paul rim

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• Rim

  ·noun The lower part of the abdomen. II. Rim ·vt To furnish with a rim; to <<Border>>. III. Rim ·n...

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• rim

  , or brim. A name given to the circular edge of a top. (See top.) ...

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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 ...

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• Paul

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

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• Rim-fire

  ·add. ·adj Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-...

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• flash rim

  In carronades, a cup-shaped enlargement of the bore at the muzzle, which facilitates the loading, an...

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• rim-base

  The shoulder on the stock of a musket. ...

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• sponson-rim

  The same as wing-wale (which see). ...

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• top rim or brim

  The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...

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• paul bitt

  A strong timber fixed perpendicularly at the back of the windlass in the middle, serving to support ...

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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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• 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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