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Pole
·noun The firmament; the sky. II. Pole ·noun ·see <<Polarity>>, and <<Polar>>, ·noun. III. Pole ·v...

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pole
He is like a rope-dancer's polo, lead at both ends; a saying of a stupid sluggish fellow. ...

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pole
The upper end of the highest masts, when they rise above the rigging. ...

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lower masts
See mast. ...

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made masts
The large masts made in several pieces. A ship's lower mast is a made spar; her top-mast is a whole ...

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upper masts
The top-mast, topgallant-mast, and royal-mast; any spars above these are termed poles. (See pole-mas...

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Imp-pole
·noun A pole for supporting a scaffold. ...

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Totem pole
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Totem post. ...

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catch pole
A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer. ...

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clod pole
The same. ...

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pething-pole
n. a harpoon-like weapon used forpething (pithing) cattle; that is, killing them by piercing thespi...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
roping-pole
n. a long pole used for castinga rope over an animal's head in the stockyard. 1880. Rolf Boldrewoo...

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setting-pole
A pole pointed with iron, used for propelling vessels or boats up rivers, in shoal water. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
pole-work
a long tedious business. North. ...

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raffling pole
used to stir the fuel in an oven. Norf. and Suff. ...

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antarctic pole
The south end of the earth's axis. ...

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arctic pole
The north pole of the globe. ...

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depressed pole
That end of the earth's axis which is below the horizon of the spectator according to his being in t...

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elevated pole
That terrestrial pole which is above the horizon of a spectator. ...

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pole-star
α Ursæ minoris. This most useful star is the lucida of the Little Bear, round which the other compon...

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setting pole
A pole, generally pointed with iron, forced into the mud, by which boats and barges are moored in sh...

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snaping-pole
An old term for a fishing-rod. ...

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stump topgallant-masts
Those without a royal pole. ...

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strip the masts, to
To clear the masts of their rigging. ...

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