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Point
·noun A <<Switch>>. II. Point ·noun To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points. III. Point ·noun One of...

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point
To stretch a point; to exceed some usual limit, to take a great stride. Breeches were usually tied u...

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point
A low spit of land projecting from the main into the sea, almost synonymous with promontory or head....

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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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Cover-point
·noun The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point.". ...

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Dew-point
·noun The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of th...

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Dust-point
·noun An old rural game. ...

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Libration point
·noun any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each...

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Point alphabet
·add. ·- An alphabet for the blind with a system of raised points corresponding to letters. ...

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Point applique
·add. ·- Lace having a needle-made design applied to a net ground, this ground often being machine-m...

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Point d'appui
·- ·see under <<Appui>>. ...

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Point switch
·add. ·- A switch made up of a rail from each track, both rails being tapered far back and connected...

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Point-blank
·adv In a point-blank manner. II. Point-blank ·noun The white spot on a target, at which an arrow o...

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Point-device
·adj ·Alt. of Point-devise. II. Point-device ·adv ·Alt. of Point-devise. ...

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Point-devise
·adv <<Exactly>>. II. Point-devise ·adj Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular. ...

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Trois point
·add. ·- The third point from the outer edge on each player's home table. ...

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Vaccine point
·add. ·- ·see <<Point>>, ·noun, 26. ...

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Vantage point
·add. ·- A point giving advantage; vantage ground. ...

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needle point
A sharper. ...

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stand-point
(Germ. stand-punkt.) Place of standing; point of view. An expression lately introduced from the Germ...

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autumnal point
That part of the ecliptic whence the sun descends southward. ...

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balancing-point
A familiar term for centre of gravity. (See gravity, centre of.) ...

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dew-point
A meteorological term for the degree of temperature at which the moisture of the atmosphere would be...

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half-point
A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle. ...

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lubber's point
A black vertical line or mark in the compass-bowl in the direction of the ship's head, by which the ...

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point-beacher
A low woman of Portsmouth. ...

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point-blank
Direct on the object; "blank" being the old word for the mark on the practice-butt. ...

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point iron
A large sort of plumb for the nice adjustment of perpendicularity for a given line. ...

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point brass or iron
A large sort of plumb for the nice adjustment of perpendicularity for a given line. ...

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point-holes
The eyelet-holes for the points. ...

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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, first
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...

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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-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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point-blank firing
That wherein no elevation is given to the gun, its axis being pointed for the object. ...

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point-blank range
The distance to which a shot was reckoned to range straight, without appreciable drooping from the f...

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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 point of aries
See aries. ...

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point a gun, to
To direct it on a given object. ...

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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.) ...

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point-de-galle canoe
Consists of a single stem of Dúp wood, 18 to 30 feet long, from 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 feet broad, and from ...

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point of the compass
The 32d part of the circumference, or 11° 15′. ...

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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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first quarter of the moon
See quarter, first. ...

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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...

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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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