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Pivot
·vt To place on a pivot. II. Pivot ·noun A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or ...

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pivot
A cylinder of iron or other metal, that may turn easily in a socket. Also, in a column of troops, th...

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pivot-gun
Mounted on a frame carriage which can be turned radially, so as to point the piece in any direction....

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-ship
·noun A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chan...

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Ship
·noun Pay; reward. II. Ship ·vi To embark on a ship. III. Ship ·noun Any large seagoing vessel. I...

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The Ship
1) Rent out of Corner House in Thames Street, being the sign of the Ship in parish of St. Mary at Hi...

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ship
[from the Anglo-Saxon scip]. Any craft intended for the purposes of navigation; but in a nautical se...

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Ship
No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much informat...

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Pivot City, The
a nickname for Geelong. 1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 160[Footnote]: «The Pivot C...

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Battle ship
·add. ·- An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thou...

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Burgess-ship
·noun The state of privilege of a burgess. ...

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Gauger-ship
·noun The office of a gauger. ...

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Hostess-ship
·noun The character, personality, or office of a hostess. ...

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Light-ship
·noun A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of danger...

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Lode-ship
·noun An old name for a pilot boat. ...

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Log-ship
·noun A part of the log. ·see Log-chip, and 2d Log, ·noun, 2. ...

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Ship railway
·add. ·- A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water. II. Ship railway...

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Ship-rigged
·adj Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails. ...

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Tank ship
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Tank vessel. ...

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Ship Alley
1) An alley so called in parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, 36 Eliz. {Lond. I. p.m. III. 201)....

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Ship Court
West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831). Site now...

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Ship Tavern
1) On the east side of Water Lane. A passage at the upper end of Custom House Court leads through th...

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Ship Yard
1) East out of the Minories, towards the northern end, in Portsoken Ward (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831)....

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fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease. ...

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ship shape
Proper, as it ought to be. SEA PHRASE, ...

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to re-ship
To ship again; to ship what has been conveyed by water or imported.--Webster. Much used in all our ...

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british ship
May be foreign built, or rebuilt on a foreign keel which belonged to any of the people of Great Brit...

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carpenter, ship
A ship-builder. An officer appointed to examine and keep in order the hull of a ship, and all her ap...

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chandler, ship
Dealer in general stores for ships. ...

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chartered ship
One let to hire to one or more, or to a company. A general ship is where persons, unconnected, load ...

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clean ship
A whale-ship unfortunate in her trip, having no fish or oil. ...

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convict-ship
A vessel appropriated to the convicts of a dockyard; also one hired to carry out convicts to their d...

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crack-ship
One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...

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cupola-ship
Captain Coles's; the cupola being discontinued, now called turret-ship (which see). ...

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discovery ship
A vessel fitted for the purpose of exploring unknown seas and coasts. Discovery vessels were formerl...

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fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...

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flag-ship
A ship bearing an admiral's flag. ...

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fore-ship
An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel. ...

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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes. ...

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general ship
Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on board, in contradistinction to a chartered s...

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guard-ship
A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbour, and to visit the ships whi...

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gunnery-ship
A ship fitted for training men in the practice of charging, pointing, and firing guns and mortars fo...

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handy-ship
One that steers easily, and can be worked with the watch; or as some seamen would express it, "work ...

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hospital-ship
A vessel fitted to receive the sick, either remaining in port, or accompanying a fleet, as circumsta...

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ladrone ship
Literally a pirate, but it is the usual epithet applied by the Chinese to a man-of-war. ...

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light ship
In contradistinction to laden; a ship is said to be light when she has no cargo, or merely in ballas...

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lode-ship
A pilot boat, which was also employed in fishing; it is mentioned in statute 31 Edward III. c. 2. ...

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log-ship
A small line about 100 fathoms long, fastened to the log-ship by means of two legs, one of which pas...

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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...

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pennant-ship
Generally means the commodore, and vessels in the employ of government. It is also an authority dele...

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prison-ship
One fitted up for receiving and detaining prisoners of war. ...

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pump ship!
The order to the crew to work the pumps to clear the hold of water. ...

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rated ship
Synonymous with post-ship in former times; the term ship alone now infers that it is a captain's com...

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rear-ship
The sternmost ship of a fleet. ...

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receiving-ship
At any port, to receive supernumerary seamen, or entered or impressed men for the royal navy. ...

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register ship
A Spanish plate-ship or galleon. ...

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re-ship
To ship again, or ship goods that have been imported or conveyed by water. ...

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shield-ship
A vessel fitted with one or more massive iron shields, each protecting a heavy gun or guns. The name...

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ship-boy
Boys apprenticed to learn their sea-duties, but generally appointed as servants. ...

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ship-breaker
A person who purchases old vessels to break them to pieces for sale. ...

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ship-broker
One who manages business matters between ship-owners and merchants, in procuring cargoes, &c., for v...

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ship-builder
Synonymous with naval constructor. ...

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ship-building
, or naval architecture The art of constructing a ship so as to answer a particular purpose either...

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ship-chandler
A tradesman who supplies ships with their miscellaneous marine stores. (See material men.) ...

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ship-contractor
The charterer or freighter of a vessel. ...

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ship-craft
Nearly the same as the Anglo-Saxon scyp-cræft, an early word for navigation. ...

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ship-guns
Those cast expressly for sea-service. ...

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ship-keeper
An officer not much given to going on shore. Also, the man who has charge of a ship whilst she is wi...

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ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like. ...

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ship-last
See last. ...

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ship-launch
See launch. ...

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ship-load
The estimated lading or cargo of a vessel. ...

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ship-log
See log-book. ...

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ship-lord
A once recognized term for the owner of a ship. ...

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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...

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ship-owner
A person who has a right of property in a ship. The interest of part-owners is quite distinct, so th...

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ship-propeller
See screw-propeller. ...

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ship-shape
In colloquial phrase implies, in a seamanlike manner; as, "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put...

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ship-sloop
Commanders were appointed to 24-gun sloops, but when the same sloops were commanded by captains, the...

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ship-star
The Anglo-Saxon scyp-steora, an early name for the pole-star, once of the utmost importance in navig...

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ship-timber
Contraband in time of war. ...

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store-ship
A government vessel appropriated for carrying munitions and stores. ...

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tall ship
A phrase among the early voyagers for square-rigged vessels having top-masts. ...

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turret-ship
A vessel, more or less armoured, fitted with one or more heavily plated revolving turrets, each carr...

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unwholesome ship
One that will neither hull, try, nor ride, without labouring heavily in a sea. Also applied to a sug...

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war-ship
Any ship equipped for offence and defence; whereas man-of-war generally signifies a vessel belonging...

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wholesome ship
One that will try, hull, and ride well, without heavy labouring in the sea. ...

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High-churchman-ship
·noun The state of being a high-churchman. ...

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Ship Tavern Passage
North~west out of Lime Street, at No.21, to 76 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate W...

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Ship Yard, Minories
See London Prentice Yard and Sheppy Place. ...

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british-built ship
Such as has been built in Great Britain or Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of th...

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chainage of ship
An old right of the admiral. ...

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chapelling a ship
The act of turning her round in a light breeze, when she is close hauled, without bracing the head-y...

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docking a ship
The act of drawing her into dock, and placing her properly on blocks, in order to give her the requi...

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frapping a ship
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...

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naval store-ship
A government vessel, appropriated to carrying stores and munitions of war to different stations. ...

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ocean-going ship
In contradistinction to a coaster. ...

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ship cut down
One which has had a deck cut off from her, whereby a three-decker is converted into a two-decker, an...

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ship raised upon
One of which the upper works have been heightened by additional timbers. About the year 1816 several...

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swifting a ship
Either bringing her aground or upon a careen; also passing cables round her bottom and upper-works, ...

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trans-ship, to
To remove a cargo from one ship to another. ...

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Ship Court, Bartholomew Lane
See Capel Court. ...

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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed. ...

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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold. ...

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carcass of a ship
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are stripped off. ...

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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...

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elevation, in ship-building
A vertical and longitudinal view of a vessel, synonymous with sheer-draught and sheer-plan. In other...

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eyes of a ship
(See eyes of her.) ...

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fitting out a ship
The act of providing a ship with sufficient masts, sails, yards, ammunition, artillery, cordage, anc...

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freight of a ship
The hire, or part thereof, usually paid for the carriage and conveyance of goods by sea; or the sum ...

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loading of a ship
See cargo and lading. ...

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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...

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track of a ship
The line of a ship's course through the water. (See wake.) ...

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tread of a ship or keel
The length of her keel. ...

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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees. ...

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what ship is that?
A question often put when a jaw-breaking word has been intrusively uttered by savants. ...

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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.) ...

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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind. ...

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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...

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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches. ...

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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her. ...

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mate of a merchant-ship
The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...

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putting a ship in commission
The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted. This act brought the crew unde...

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supernatant part of a ship
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....

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training-ship for naval cadets
H.M.S. Britannia, commanded by a captain and complement of officers for the primary training of nava...

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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...

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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...

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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...

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training-ship for the merchant service
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...

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