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• First

  ·adj Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. II. First ·adj Most eminent or exalted; m...

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• first

  The appellation of the senior lieutenant; also, senior lieutenant of marines, and first captain of a...

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• Quarter

  ·vt Friendship; amity; concord. II. Quarter ·vi To <<Lodge>>; to have a temporary residence. III. ...

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• quarter

  This term literally implies one quarter of the ship, but in common parlance applies to 45° abaft the...

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• first quarter of the moon

  See quarter, first. ...

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• Double first

  ·- A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. II. Double first ·- One who gains ...

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• First-class

  ·adj Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate;...

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• First-hand

  ·adj Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an <<Ag...

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• First-rate

  ·noun A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. II. First-rate ·adj Of the high...

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• First-born

  Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:...

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• First-fruits

  The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The...

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• First Postern

  See Aldermanbury Postern. ...

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• first-swathe

  First quality; first chop. A New York word. Nothing'll serve you but a first-swathe mug, about twen...

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• first rate

  Of the first class or order; superior; superexcellent. An expression now in very common use, applied...

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• first futtocks

  Timbers in the frame of a ship which come down between the floor-timbers almost to the keel on each ...

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• first watch

  The men on deck-duty from 8 P.M. till midnight. ...

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• Quarter round

  ·- An <<Ovolo>>. ...

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• Quarter-deck

  ·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. ...

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• Quarter-saw

  ·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...

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• Three-quarter

  ·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; — said of portraitures. ...

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• staring quarter

  An ox cheek. ...

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• last quarter

  See quarter, last. ...

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• quarter, last

  When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards...

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• quarter-badge

  Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...

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• quarter-bill

  A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...

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• quarter-blocks

  Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...

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• quarter-boat

  Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter. ...

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• quarter-cask

  One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons. ...

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• quarter-cloths

  Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...

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• quarter-davits

  Pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quar...

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• quarter-deck

  That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...

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• quarter-deckers

  Those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship. ...

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• quarter-deckish

  Punctilious, severe. ...

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• quarter-fast

  See fast. ...

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• quarter-flood

  See flood. ...

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• quarter-gallery

  A sort of balcony with windows on the quarters of large ships. (See gallery.) ...

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• quarter-galley

  A Barbary cruiser. ...

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• quarter-guard

  A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp. ...

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• quarter-gunner

  See gunner. ...

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• quarter-ladder

  From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...

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• quarter-man

  A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen. ...

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• quarter-master

  A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...

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• quarter-nettings

  The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...

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• quarter-pieces

  Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...

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• quarter-point

  A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle. ...

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• quarter-ports

  Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...

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• quarter-rails

  Narrow moulded planks, reaching from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence to the quarter...

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• quarter-sights

  The engraved index on the base-rings of cannon in quarter degrees from point-blank to two or three d...

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• quarter-slings

  Are supports attached to a yard or other spar at one or both sides of (but not in) its centre. ...

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• quarter-stanchions

  Strong iron stanchions in a square-sterned vessel, connecting the main-rail with the taffrail; used ...

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• quarter-tackle

  A strong tackle fixed occasionally upon the quarter of the main-yard, to hoist heavy bodies in or ou...

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• quarter-timbers

  The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...

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• quarter-watch

  A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is ...

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• quarter-wind

  Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds. ...

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• quarter-shot

  See water-shot ...

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• jack's quarter-deck

  The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...

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• on the quarter

  Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...

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• quarter-deck nettings

  See netting. ...

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• quarter-deck officers

  A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...

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• quarter-master general

  Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...

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• First-born, Redemption of

  From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when ...

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• John, First Epistle of

  The fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was evidently written by John the evangelist, a...

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• Peter, First Epistle of

  This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (...

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• Timothy, First Epistle to

  Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Lao...

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• first point of aries

  See aries. ...

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• Peter, First Epistle Of

  The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is e...

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• moor quarter-shot, to

  To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along. ...

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• top-gallant quarter-boards

  , or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...

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• Corinthians, First Epistle to the

  Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apost...

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• First-born, Sanctification of the

  A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the f...

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• a buck of the first head

  One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in L...

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• Corinthians, First Epistle To The

  was written by the apostle St. Paul toward the close of his nearly three-years stay at Ephesus, (Act...

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• Thessalonians, First Epistle To The

  was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalo...

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• walk the quarter-deck, to

  A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...

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• Chronicles, First And Second Books Of

  the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...

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• John, The First Epistle General Of

  There can be no doubt that the apostle John was the author of this epistle. It was probably written ...

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• Kings, First And Second Books Of

  originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...

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• lee-side of the quarter-deck

  Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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