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Pike
·noun & ·v A large haycock.
II. Pike ·noun & ·v A turnpike; a toll bar.
III. Pike ·noun & ·v A poi...
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to pike
To run away. Pike off; run away.
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pike
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name applied in Australia and Tasmaniato two species of marine fish – – Sphyraena obtusata,Cuv. ...
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pike
(See half-pike.) A long, slender, round staff, armed at the end with iron. (See boarding-pike and py...
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Turn
·noun Monthly courses; menses.
II. Turn ·noun A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
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Etter pike
·noun The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera).
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Gar pike
·- ·Alt. of <<Garpike>>.
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Half-pike
·noun A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a s...
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Morris-pike
·noun A Moorish pike.
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Pike-devant
·noun A pointed beard.
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Sea pike
·- The <<Garfish>>.
II. Sea pike ·- The <<Merluce>>.
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Pike, Albert
(1809-1891)
Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., was in his early days a teacher, and afterwards a successful...
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sea-pike
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a fish of New South Wales, Lanioperca mordax, Gunth., of the family Sphyraenidae. The name belon...
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boarding-pike
A defensive lance against boarders.
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frog-pike
A female pike, so called from its period of spawning being late, contemporary with the frogs.
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half-pike
An iron spike fixed on a short ashen staff, used to repel the assault of boarders, and hence frequen...
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morris-pike
A formidable Moorish weapon, the precursor of the boarding-pike.
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otter-pike
The lesser weever, Trachinus draco; also called sea-stranger.
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Ampere turn
·add. ·- A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one am...
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Re-turn
·vt & ·vi To turn again.
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Sea turn
·- A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
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Turn-buckle
·noun A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
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Turn-out
·noun Net quantity of produce yielded.
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Turn-outs
·pl of Turn-out.
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Turn-sick
·adj <<Giddy>>.
II. Turn-sick ·noun A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy....
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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land-turn
A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
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sea-turn
A tack into the offing.
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turn ahead!
A self-explanatory order to the engineer, in regulating the movement of a steamer.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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turn in, to
To go to bed.
♦ To turn out. To get up.
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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trail a pike, to
To hold the spear end in the right hand, and the butt trailed behind the bearer.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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turn of the tide
The change from ebb to flood, or the contrary.
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turn out the guard!
The order for the marines of the guard to fall in, on the quarter-deck, in order to receive a superi...
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turn over men, to
To discharge them out of one ship into another.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...
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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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turn the hands up, to
To summon the entire crew on deck.
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bring up with a round turn
Suddenly arresting a running rope by taking a round turn round a bollard, bitt-head, or cleat. Said ...
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turn in a dead-eye or heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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