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Petty
·superl Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty pr...

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Officer
·vt To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. II. Officer ·noun Specifically, a commissio...

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officer
A person having some command. A term applied both in the royal and mercantile navies to any one of a...

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Officer
It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered "officer" are either of an indefin...

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Petty Cannons
See Cannon Alley. ...

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Petty Prance
West of St. Botolph Bishopsgate with a passage to Moorfields. In Bishopsgate Ward Without. Stow desc...

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Petty Wales
1) Tenements so called in parish of St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, 1563, within the Clo...

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petty fogger
A little dirty attorney, ready to undertake any litigious or bad cause: it is derived from the Frenc...

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petty average
Small charges borne partly by a ship, and partly by a cargo, such as expenses of towing, &c. ...

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marine officer
An empty bottle: marine officers being held useless by the seamen. SEA WIT. ...

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officer plant
n. another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...

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chief officer
See chief mate ...

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crack officer
One of the best class. ...

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flag-officer
A term synonymous with admiral. ...

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marine officer
An officer of the Royal Marines. Jocularly and witlessly applied to an empty bottle, as being "usele...

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naval officer
One belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad...

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orderly officer
In the army. See officer of the day. ...

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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen. ...

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senior officer
The commanding officer for the time being. ...

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signal-officer
In a repeating frigate, a signal-midshipman; in a flag-ship, a flag-lieutenant. ...

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staff-officer
On the general staff of the army, or of a combined force. See staff. ...

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warrant-officer
Generally one holding his situation from particular boards, or persons authorized by the sovereign t...

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Petty Cannons' Court
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard and west to Paul's Alley. In Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 16...

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Petty Canons' Alley
See Cannon Alley. ...

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Star Yard, Petty France
Mentioned in 1672 in L. and P. Chas. II. Dom. S. XIII. p.626. Not further identified. ...

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officer of the day
A military officer whose immediate duty is to attend to the interior economy of the corps to which h...

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officer of the watch
The lieutenant or other officer who has charge of, and commands, the watch. ...

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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority. ...

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