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Round
·noun A circular dance.
II. Round ·adv On all sides; around.
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round
v. trans.
contraction of the verb to round-up, to bring a scattered herd together; used inall grazi...
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round
'To come or get round one,' in popular language, is to gain advantage over one by flattery or decept...
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round
♦ To bear round up. To go before the wind.
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Top
·noun Top-boots.
II. Top ·noun Eve; verge; point.
III. Top ·noun The head, or upper part, of a pla...
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top
A sort of platform placed over the head of the lower mast, from which it projects like a scaffold. T...
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Quarter round
·- An <<Ovolo>>.
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Round-arm
·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.
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Round-backed
·adj Having a round back or shoulders; round-shouldered.
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Round-shouldered
·adj Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
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Round-up
·add. ·noun A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, s round-up of criminals.
II. Round-u...
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Round Court
1) In Blackfriars (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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round dealing
Plain, honest dealing.
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round robin
A mode of signing remonstrances practised by sailors on board the king's ships, wherein their names ...
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round sum
A considerable sum.
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round about
An instrument used in housebreaking. This instrument has not been long in use. It will cut a round p...
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round mouth
The fundament. Brother round mouth, speaks; he has let a fart.
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round yam
n.
i.q. Burdekin Vine.See under vine.
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yam, round
n.
i.q. Burdekin Vine, under vine.
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to knock round
To go about.
I'm going to New York and Boston, and all about thar, and spend the summer until picki...
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round-rimmers
Hats with a round rim; hence, those who wear them. In the city of New York, a name applied to a larg...
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haul round
Said when the wind is gradually shifting towards any particular point of the compass. Edging round a...
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luff round
, or luff a-lee.
The extreme of the movement, by which it is intended to throw the ship's head up ...
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round-aft
The outward curve or segment of a circle, that the stern partakes of from the wing transom upwards.
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round dozen
A punishment term for thirteen lashes.
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round-house
A name given in East Indiamen and other large merchant ships, to square cabins built on the after-pa...
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round-ribbed
A vessel of burden with very little run, and a flattish bottom, the ribs sometimes almost joining th...
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round robbin
[from the French ruban rond]. A mode of signing names in a circular form, after a complaint or remon...
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round seam
The edges or selvedges sewed together, without lapping.
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round seizing
This is made by a series of turns, with the end passed through the riders, and made fast snugly. In ...
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round shot
The cast-iron balls fitting the bores of their respective guns, as distinguished from grape or other...
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round splice
One which hardly shows itself, from the neatness of the rope and the skill of the splicer. Properly ...
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round stern
The segmental stern, the bottom and wales of which are wrought quite aft, and unite in the stern-pos...
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High-top
·noun A ship's masthead.
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Top fermentation
·add. ·- An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermen...
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Top out
·add. ·- To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top``ping-out...
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Top rake
·add. ·- The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the sur...
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Top-armor
·noun A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
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Top-block
·noun A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, —...
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Top-boots
·noun ·pl High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper...
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Top-chain
·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...
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Top-cloth
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
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Top-drain
·vt To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
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Top-draining
·noun The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
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Top-dress
·vt To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.
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Top-dressed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Top-dress.
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Top-dressing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Top-dress.
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Top-hamper
·noun The upper rigging, spars, ·etc., of a ship.
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Top-heavy
·adj Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
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Top-light
·noun A lantern or light on the top of a vessel.
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Top-proud
·adj Proud to the highest degree.
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Top-rope
·noun A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
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Top-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.
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Top-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochi...
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Top-tackle
·noun A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
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Top-timbers
·noun The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.
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Top-tool
·noun A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on...
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Turban-top
·noun A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra...
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tip-top
The best: perhaps from fruit, that growing at the top of the tree being generally the best, as parta...
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top ropes
To sway away on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly.
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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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top diver
A lover of women. An old top diver; one who has loved old hat in his time.
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top lights
The eyes. Blast your top lights.
See *curse.
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top sail
He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to. sea and left them unpaid. SCT sol...
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tyburn top
or FORETOP
A wig with the foretop combed over the eyes in a knowing style; such being much worn by ...
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white-top
n.
another name for Flintwood (q.v.).
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tip-top
An expression often used in common conversation, denoting the utmost degree, excellence or perfectio...
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tve-top
a garland. N.
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bell-top
A name applied to the top of a quarter-gallery, when the upper stool is hollowed away, or made like ...
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chain, top
A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...
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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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laying-top
A conical piece of wood, having three or four scores or notches on its surface, used in rope-making ...
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top-armings
Hammocks stowed inside the rigging for the protection of riflemen.
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top-block
A large single block with an iron strop and hook, by which it is hooked into an eye-bolt under the l...
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top-castles
Castellated ledgings surrounding the mast-heads of our early ships, in which the pages to the office...
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top-chain
A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...
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top-gallant
In the Cotton MSS. this word appears as "top-garland."
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top-hamper
Any unnecessary weight either on a ship's decks or about her tops and rigging. Also, applied to flyi...
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top-light
See top-lantern
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top-lantern
, or top-light.
A large signal-lantern placed in the after-part of a top, in ships where an admira...
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top-lining
A lining on the after-part of sails, to prevent their chafing against the top-rim. Also, a platform ...
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top-mast
The second division of a mast above the deck. (See mast.)
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top-maul
A large hammer used to start the top-mast fid, and to beat down the top, when setting up topmast-rig...
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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...
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top-nettings
See top.
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top-rail
A rail supported on stanchions across the after-part of each of a ship's tops.
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top-riders
See upper futtocks-riders.
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top brim
The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...
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top rim or brim
The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...
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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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top-sails
The second sails above the decks, extending across the top-masts, by the topsail-yards above, and by...
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top-sawyer
The leading man in any undertaking. One who excels; inasmuch as the man of most intellect guides the...
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top-side
All that part of a ship's side which is above the main-wales: that is, those strakes between the she...
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top-swivel
Once a favourite arm for ships' tops, but from the confined space and elevation rather an encumbranc...
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top-tackle
A large tackle, or properly pendant, hooked to the lower end of the top-mast top-rope, and to the de...
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top-timbers
The first general tier which reach the top are called long top-timbers, and those below short top-ti...
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troughton's top
See whirler
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Merry-go-round
·noun Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; ·esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.
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Round Hoop Court
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. I 755-Boyle, 1799).
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shod all round
A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pay round, to
To turn the ship's head.
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round and grape
A phrase used when a gun is charged at close quarters with round shot, grape, and canister; termed a...
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round-in, to
To haul in on a fall; the act of pulling upon any slack rope which passes through one or more blocks...
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round the fleet
A diabolical punishment, by which a man, lashed to a frame on a long-boat, was towed alongside of ev...
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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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top-knot pigeon
n.
an Australian bird, Lopholaimus antarcticus, Shaw.
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long top-timbers
See long timbers
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lop and top
The top and branches of a felled tree.
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main-top bowline
The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...
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reefed top-mast
When a top-mast is sprung in or near the cap, the lower piece is cut off, and a new fid-hole cut, by...
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top burton-tackle
See burton.
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top-sail haul!
or main-topsail haul!
When the main-sail is not set, this is the order given to haul the after-yar...
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top-tackle pendant
The pendant used with the above. The top-mast is swayed up by a top-rope or hawser. The pendant, whi...
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top-timber breadth
The distance between the upper part of the same timber and the middle line.
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top-timber hollow
A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber.
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top your boom
See boom.
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top-rider futtocks
These timbers stand nearly the same as breadth-riders, and very much strengthen the top-side.
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white boot-top
A painted white line carried fore and aft on the hammock-netting base. It gives a longer appearance ...
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rings, to run round
: to beat out and out. Apicturesque bit of Australian slang. One runner runs straightto the goal, th...
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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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sprit-sail top-sail
A sail extended above the sprit-sail by a yard, which hung under the jib-boom.
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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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top a yard or boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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top-gallant quarter-boards
, or top-gallant bulwarks.
See quarter-boards.
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top the glim, to
To snuff the candle.
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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority.
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round-turn in the hawse
A term implying the situation of the two cables of a ship, which, when moored, has swung the wrong w...
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round up of the transoms
That segment of a circle to which they are sided, or of beams to which they are moulded.
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bring up with a round turn
Suddenly arresting a running rope by taking a round turn round a bollard, bitt-head, or cleat. Said ...
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