paul bitt

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• Bitt

  ·noun ·see <<Bitts>>. II. Bitt ·vt To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to faste...

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• Paul

  ·noun ·see <<Pawl>>. II. Paul ·noun An Italian silver coin. ·see <<Paolo>>. ...

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• Paul

  small; little ...

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• Paul

  =Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Paul

  (small, little). Nearly all the original materials for the life St. Paul are contained in the Acts o...

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• bitt-heads

  The upright pieces of oak-timber let in and bolted to the beams of two decks at least, and to which ...

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• bitt-pins

  Similar to belaying-pins, but larger. Used to prevent the cable from slipping off the cross-piece of...

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• bitt-stopper

  One rove through the knee of the bitts, which nips the cable on the bight: it consists of four or fi...

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• cross-bitt

  The same as cross-piece (which see). ...

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• weather-bitt

  Is that which holds the weather-cable when the ship is moored. ...

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• paul rim

  A notched cast-iron capstan-ring let into the ship's deck for the pauls to act on. ...

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• Ford, Paul Leicester

  (1865-1902) Novelist and biographer, was b. in Brooklyn. He wrote Lives of Washington, Franklin, an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hayne, Paul Hamilton

  (1830-1886) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of an old family, contributed to various magazines...

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• Rycaut, or Ricaut, Sir Paul

  (1628-1700) Historian, was at Camb., and held various diplomatic positions. He wrote Present State ...

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• Paul, Herbert Woodfield

  (b. 1853) Historian and biographer. Men and Letters (1901), History of Modern England, Stray Leaves...

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• heave and paul

  Is the order to turn the capstan or windlass till the paul may be put in, by which it is prevented f...

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• bitt the cable, to

  To put it round the bitts, in order to fasten it, or slacken it out gradually, which last is called ...

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• Rapin de Thoyras, Paul

  (1661-1725) Historian, b. at Castres, Languedoc, belonged to a Protestant Savoyard family, and came...

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• capstan, to paul the

  To drop all the pauls into their sockets, to prevent the capstan from recoiling during any pause of ...

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• paul there, my hearty

  Tell us no more of that. Discontinue your discourse. ...

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• Timothy, Epistles Of Paul To

  The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally dev...

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• Philemon, The Epistle Of Paul To

  is one of the letters which the apostle wrote during his first captivity at Rome A.D. 63 or early in...

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