Thick coverings or coatings for ships on the new principle, to render them impervious to shot and shell, if kept just outside of breaking-plate distance.
Is employed in the English Bible to denote military equipment, both offensive and defensive. 1) The...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
In his armour, pot valiant: to fight in armour; to make use of Mrs. Philips's ware. See C--D--M. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A defensive habit to protect the wearer from his enemy; also defensive arms. In old statutes this is...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A piece of money, usually silver money. II. Plate ·noun A roundel of silver or tinctured arge...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Money, silver, prize. He is in for the plate; he has won the KEAT, i.e. is infected with the venerea...
In marine law, refers to jewels, plate, or treasure, for which freight is due. Thus, plate-ship is a...
An officer selected by kings and generals because of his bravery, not only to bear their armour, but...
A ship of war fitted with iron plates on the outside to render her shot-proof. ...
·- A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. ...
·adj Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. ...
·add. ·- A plate prepared by a mechanical process, ·esp. a photomechanical process. II. Process pla...
·add. ·- A fogged plate. ...
·- A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. ...
·add. ·- A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only while wet. The film used in such p...
The face. To alter his dial plate; to disfigure his face. ...
Fetters. ...
An iron plate bolted to the stem of some vessels for the purpose of supporting the gammoning of the ...
Soubriquet for an iron-clad ship. ...
Incorporated 1670. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The point within which iron-plated ships, under concentrated fire, may be damaged. ...