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Arms
·noun Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. II. Arms ·noun The legs of a hawk from the thig...

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arms
The munitions of war, all kinds of weapons whether for offence or defence. Those in a ship are canno...

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Port
·noun A passageway; an opening or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. II. Port...

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port
An old Anglo-Saxon word still in full use. It strictly means a place of resort for vessels, adjacent...

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King's Arms
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No.128 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. At the cor...

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Queen's Arms
In Ludgate Street, in parish of St. Martins, in Farringdon Ward Within. Afterwards known as the "Dog...

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fire-arms
Every description of arms that discharge missiles by gunpowder, from the heaviest cannon to a pistol...

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lodge arms
The word of command to an armed party preparatory to their breaking off. ...

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order arms!
The word of command, with muskets or carbines, to bring the butt to the ground, the piece vertical a...

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present arms!
The military word of command to salute with the musket. ...

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secure arms!
Place them under the left arm, to guard the lock from the weather or rain. ...

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shoulder arms!
The military word of command to carry the musket vertically at the side of the body, and resting aga...

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small-arms
The muskets, pistols, cutlasses, tomahawks, and boarding-pikes, in charge of the gunner, on board sh...

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Arms, Armor
The subject naturally divides itself into- I. Offensive weapons: Arms. II. Defensive weapons: Armor...

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Half-port
·noun One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole. ...

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Port-royalist
·noun One of the dwellers in the Cistercian convent of Port Royal des Champs, near Paris, when it wa...

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Three-port
·add. ·adj Having three ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine i...

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Two-port
·add. ·adj Having two ports; specif.: Designating a type of two-cycle internal-combustion engine in ...

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bridle-port
A square port in the bows of a ship, for taking in mooring bridles. They are also used for guns remo...

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cinque-port
A kind of fishing-net, having five entrances. ...

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closed port
One interdicted. ...

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convenient port
A general law-term in cases of capture, within a certain latitude of discretion; a place where a ves...

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free port
Ports open to all comers free of entry-dues, as places of call, not delivery. ...

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helm-port
The round hole or cavity in a ship's counter, through which the head of the rudder passes into the t...

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light-port
A scuttle made for showing a light through. Also, a port in timber ships kept open until brought dee...

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port-bars
Strong pieces of oak, furnished with two laniards, by which the ports are secured from flying open i...

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port-charges
, or harbour-dues. Charges levied on vessels resorting to a port. ...

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port-fire
A stick of composition, generally burning an inch a minute, used to convey fire from the slow-match ...

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port-flange
In ship-carpentry, is a batten of wood fixed on the ship's side over a port, to prevent water or dir...

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port-glaive
A sword-bearer. ...

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port-last
, or portoise. Synonymous with gunwale. ...

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port-men
A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...

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port-mote
A court held in haven towns or ports. ...

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port-nails
These are classed double and single: they are similar to clamp-nails, and like them are used for fas...

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port-pendants
Ropes spliced into rings on the outside of the port-lids, and rove through leaden pipes in the ship'...

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port-piece
An ancient piece of ordnance used in our early fleets. ...

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port-reeve
A magistrate of certain sea-port towns in olden times. ...

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port-ropes
Those by which the ports are hauled up and suspended. ...

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port-holes
See ports ...

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port-sale
A public sale of fish on its arrival in the harbour. ...

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port-sashes
Half-ports fitted with glass for the admission of light into cabins. ...

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port-shackles
The rings to the ports. ...

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port-sills
In ship-building, pieces of timber put horizontally between the framing to form the top and bottom o...

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port-tackles
Those falls which haul up and suspend the lower-deck ports, so that since the admiralty order for us...

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raft-port
A large square hole, framed and cut through the buttocks of some ships, immediately under the counte...

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sally-port
An opening cut in the glacis of a place to afford free egress to the troops in case of a sortie. Als...

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sea-port
A haven near the sea, not situated up a river. ...

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Oxford Arms, Oxford Arms Inn
At the west end of Oxford Arms Passage, Warwick lane. In Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880). Earlie...

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College of Arms
On the north side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 135 in Castle Baynard's Ward, west of St. Peter's ...

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Ipswich Arms Inn
At the east end of Cullum Street, before it turns south into Fenchurch Street. In Langbourn Ward (O....

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King's Arms Buildings
1) East out of Wood Street at No. 10, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 1875). It adjoins the site o...

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King's Arms Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Fleet Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...

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King's Arms Inn
1) On the north-west side of Crutched Friars (Hatton, 1708). Not named in the maps. 2) North out o...

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King's Arms Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195). Not...

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King's Arms Yard
1) In Lothbury (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. 2) North out of Snow Hill, n...

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Oxford Arms Inn
On the east side of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Site is now occup...

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Oxford Arms Passage
West out of Warwick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1880). So called as being ...

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Queen's Arms Alley
East out of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799). Former name: "Queens ...

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Queen's Arms Tavern
1) In Bow in Hand Court, between 77 and 78 Cheapside (Wheatley). Not named in the maps. 2) In St. ...

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beat to arms
The signal by drum to summon the men to their quarters. ...

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cessation of arms
A discontinuation or suspension of hostilities. ...

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lieutenant-at-arms
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...

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master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...

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place of arms
In fortification, a space contrived for the convenient assembling of troops for ulterior purposes; t...

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stand of arms
A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the ...

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suspension of arms
A short truce agreed upon by contending forces, for a special object of importance. ...

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Port-Arthur Plum
See plum, native. ...

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Port-Jackson Fig
n. See fig-tree. ...

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Port-Jackson Shark
Heterodontus phillipii,Lacep., family Cestraciontidae; called also the Shell-grinder. 1882. Rev. J....

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Port-Jackson Thrush
n. the best known birdamong the Australian Shrike-thrushes (q.v.), Colluricincla harmonica, Lath.; ...

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Port-Macquarie Pine
See pine. ...

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port egmont fowls
See egmont ...

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hard-a-port!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the starboard-side of the stern-post...

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helm-port transom
The piece of timber placed across the lower counter, withinside the height of the helm-port, and bol...

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port-piece chamber
A paterero for loading a port-piece at the breech. ...

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Arms of the City
Argent, plain cross gules, in the dexter chief canton a sword erect in pale of the second. Crest : ...

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Bakers' Arms Alley, Minories
North out of Rosemary Lane, towards the middle of that street by the Bakers' Arms (Hatton, 1708-Elme...

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Currier's Arms Inn Yard
In Fann's Alley, Aldersgate Street (Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. ...

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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816). Not named...

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barrel of small arms
The tube through which the bullets are discharged. In artillery the term belongs to the construction...

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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action. ...

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bar of a port
or bar of a harbour An accumulated shoal or bank of sand, shingle, gravel, or other uliginous subs...

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captain of the port
The captain of the port is probably better explained by referring to that situation at Gibraltar. He...

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pushing for a port
Carrying all sail to arrive quickly. ...

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put into port, to
To enter an intermediate or any port in the course of a voyage, usually from stress of weather. ...

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riding a port-last
With lower yards on the gunwales. ...

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running-down the port
A method practised in the ruder state of navigation, when the longitude was very doubtful, by sailin...

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King's Arms Inn, Snow Hill
See King's Arms Yard. ...

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Queen's Arms Yard, Shoe Lane
See Queen's Arms Alley. ...

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arms of a great gun
The trunnions. ...

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great guns and small-arms
The general armament of a ship. Also, a slang term for the blowing and raining of heavy weather. ...

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Port of London Authority's Warehouses
At the northern boundary of Portsoken Ward and extending into Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directo...

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any port in a storm
signifies contentment with whatever may betide. ...

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sole of a gun-port
The lower part of it, more properly called port-sill. ...

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blowing great guns and small arms
Heavy gales; a hurricane. ...

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