• over-risen

  When a ship is too high out of the water for her length and breadth, so as to make a trouble of lee-...

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• over-running

  (See under-run.) Applied to ice, when the young ice overlaps, and is driven over. ...

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• over-setting

  The state of a ship turning upside down, either by carrying too much sail or by grounding, so that s...

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• over-swack

  An old word, signifying the reflux of the waves by the force of the wind. ...

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• pull-over

  An east-country term for a carriage-way. ...

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• Half seas over

  ·- Half drunk. ...

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• half seas over

  Almost drunk. ...

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• half seas over

  Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression. ...

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• half seas over

  Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift. ...

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• hand-over-hand

  Hauling rapidly upon any rope, by the men passing their hands alternately one before the other, or o...

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• over-press, to

  To carry too much sail on a ship. ...

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• over-sea vessels

  Ships from foreign parts, as distinguished from coasters. ...

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• leaping over the sword

  An ancient ceremonial said to constitute a military marriage. A sword being laid down on the ground,...

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• over head and ears

  Completely overwhelmed. 'He sank over head and ears in the river;' 'He was over head and ears in deb...

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• to knock a man over

  to knock him down. North. ...

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• blow over, (it will)

  Said of a gale which is expected to pass away quickly. ...

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• fugitives over the sea

  By old statutes, now obsolete, to depart this realm without the king's license incurred forfeiture o...

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• over and under turns

  Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns. ...

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• turn over men, to

  To discharge them out of one ship into another. ...

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• All Hallows on the Hay, over Heywharf

  See All Hallows the Great. ...

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