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Rattle
·noun Noisy, rapid talk.
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rattle
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Rigging
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Rig>>.
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rigging
Clothing. I'll unrig the bloss; I'll strip the wench. Rum Rigging; fine clothes. The cull has rum ri...
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rigging
A general name given to all the ropes or chains employed to support the masts, and arrange the sails...
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fit rigging, to
To cut or fit the standing and running rigging to the masts, &c.
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Down
·adj Downcast; as, a down look.
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down
Aware of a thing. Knowing it. There is NO DOWN. A cant phrase used by house-breakers to signify that...
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down
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n.
a prejudice against, hostility to;a peculiarly Australian noun made out of the adverb.
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edge down, to
To approach any object in an oblique direction.
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fall down, to
To sail, drift, or be towed to some lower part nearer a river's mouth or opening.
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try down, to
To boil out the oil from blubber at sea in whalers.
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Rattle-brained
·adj Giddy; rattle-headed.
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Rattle-headed
·adj Noisy; giddy; unsteady.
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Rattle-pated
·adj Rattle-headed.
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Water rattle
·- ·Alt. of Water rattler.
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rattle-pate
A volatile, unsteady, or whimsical man or woman.
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rattle-traps
A contemptuous name for any curious portable piece of machinery, or philosophical apparatus.
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set up rigging, to
To take in the slack of the shrouds, stays, and backstays, to bring the same strain as before, and t...
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cutting rigging
This includes the act of measuring it.
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rigging-loft
A long room or gallery in a dockyard, where rigging is fitted by stretching, serving, splicing, seiz...
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rigging-mats
Those which are seized upon a vessel's standing rigging, to prevent its being chafed.
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rigging out
A term for outfitting. Also, a word used familiarly to express clothing of ship or tar.
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rigging-stopper
See stopper of the cable.
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standing rigging
That part which is made fast, and not hauled upon; being the shrouds, backstays, and stays for the s...
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down wind, down sea
A proverbial expression among seamen between the tropics, where the sea is soon raised by the wind, ...
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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Down-share
·noun A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind.
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Lock-down
·noun A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting;
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Steep-down
·adj Deep and precipitous, having steep descent.
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Step-down
·add. ·adj Transforming or converting a current of high potential or pressure into one of low pressu...
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Swan's-down
·noun ·Alt. of Swans-down.
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Swans-down
·noun The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
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Tumble-down
·adj Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
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down hills
Dice that run low.
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to drop down
To be dispirited. This expression is used by thieves to signify that their companion did not die gam...
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boil down
v.
to reduce a statement to itssimplest form; a constant term amongst pressmen. Over thereporters' ...
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knock-down
v.
generally of a cheque. To spendriotously, usually in drink.
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lamb down
v. tr.
1) To knock down a cheque or a sum of money in a spree.There is an old English verb, of Scan...
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mulga-down
n.
hills covered with Mulga.
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take (a man) down
Australian sporting slang.
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clap down
To set down; charge to one's account.
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to knock down
A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...
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down upon
To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...
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slipper-down
A vulgar name in some parts of Connecticut for hasty pudding. The etymology is obvious.
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down-lying
just going to be brought to bed. N.
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blacking down
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bore down
Sailed down from to windward.
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cutting down
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down along
Sailing coastways down Channel.
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down east
Far away in that bearing. This term, as down west, &c., is an Americanism, recently adopted into our...
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down-haul
A rope passing up along a stay, leading through cringles of the staysails or jib, and made fast to t...
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down killock!
Let go the grapnel; the corruption of keel-hook or anchor.
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down oars!
The order on shoving off a boat when the men have had them "tossed up."
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go down
The name given to store-houses and magazines in the East Indies.
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heaving down
(See careening.) The bringing one of a ship's sides down into the water, by means of purchases on th...
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hove down
, properly hove out or careened. The situation of a ship when heeled or placed thus for repairs.
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hull-down
Is said of a ship when at such a distance that, from the convexity of the globe, only her masts and ...
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laying down
, or laying off.
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pipe down!
The order to dismiss the men from the deck when a duty has been performed on board ship.
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riding-down
The act of the men who throw their weight on the head of a sail to stretch it. Also, of the man who ...
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strike down!
The order to lower casks, &c., into the hold.
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union down
When a ship hoists her ensign upside down it is a signal of distress or of mourning.
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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to
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rolling down to st. helena
Running with a flowing sheet by the trade-wind.
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run down a coast, to
To sail along it, keeping parallel to or skirting its dangers.
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run down a vessel, to
To pass over, into, or foul her by running against her end-on, so as to jeopardize her.
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span of rigging
The length of shrouds from the dead-eyes on one side, over the mast-head, to the dead-eyes on the ot...
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turning in rigging
The end of a vessel's shrouds carried round the dead-eyes, laid back and secured by seizings.
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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knock me down
Strong ale or beer, stingo.
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cutting-down line
An elliptical curve line used by shipwrights in the delineation of ships; it determines the depth of...
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down all chests!
The order to get all the officers' and seamen's chests down below from off the gun-decks when cleari...
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down all hammocks!
The order for all the sailors to carry their hammocks down, and hang them up in their respective ber...
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down-haul tackles
Employed when lower yards are struck in bad weather to prevent them from swaying about after the tru...
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hauling down vacancy
The colloquialism expressive of the promotion of a flag-lieutenant and midshipman on an admiral's ha...
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jaw-me-down
An arrogant, overbearing, and unsound loud arguer.
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out or down
An exclamation of the boatswain, &c., in ordering men out of their hammocks, i.e. turn out, or your ...
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peak down-haul
A rope rove through a block at the outer end of the gaff to haul it down by.
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running-down clause
A special admission into policies of marine insurance, to include the risk of loss or damage in cons...
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ship cut down
One which has had a deck cut off from her, whereby a three-decker is converted into a two-decker, an...
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up and down
The situation of the cable when it has been hove in sufficiently to bring the ship directly over the...
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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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To-rent
·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend.
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to bam
To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.
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to bamboozle
To make a fool of any one, to humbug or impose on him.
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to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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to bitch
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
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to bite
To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to...
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to bug
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
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to grab
To seize a man. The pigs grabbed the kiddey for a crack: the officers, seized the youth for a burgla...
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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to twig
To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, sn...
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hump, to
v.
to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...
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jump, to
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to take possession of a claim(mining) on land, on the ground that a former possessor hasabandone...
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to buckle-to
To set about any task with energy and a determination to effect the object. It probably comes from h...
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to cotton to
'To cotton to one,' is to take a liking to him; to fancy him; literally to stick to him, as cotton w...
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abase, to
An old word signifying to lower a flag or sail. Abaisser is in use in the French marine, and both ma...
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abate, to
An old Anglo-Norman word from abattre, to beat down or destroy; as, to abate a castle or fort, is to...
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abet, to
To excite or encourage a common word, greatly in use at boat-racings, and other competitive acts.
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abrase, to
To dubb or smooth planks.
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accoil, to
To coil together, by folding round. (See coil.)
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accompany, to
To sail together; to sail in convoy.
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accost, to
To pass within hail of a ship; to sail coastwise; to approach, to draw near, or come side by side.
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adjourn, to
To put off till another day. Adjournments can be made in courts-martial from day to day, Sundays exc...
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adjust, to
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a ch...
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advance, to
An old word, meaning to raise to honour.
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aid, to
To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.
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allow, to
To concede a destined portion of stores, &c.
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annul, to
To nullify a signal.
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answer, to
To reply, to succeed; as, the frigate has answered the signal. This boat will not answer.
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commute, to
To lighten the sentence of a court-martial, on a recommendation of the court to the commander-in-chi...
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compass, to
To curve; also to obtain one's object.
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complain, to
The creaking of masts, or timbers, when over-pressed, without any apparent external defect. One man ...
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compliment, to
To render naval or military honour where due.
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conquer, to
To overcome decidedly.
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consign, to
To send a consignment of goods to an agent or factor for sale or disposal.
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copper, to
To cover the ship's bottom with prepared copper.
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corn, to
A remainder of the Anglo-Saxon ge-cyrned, salted. To preserve meat for a time by salting it slightly...
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couple, to
To bend two hawsers together; coupling links of a cable; coupling shackles.
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cripple, to
To disable an enemy's ship by wounding his masts, yards, and steerage gear, thereby placing him hors...
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cund, to
To give notice which way a shoal of fish is gone.
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cure, to
To salt meat or fish.
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debark, to
To land; to go on shore.
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decamp, to
To raise the camp; the breaking up from a place where an army has been encamped.
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deck, to
A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails."
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derrick, to
A cant term for setting out on a small not over-creditable enterprise. The act is said to be named f...
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diddle, to
To deceive.
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ding, to
To dash down or throw with violence.
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dip, to
To lower. An object is said to be dipping when by refraction it is visible just above the horizon. A...
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discourse, to
An old sea term to traverse to and fro off the proper course.
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dish, to
To supplant, ruin, or frustrate.
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dismount, to
To break the carriages of guns, and thereby render them unfit for service. Also, in gun exercise, to...
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disorganize, to
To degrade a man-of-war to a privateer by irregularity.
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dive, to
To descend or plunge voluntarily head-foremost under the water. To go off deck in the watch. A ship ...
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doff, to
To put aside.
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double, to
To cover a ship with an extra planking, usually of 4 inches, either internally or externally, when t...
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douse, to
To lower or slacken down suddenly; expressed of a sail in a squall of wind, an extended hawser, &c. ...
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dout, to
To put out a light; to extinguish; do out. Shakspeare makes the dauphin of France say in "King Henry...
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dress, to
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
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drive, to
[from the Anglo-Saxon dryfan].
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dubb, to
To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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egg, to
To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
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eke, to
[Anglo-Saxon eácan, to prolong.] To make anything go far by reduction and moderation, as in shorteni...
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embark, to
To go on board, or to put on board a vessel.
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endanger, to
To expose to peril.
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enrol, to
To enter the name on the roll of a corps.
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ensconce, to
To intrench; to protect by a slight fortification.
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equip, to
A term frequently applied to the business of fitting a ship for a trading voyage, or arming her for ...
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export, to
To send goods or commodities out of a country, for the purposes of traffic, under the general name o...
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faff, to
To blow in flaws.
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fag, to
to tire
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fall, to
A town or fortress is said to fall when it is compelled to surrender to besiegers.
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To pour water into a pump in order to fetch it, when otherwise the boxes do not hold the water left ...
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favour, to
to be careful of; also to be fair for.
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fay, to
To fit any two pieces of wood, so as to join close and fair together; the plank is said to fay to th...
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feaze, to
To untwist, to unlay ropes; to teaze, to convert it into oakum.
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fell, to
To cut down timber. To knock down by a heavy blow. Fell is the Anglo-Saxon for a skin or hide.
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fetch, to
To reach, or arrive at; as, "we shall fetch to windward of the lighthouse this tack."
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flying-to
Is when a vessel, from sailing free or having tacked, and her head thrown much to leeward, is coming...
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founder, to
to fill with water and go down.
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frap, to
To bind tightly together. To pass lines round a sail to keep it from blowing loose. To secure the fa...
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free, to
♦ To free a prisoner. To restore him to liberty.
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freeze, to
To congeal water or any fluid. Thus sea-water freezes at 28° 5′ Fah.; fresh water at 32°; mercury at...
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freshen, to
To relieve a rope of its strain, or danger of chafing, by shifting or removing its place of nip.
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gip, to
To take the entrails out of fishes.
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gird, to
To bind; used formerly for striking a blow.
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glent, to
To turn aside or quit the original direction, as a shot does from accidentally impinging on a hard s...
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glower, to
to stare or look intently.
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grabble, to
To endeavour to hook a sunk article. To catch fish by hand in a brook.
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grapple, to
To hook with a grapnel; to lay hold of. First used by Duilius to prevent the escape of the Carthagin...
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grave, to
To clean a vessel's bottom, and pay it over.
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grill, to
To broil on the bars of the galley-range, as implied by its French derivation.
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griped-to
The situation of a boat when secured by gripes.
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ground, to
To take the bottom or shore; to be run aground through ignorance, violence, or accident.
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guddle, to
To catch fish with the hands by groping along a stream's bank.
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gudge, to
To poke or prod for fish under stones and banks of a river.
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