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Sand
·noun Courage; pluck; grit.
II. Sand ·vt To drive upon the sand.
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Rope
·vt To lasso (a steer, horse).
II. Rope ·noun The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
III. R...
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rope
v. tr.
to catch a horse or bullock with a noosedrope. It comes from the Western United States, wher...
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rope
Is composed of hemp, hide, wire, or other stuff, spun into yarns and strands, which twisted together...
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Sand-blind
·adj Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
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Sand-lot
·add. ·adj Lit., of or pert. to a lot or piece of sandy ground, — hence, pert. to, or characteristic...
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Sand Wharf
See Wheatsheaf Wharf.
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sand shark
See blind shark
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sand-lark
n.
name given in Australia to the Red-capped Dottrel, Charadrius ruficapilla, Temm.
1867. W. Richa...
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sand-stay
n.
a characteristic name for the Coast Tea-Tree, Leptospermum laevigatum,F. v. M., N.O. Myrtaceae. ...
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sand-flea
(Genus, orchestra. Leach.) A small crustacea common along the shores of Long Island, and other sandy...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sand-galls
spots of sand forced up by the oozing of water. Norf. and Suff.
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sand-streak
See garboard-strake
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quick-sand
A fine-grained loose sand, into which a ship sinks by her own weight as soon as the water retreats f...
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sand-bags
Small square cushions made of canvas and painted, for boats' ballast. Also, bags containing about a ...
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sand-drifts
Hillocks of shifting sands, as on the deserts of Sahara, &c.
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sand-hills
Mounds of sand thrown up on the sea-shore by winds and eddies. They are mostly destitute of verdure....
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sand-hopper
A small creature (Talitra), resembling a shrimp, which abounds on some beaches.
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sand-launce
♦ Ammodytes tobianus, a small eel-like fish, which buries itself in the sand.
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sand-piper
A name applied to many species of small wading birds found on the sea-shore and banks of lakes and r...
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sand-shot
Those cast in moulds of sand, when economy is of more importance than form or hardness; the small ba...
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sand-strake
A name sometimes given to the garboard-strake.
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sand-warpt
Left by the tide on a shoal. Also, striking on a shoal at half-flood.
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shifting sand
A bank, of which the sand, being incoherent, is subject to removal or being driven about by the viol...
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sand glass
See short-time
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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Drag rope
·add. ·- A guide rope.
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Glass-rope
·noun A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long ...
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Guess rope
·- A guess warp.
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Guest rope
·- The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
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Guide rope
·add. ·- A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its len...
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Rope-yarn
·noun the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
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Top-rope
·noun A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
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Trail rope
·add. ·- ·same·as Guide rope, above.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back-rope
The rope-pendant, or small chain for staying the dolphin-striker. Also a piece long enough to reach ...
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bell-rope
A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned a...
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boat-rope
A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern.
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bolt-rope
A rope sewed all round the edge of the sail, to prevent the canvas from tearing. The bottom part of ...
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breast-rope
The lashing or laniard of the yard-parrels. (See also horse.) Also, the bight of a mat-worked band f...
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bucket-rope
That which is tied to a bucket for drawing water up from alongside.
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buoy-rope
The rope which attaches the buoy to the anchor, which should always be of sufficient strength to lif...
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cant-rope
See four-cant.
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cat-rope
A line for hauling the cat-hook about: also cat-back-rope, which hauls the block to the ring of the ...
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chest-rope
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
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clue-rope
In large sails, the eye or loop at the clues is made of a rope larger than the bolt-rope into which ...
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davit-rope
The lashing which secures the davit to the shrouds when out of use.
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foot-rope
The rope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. (See bolt-rope.)
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foul rope
A rope entangled or unfit for immediate use.
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gift-rope
[synonymous with guest-rope].
A rope for boats at the guest-warp boom.
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grapnel-rope
That which is bent to the grapnel by which a boat rides, now substituted by chain.
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guess-rope
See guess-warp
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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heel-rope
That which hauls out the bowsprit in cutters, and the jib and studding-sail booms, or anything else ...
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jaw-rope
A line attached to the horns of the jaws to prevent the gaff from coming off the mast. It is usually...
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kedge-rope
The rope which belongs to the kedge-anchor, and restrains the vessel from driving over her bower-anc...
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keel-rope
A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes.
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leech-rope
A name given to that vertical part of the bolt-rope to which the border or edge of a sail is sewed. ...
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manilla rope
A valuable cordage made in the Philippines, which, not being subject to rot, does not require to be ...
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mast-rope
[Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down.
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parrel-rope
Is formed of a single rope well served, and fitted with an eye at each end; this being passed round ...
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rope-bands
Small plaited lines rove through the eyelet holes with a running eye, by which the head of a sail, a...
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rope-house
A long building in a dockyard, where ropes are made.
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rope-ladder
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c.
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rope-maker
A first-class petty officer in the navy.
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rope-yarn
The smallest and simplest part of any rope, being one of the large threads of hemp or other stuff, s...
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shroud-rope
A finer quality of hawser-laid rope than is commonly used for other purposes. It is also termed purc...
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slip-rope
A rope passed through anything in such a manner that it will render or may be slipped instantaneousl...
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slue-rope
A rope peculiarly applied for turning a spar or other object in a required direction.
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swab-rope
A line bent to the eye of a swab for dipping it overboard in washing it.
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top-rope
The mast-rope employed to sway up a top-mast or topgallant-mast, in order to fix it in its place, or...
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white-rope
Rope which has not been tarred. Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring.
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wire-rope
Rigging made of iron wire galvanized, and laid up like common cordage.
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yard-rope
Is only used for temporary purposes; the most usual application of the term is that by which a yard ...
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standing part of a rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
III...
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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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buoy-rope knot
Used where the end is lashed to the shank. A knot made by unlaying the strands of a cable-laid rope,...
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cable-laid rope
Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope. Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand rope...
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hawser-laid rope
Is rope made in the usual way, being three or four strands of yarns laid up right-handed, or with th...
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laying a rope
Arranging the yarns for the strands, and then the strands for making a rope, or cable.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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water-laid rope
The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.
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sand and coral bank
An accumulation of sand and fragments of coral above the surface of the sea, without any vegetation;...
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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loose a rope, to
To cast it off, or let it go.
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Unheard-of
·adj New; unprecedented; unparalleled.
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kind of
In a manner, as it were. A sort of qualifying expression; as, 'She made game on it kind o'.'--Forby....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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rising of
More than; upwards of; as, There were rising of a thousand men killed at the battle of Buena Vista.'...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Bishops of London, Palace of
On the north-west side of St. Paul's Church (S. 373).
Mentioned by Ralph de Diceto in his Opera His...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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receivers of droits of admiralty
Now termed receivers of wreck (which see).
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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Beeroth of the children of Jaakan
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rabbath Of The Children Of Ammon
and Rabbath of the Ammonites, [See RABBATH]
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Wisdom Of Jesus, Son Of Sirach
[Ecclesiasticus]
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Angle of entry
·add. ·- The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aerocurve) and the line of motio...
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Angle of incidence
·add. ·- The angle between the chord of an aerocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed a...
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Bird of paradise
·- The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New...
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Concert of Europe
·add. ·- ·Alt. of European concert.
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Corps of Engineers
·add. ·- In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the...
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Jane-of-apes
·noun A silly, pert girl;
— corresponding to jackanapes.
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Leg-of-mutton
·add. ·adj Having the general shape or outline of a leg of mutton; as, a leg-of-mutton, or shoulder-...
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Matter-of-fact
·adj Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; comm...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Mother-of-pearl
·noun The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, ·esp. of pearl oysters, river musse...
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Mother-of-thyme
·noun An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum);
— called also wild thyme.
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Out-of-door
·adj Being out of the house; being, or done, in the open air; outdoor; as, out-of-door exercise. ·se...
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Volunteers of America
·add. ·- A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) b...
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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Ancient of Days
An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Atonement, Day of
The great annual day of humiliation and expiation for the sins of the nation, "the fast" (Acts 27:9)...
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Avenger of blood
(Heb. goel, from verb gaal, "to be near of kin," "to redeem"), the nearest relative of a murdered pe...
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Baale of Judah
Lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Sam....
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Babel, tower of
The name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar afte...
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Babylon, kingdom of
Called "the land of the Chaldeans" (Jer. 24:5; Ezek, 12:13), was an extensive province in Central As...
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Baca, Valley of
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of P...
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Baptism of Christ
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he ...
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Bashan, Hill of
(Ps. 68:15), probably another name for Hermon, which lies to the north of Bashan.
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Changes of raiment
Were reckoned among the treasures of rich men (Gen. 45:22; Judg. 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:22, 23).
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Chiefs of Asia
"Asiarchs," the title given to certain wealthy persons annually appointed to preside over the religi...
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Chronicles, Books of
The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e....
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Coat of mail
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
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Coming of Christ
(1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2...
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Consolation of Israel
A name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isa. 12:1; 49:13. The Gre...
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Crown of thorns
Our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in...
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Daniel, Book of
Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See ...
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David, City of
1) David took from the Jebusites the fortress of Mount Zion. He "dwelt in the fort, and called it th...
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Decision, Valley of
A name given to the valley of Jehoshaphat (q.v.) as the vale of the sentence. The scene of Jehovah's...
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Decrees of God
"The decrees of God are his eternal, unchangeable, holy, wise, and sovereign purpose, comprehending ...
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Degrees, Song of
Song of steps, a title given to each of these fifteen psalms, 120-134 inclusive. The probable origin...
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Desolation, Abomination of
(Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; comp. Luke 21:20), is interpreted of the eagles, the standards of the Roma...
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Destruction, City of
(Isa. 19:18; Heb. Ir-ha-Heres, "city of overthrow," because of the evidence it would present of the ...
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Drawer of water
(Deut. 29:11; Josh. 9:21, 23), a servile employment to which the Gibeonites were condemned.
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Ephraim, Gate of
One of the gates of Jerusalem (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chr. 25:23), on the side of the city looking toward ...
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Ephraim, Wood of
A forest in which a fatal battle was fought between the army of David and that of Absalom, who was k...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
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Foreknowledge of God
Acts 2:23; Rom. 8:29; 11:2; 1 Pet. 1:2), one of those high attributes essentially appertaining to hi...
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Forgiveness of sin
One of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the co...
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Galilee, Sea of
(Matt. 4:18; 15:29), is mentioned in the Bible under three other names.
1) In the Old Testament it ...
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Gibeah of Judah
(Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, abou...
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Gibeah of Phinehas
(Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 "hill," A...
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Gilead, Balm of
The region of Gilead abounded in spices and aromatic gums, which were exported to Egypt and Tyre (Ge...
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Goodness of God
A perfection of his character which he exercises towards his creatures according to their various ci...
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Government of God
See Providence.
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Grace, means of
An expression not used in Scripture, but employed (1) to denote those institutions ordained by God t...
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Habakkuk, Prophecies of
Were probably written about B.C. 650-627, or, as some think, a few years later. This book consists o...
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Haggai, Book of
Consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of the prophet was generally to urge the p...
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Holy of holies
The second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitte...
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Hosea, Prophecies of
This book stands first in order among the "Minor Prophets." "The probable cause of the location of H...
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Host of heaven
The sun, moon, and stars are so designated (Gen. 2:1). When the Jews fell into idolatry they worship...
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Humiliation of Christ
(Phil. 2:8), seen in (1) his birth (Gal. 4:4; Luke 2:7; John 1:46; Heb. 2:9), (2) his circumstances,...
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Intercession of Christ
Christ's priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice,...
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Kingdom of God
(Matt. 6:33; Mark 1:14, 15; Luke 4:43) = "kingdom of Christ" (Matt. 13:41; 20:21) = "kingdom of Chri...
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Kir of Moab
Isa. 15:1. The two strongholds of Moab were Ar and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth (1...
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Lamentations, Book of
Called in the Hebrew canon 'Ekhah, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song o...
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Law of Moses
Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by ...
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Mail, Coat of
"a corselet of scales," a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales...
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Malachi, Prophecies of
The contents of the book are comprised in four chapters. In the Hebrew text the third and fourth cha...
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Man of sin
A designation of Antichrist given in 2 Thess. 2:3-10, usually regarded as descriptive of the Papal p...
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Micah, Book of
The sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the ...
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Mount of beatitudes
See Sermon on the mount.
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Mount of corruption
(2 Kings 23:13; Vulg., "mount of offence"), the name given to a part of the Mount of Olives, so call...
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Nahum, Book of
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, howev...
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Naphtali, Tribe of
On this tribe Jacob pronounced the patriarchal blessing, "Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth go...
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Nativity of Christ
The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (Gen. 49:10; Isa. 7...
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Nehemiah, Book of
The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the...
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Nimrim, Waters of
The stream of the leopards, a stream in Moab (Isa. 15:6; Jer. 48:34); probably the modern Wady en-Ne...
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Numbers, Book of
The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be-midbar, i.e., "in the wilderness....
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Obadiah, Book of
Consists of one chapter, "concerning Edom," its impending doom (1:1-16), and the restoration of Isra...
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Olves, Mount of
So called from the olive trees with which its sides are clothed, is a mountain ridge on the east of ...
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Samuel, Books of
The LXX. translators regarded the books of Samuel and of Kings as forming one continuous history, wh...
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Sea of glass
A figurative expression used in Rev. 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, "this ca...
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Sea of Jazer
(Jer. 48:32), a lake, now represented by some ponds in the high valley in which the Ammonite city of...
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Stream of Egypt
(Isa. 27:12), the Wady el-Arish, called also "the river of Egypt," R.V., "brook of Egypt" (Num. 34:5...
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Tabernacles, Feast of
The third of the great annual festivals of the Jews (Lev. 23:33-43). It is also called the "feast of...
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Testimony, Tabernacle of
The tabernacle, the great glory of which was that it contained "the testimony", i.e., the "two table...
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Tiberias, Sea of
Called also the Sea of Galilee (q.v.) and of Gennesaret. In the Old Testament it is called the Sea o...
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Tongues, Confusion of
At Babel, the cause of the early separation of mankind and their division into nations. The descenda...
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Tongues, Gift of
Granted on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4), in fulfilment of a promise Christ had made to his discip...
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Tree of life
Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opini...
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Trumpets, Feast of
Was celebrated at the beginning of the month Tisri, the first month of the civil year. It received i...
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Vine of Sodom
Referred to only in Deut. 32:32. Among the many conjectures as to this tree, the most probable is th...
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Water of jealousy
A phrase employed (not, however, in Scripture) to denote the water used in the solemn ordeal prescri...
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Water of purification
Used in cases of ceremonial cleansings at the consecration of the Levites (Num. 8:7). It signified, ...
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Water of separation
Used along with the ashes of a red heifer for the ceremonial cleansing of persons defiled by contact...
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Weeks, Feast of
See Pentecost.
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