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Quarter
·vt Friendship; amity; concord.
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quarter
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Wind
·noun Power of respiration; breath.
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wind
To raise the wind; to procure mony.
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wind
an alley or narrow street. Scotch.
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wind
[precisely the Anglo-Saxon word]. A stream or current of air which may be felt. The horizon being di...
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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-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-shot
See water-shot
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Broken wind
·- The <<Heaves>>.
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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind.
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Thick wind
·- A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the sign...
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Up-wind
·add. ·adv Against the wind.
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Volcanic wind
·add. ·- A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection current...
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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...
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Wind-break
·noun A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
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Wind-broken
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...
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Wind-fertilized
·adj Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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Wind-rode
·adj Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide;
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Wind-shaken
·add. ·adj Shaken by the wind;.
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Wind-sucker
·noun A horse given to wind-sucking.
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Wind-sucking
·noun A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air;
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Wind-up
·add. ·noun Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se.
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hot wind
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to wind up
To close up; to give the quietus to an antagonist in a debate; to effectually demolish.
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wind-berry
a bilberry or whortleberry. N.
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wind-row
to wind-row, to rake the mown grass into rows, called wind-rows. Norf. and Suff.
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wind-gauge
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beating wind
That which requires the ship to make her way by tacks; a baffling or contrary wind.
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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...
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east wind
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eddy-wind
That which is beat back, or returns, from a sail, bluff hill, or anything which impedes its passage;...
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fall-wind
A sudden gust.
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foul wind
That which prevents a ship from laying her course.
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gall-wind
See wind-gall.
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
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high wind
See heavy gale.
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leading-wind
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...
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north wind
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soldier's wind
One which serves either way; allowing a passage to be made without much nautical ability.
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south-wind
A mild wind in the British seas with frequent fogs; it generally brings rain or damp weather.
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traverse-wind
A wind which sets right in to any harbour, and prevents the departure of vessels.
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west wind
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wild-wind
An old term for whirlwind.
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wind-bands
Long clouds supposed to indicate bad weather.
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wind-bound
Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds.
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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...
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wind-gage
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wind-gall
A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye,...
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wind-rode
A ship is wind-rode when the wind overcomes an opposite tidal force, and she rides head to wind.
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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wind-taut
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind.
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wind-tight
A cask or vessel to contain water is said to be wind-tight and water-tight.
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young wind
The commencement of the land or sea breeze.
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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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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
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breath of wind
All but a dead calm.
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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capful of wind
A light flaw, which suddenly careens a vessel and passes off.
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fret of wind
A squally flaw.
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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...
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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind.
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haul my wind
An expression when an individual is going upon a new line of action. To avoid a quarrel or difficult...
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head to wind
The situation of a ship or boat when her head is pointed directly to windward. The term is particula...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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on a wind
Synonymous with on a bowline.
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shift of wind
Implies that it varies, or has changed in its direction.
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slant of wind
An air of which advantage may be taken.
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slope of wind
A breeze favouring a long tack near to the required course, and which may be expected to veer to fai...
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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wind away, to
To steer through narrow channels.
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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.
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betwixt wind and water
About the line of load immersion of the ship's hull; or that part of the vessel which is at the surf...
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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dead upon a wind
Braced sharp up and bowlines hauled.
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down wind, down sea
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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.)
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gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward.
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raise the wind, to
To make an exertion; to cast about for funds.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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wind and water line
That part of a ship lying at the surface of the water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion...
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
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first quarter of the moon
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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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pick up a wind, to
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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three sheets in the wind
Unsteady from drink.
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whistle for the wind, to
A superstitious practice among old seamen, who are equally scrupulous to avoid whistling during a he...
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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade.
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set of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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direction or set of the wind and current
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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which way does the wind lie?
What is the matter?
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eating the wind out of a vessel
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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
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