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About
·adv On all sides; around.
II. About ·prep Around; all round; on every side of.
III. About ·prep I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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about
Circularly; the situation of a ship after she has gone round, and trimmed sails on the opposite tack...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Put
·noun A certain game at cards.
II. Put ·noun A <<Pit>>.
III. Put ·Impf & ·p.p. of Put.
IV. Put ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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put
A country put; an ignorant awkward clown. To put upon any one; to attempt to impose on him, or to ma...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Put
(1 Chronicles 1:8; Nahum 3:9) [Phut, Put]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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About-sledge
·noun The largest hammer used by smiths.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Right-about
·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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round about
An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round p...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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run-about
n. and adj.
Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett. (Ed. 1848)
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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nighest-about
the nearest way. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bobbing about
Heaving and setting without making any way.
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flying about
Synonymous with chop-about (which see).
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going about
Tacking ship.
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ready about!
or ready oh!
The order to prepare for tacking, each man to his station. (See about.)
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Put-off
·noun A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an <<Excuse>>.
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Put-up
·adj Arranged; plotted;
— in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
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Put, Phut
1) One of the sons of Ham (Gen. 10:6).
2) A land or people from among whom came a portion of the me...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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country put
An ignorant country fellow.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to put out
To remove; to be off. A Western expression. To put is used in the same sense.
As my wife's father h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to stay put
To remain in order; not to be disturbed. A vulgar expression.
The levees and wharves of the First M...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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put off
An excuse, an illusory pretext for delay.--Carr's Craven Dialect.
If a man tells them of the king's...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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put off!
or push off
The order to boats to quit the ship or the shore.
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Phut, Put
(a bow) the third name in the list of the sons of Ham (Genesis 10:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8) elsewhere app...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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chop-about, to
Is applied to the wind when it varies and changes suddenly, and at short intervals of time.
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heave about, to
To go upon the other tack suddenly.
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two handed put
The amorous congress.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to put on airs
To assume airs of importance.
You don't see no folks putting on airs in election time; every fellow...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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put back, to
To return to port generally the last left.
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clear for going about
Every man to his station, and every rope an-end.
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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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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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