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Range
·v A kitchen grate. II. Range ·v ·see Range of cable, below. III. Range ·v A bolting sieve to sift...

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range
Placed in a line or row; a term hydrographically applied to hills, as "the coast-range." Also, galle...

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Battle range
·add. ·- The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle,...

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cattle-range
In Kentucky, a park. ...

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range, to
To sail in a parallel direction, and near to; as "we ranged the coast;" "the enemy came ranging up a...

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cat-heads
A Woman's breasts. SEA PHRASE. ...

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negroe's heads
Brown leaves delivered to the ships in ordinary. ...

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dead heads
Persons who drink at a bar, ride in an omnibus, or railroad car, travel in steamboats, or visit the ...

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bitt-heads
The upright pieces of oak-timber let in and bolted to the beams of two decks at least, and to which ...

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bulk-heads
Partitions built up in several parts of a ship, to form and separate the various cabins from each ot...

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cubbridge heads
The old bulk-heads of the forecastle and half-decks, wherein were placed the "murderers," or guns fo...

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kevel-heads
The ends of the top timbers, which, rising above the gunwale, serve to belay the ropes, or to be use...

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knight-heads
Two large oak timbers, one on each side of the stem, rising up sufficiently above it to support the ...

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negro-heads
The brown loaves issued to ships in ordinary. ...

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timber-heads
The heads of the timbers that rise above the decks, and are used for belaying hawsers, large ropes, ...

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wrung-heads
An old term for that part of a ship near the floor-heads and second futtock-heels, which, when she l...

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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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range of cable
A sufficient quantity of cable left slack to allow the anchor to reach the ground before the cable i...

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trying the range
A lubberly mode of estimating the distance of an enemy's ship or fort by firing a shot at it. ...

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heads and plucks
the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb. ...

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compartment bulk-heads
Some of the iron ships have adopted the admirable Chinese plan of dividing the hold athwart-ship by ...

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range of a gun
The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...

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