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Reef-band
·noun A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for ...

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Band
·vt A bond. II. Band ·- imp. of Bind. III. Band ·vt A belt or strap. IV. Band ·vt Pledge; securit...

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Reef
·noun A large vein of auriferous quartz; — so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding...

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reef
I. n. term in gold-mining; a vein ofauriferous quartz. Called by the Californian miners a vein, or...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
band
a string of any kind. North. ...

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band
The musicians of a band are called idlers in large ships. Also a small body of armed men or retainer...

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reef
A certain portion of a sail comprehended between the head of a sail and any of the reef-bands. The i...

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Band
The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth part of a le...

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Band fish
·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. ...

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Augustus band
(Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour ...

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Italian band
The name of the Roman cohort to which Cornelius belonged (Acts 10:1), so called probably because it ...

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band-kitt
a kind of great can with a cover; called in Yorkshire a BOW-KITE. ...

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calling-band
a leading string, or back-string, for children. Sometimes called only a CAL. York, - West Riding. ...

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shirt-band
a band. N. ...

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bag-reef
A fourth or lower reef of fore-and-aft sails, often used in the royal navy. ♦ Bag-reef of top-sail...

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balance-reef
A reef-band that crosses a sail from the outer head-earing to the tack diagonally, making it nearly ...

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band-fish
, or ribbon-fishes A popular name of the Gymnetrus genus. ...

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belly-band
A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them....

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coral-band
See sand and coral bank or islet. ...

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humla-band
A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole. ...

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middle band
One of the bands of a sail, to give additional strength. ...

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reef-cringles
See cringle. ...

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reef-earings
See earings. ...

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reef-knot
Is one in which the ends fall always in a line with the outer parts; in fact, two loops, easy to unt...

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reef-line
Casual aids in bad weather to help the men at the earings. When the vessel was going free, and the s...

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reef-pendant
A rope going through a cringle in the after-leech of a boom main-sail, and through a check sheave-ho...

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reef-points
Small flat pieces of plaited cordage or soft rope, tapering from the middle towards each end, whose ...

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reef-tackles
, are indeed pendants and tackles. The pendant is rove through the sister-block, then a sheave in th...

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shore reef
The same as fringing reef. ...

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spanish reef
The yards lowered on the cap. Also, a knot tied in the head of the jib. ...

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Augustus Band
(Acts 27:1) [Army] ...

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Italian Band
[Army] ...

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Troop, Band
These words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud, which has invariably the sense of an ir...

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reef-tackle span
Two cringles in the bolt-rope, about a couple of feet apart, when a block is used. ...

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hands reef top-sails!
The order to reef by all hands, instead of the watch, or watch and idlers. ...

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shake out, a reef, to
See let out, a reef, to ...

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let out, a reef, to
, or shake out, a reef, to To increase the dimensions of a sail, by untying the points confining a...

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