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paddle-box
The frame of wood which encircles the upper part of the paddle-wheel.
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Paddle
·vi ·see Paddle staff (b), below.
II. Paddle ·vt To pat or stroke amorously, or gently.
III. Paddl...
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paddle
to tipple. Exm.
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paddle
A kind of oar, used by the natives of India, Africa, America, and by most savages; it is shorter and...
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box
bōx, bōcis, m., = βώξ, βόαξ, a sea-fish , otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145. In Paul. ex ...
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Box
·noun A small country house.
II. Box ·vt To inclose in a box.
III. Box ·noun The quantity that a b...
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Box
For holding oil or perfumery (Mark 14:3). It was of the form of a flask or bottle. The Hebrew word (...
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box
I.
Box-tree
Box-gum
,n.
The name is applied to many Eucalypts, and toa few trees of the genus Tr...
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box
The space between the back-board and the stern-post of a boat, where the coxswain sits.
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cock-paddle
A name of the paddle or lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus).
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paddle-beams
Two large beams projecting over the sides of a steamer, between which the paddle-wheels revolve. (Se...
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paddle-shaft
The stout iron axis carrying the paddle-wheels, which revolves with them when keyed.
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paddle-steamer
A steam-ship propelled through the water by paddle-wheels.
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paddle-wheels
The wheels on each side of a steamer, suspended externally by a shaft, and driven by steam, to prope...
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barra-boats
Vessels of the Western Isles of Scotland, carrying ten or twelve men. They are extremely sharp fore ...
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boat's crew
The men appointed as the crew of any particular boat, as the barge's crew, cutter's crew, &c.
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boat's-gripes
Lashings for the secure stowage of boats. (See gripes.)
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boom-boats
Those stowed on the booms.
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bounty-boats
Those which fished under the encouragement of a bounty from government.
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money boats
See death
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ferry-boats
Vessels or wherries duly licensed for conveying passengers across a river or creek.
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flory-boats
A local term for boats employed in carrying passengers to and fro from steamers which cannot get alo...
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in-boats!
The order to hoist the boats in-board.
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massoolah boats
See masulah boats
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masulah or massoolah boats
Madras boats, of which the planks are sewed together with coir yarn, crossing the stitches over a wa...
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out-boats
The order to hoist out the boats.
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paddy-boats
A peculiar Ceylon boat, for the conveyance of rice and other necessaries.
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river-boats
Wherries, and the like, which ply in harbours and rivers for the conveyance of passengers.
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shore-boats
Small boats or wherries plying for hire at sea-ports.
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smug-boats
Contraband traders on the coast of China; opium boats.
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troop-boats
Are built with great flatness of floor, with extreme breadth, carried well forward and aft, and poss...
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up boats!
The order to hoist the boats to the stern and quarter davits.
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Axle box
·- The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
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Box kite
·add. ·- A kite, invented by Lawrence Hargrave, of Sydney, Australia, which consist of two light rec...
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Box tail
·add. ·- In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
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Box-iron
·noun A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within.
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Ditty-box
·noun A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, ·etc.
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Drudging box
·- ·see Dredging box.
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Junction box
·add. ·- A box through which the main conductors of a system of electric distribution pass, and wher...
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Pepper box
·add. ·noun A buttress on the left-hand wall of a fives court as the game is played at Eton College,...
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Pouchet box
·- ·see Pouncet box.
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Pouncet box
·- A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.
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Touch-box
·noun A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle t...
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Vanity box
·add. ·- A small box, usually jeweled or of precious metal and worn on a chain, containing a mirror,...
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Box-tree
(Heb. teashshur), mentioned in Isa. 60:13; 41:19, was, according to some, a species of cedar growing...
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black box
A lawyer. Cant.
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bone box
The mouth. Shut your bone box; shut your mouth.
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butter box
A Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country.
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chatter box
One whose tongue runs twelve score to the dozen, a chattering man or woman.
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eternity box
A coffin.
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juggler's box
The engine for burning culprits in the hand. CANT.
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knowledge box
The head.
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prattling box
The pulpit.
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sauce box
A term of familiar raillery, signifying a bold or forward person.
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badger-box
n.
slang name for a roughly-constructed dwelling.
1875. `Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasma...
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match-box
See bean, Queensland
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box-wood
n.
a New Zealand wood, Olealanceolata, Hook., N.O. Jasminea (Maori name, Maire). Used by the `Welli...
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dwarf-box
n.
Eucalyptus microtheca,F. v. M. See Box. This tree has also many other names.See Maiden's `Useful...
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native box
n.
See box.
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poplar-box
n.
See box.
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bad box
To be in a bad box, is to be in a bad predicament.
I began to be afraid now I'd got into rather a b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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chatter-box
One whose tongue runs incessantly.--Todd.
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butter-box
A name given to the brig-traders of lumpy form, from London, Bristol, and other English ports. A can...
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cartouch-box
The accoutrement which contains the musket-cartridges: now generally called a pouch.
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cartridge-box
A cylindrical wooden box with a lid sliding upon a handle of small rope, just containing one cartrid...
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ditty-box
A small caddy for holding a seaman's stock of valuables.
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fire-box
A space crossing the whole front of the boiler over the furnace doors, opposite the smoke-box.
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hawse-box
, or naval hood.
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limber-box
Synonymous with limber-trunk.
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salt-box
A case for keeping a temporary supply of cartridges for the immediate use of the great guns; it is u...
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smoke-box
A part which crosses the whole front of a marine boiler, over the furnace doors; or that part betwee...
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stuffing-box
A contrivance on the top of a steam cylinder-cover, packed with hemp, and kept well soaked with tall...
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touch-box
The receptacle for lighted tinder when match-locks were used.
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benches of boats
The seats in the after-part whereon the passengers sit; properly stern-sheets, the others are athwar...
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risings of boats
A narrow strake of board fastened withinside to support the thwarts.
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to box the compass
To say or repeat the mariner's compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answe...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to box the jesuit, and get cock roaches
A sea term for masturbation; a crime, it is said, much practised by the reverend fathers of that soc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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match-box bean
n.
another name for the ripehard seed of the Queensland Bean, Entadascandens, Benth., N.O. Legumino...
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jack in a box
A sharper, or cheat. A child in the mother's womb.
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Jack in a Box
i.q. Hair-trigger (q.v.).
1854. `The Home Companion,' p. 554:
«When previously mentioning the eleg...
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box the compass, to
Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to...
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jack in the box
A very handy engine, consisting of a large wooden male screw turning in a female one, which forms th...
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