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Athwart
·prep Across; from side to side of.
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athwart
The transverse direction; anything extending or across the line of a ship's course.
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wend a course, to
To sail steadily on a given direction.
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risk a run, to
To take chance without convoy.
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Course
·vt To run through or over.
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course
The direction taken by anything in motion, shown by the point of the compass towards which they run,...
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lie athwart, to
When the tide slackens, and the wind is across tide, it makes a vessel ride athwart.
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Ships
Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) m...
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Run
·- of Run.
II. Run ·p.p. of Run.
III. Run ·adj To creep, as serpents.
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run
n.
1) Tract of land over which sheep orcattle may graze. It is curious that what in England is call...
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run
1) A small stream or rivulet; a word common in the Southern and Western States, though sometimes hea...
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run
The distance sailed by a ship. Also, used among sailors to imply the agreement to work a single pass...
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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deaden a ship's way, to
To retard a vessel's progress by bracing in the yards, so as to reduce the effect of the sails, or b...
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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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run out a warp, to
To carry a hawser out from the ship by a boat, and fasten it to some distant place to remove the shi...
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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right athwart
Square, or at right angles with the keel.
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lay her course, to
To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it.
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lie the course, to
When the vessel's head is in the direction wished.
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steer her course, to
Going with the wind fair enough to lay her course.
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crossing a ship's wake
When a ship sails over the transient track which another has just passed, i.e. passes close astern o...
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filling a ship's bottom
Implies covering the bottom of a ship with broad-headed nails, so as to give her a sheathing of iron...
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stationing a ship's company
Arranging the crew for the ready execution of the evolutionary duties of a ship.
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veer a buoy in a ship's wake, to
To slack out a rope to which a buoy has been attached, and let it go astern, for the purpose of brin...
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Blocking course
·- The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.
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Water course
·- A stream of water; a river or brook.
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fore-course
The fore-sail (which see).
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lap's course
One of the oldest and most savoury of the regular forecastle dishes. (See lobscouse.)
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main-course
The main-sail.
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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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cut and run, to
To cut the cable for an escape. Also, to move off quickly; to quit occupation; to be gone.
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black ships
The name by which the English builders designate those constructed of teak in India.
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corporal, ship's
In a ship of war was, under the master-at-arms, employed to teach the sailors the use of small arms;...
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demonstration-ships
Those kept in a certain state of preparation for war, though on a peace establishment.
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drill-ships
A recent establishment of vessels in which the volunteers composing the Royal Naval Reserve are dril...
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lofty ships
Once a general name for square-rigged vessels:
"A mackerel sky and mares' tails
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munition ships
Those which carry the naval stores for a fleet, as distinguished from the victuallers.
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reckoning, ship's
The ship's position resulting from the courses steered, and distances run by log, brought up from th...
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ship's books
The roll of the crew, containing every particular in relation to entry, former ships, &c.
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ship's husband
The agent or broker who manages her accounts with regard to work performed, repairs, &c., under refi...
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ship's lungs
Dr. Hall's name for the bellows with which he forced the foul air out of ships.
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ship's papers
Documents descriptive of a vessel, her owners, cargo, destination, and other particulars necessary f...
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ship's steward
The person who manages the victualling or mess departments. In the navy, paymaster's steward.
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thwart-ships
Across the ship, or from one side to the other. (See athwart.)
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troop-ships
A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...
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Run-around
·add. ·noun A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
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run goods
A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered.
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run-about
n. and adj.
Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure fo...
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run-hunting
exploring for a new run. See Run.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Squatter's Dream,' c. xix. p. 238:
«What...
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sheep-run
n.
See run.
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hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed.
We knew the Tam...
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let run
, or let go by the run.
Cast off at once.
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run, clean
When the after part of a ship's form exhibits a long clean curvature approaching to a wedge.
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run-money
The money paid for apprehending a deserter, and charged against his wages. Also, the sum given to se...
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a
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A
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·- Of.
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A 1
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·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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spoliation of a ship's papers
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
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athwart the tide
See across the tide.
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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head.
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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broach a business, to
To begin it.
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buffet a billow, to
To work against wind and tide.
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build a chapel, to
To turn a ship suddenly by negligent steerage.
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cable, to coil a
To lay it in fakes and tiers one over the other.
♦ To lay a cable. (See laying.)
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cleat a gun, to
To nail large cleats under the trucks of the lower-deckers in bad weather, to insure their not fetch...
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clinch a business, to
To finish it; to settle it beyond further dispute, as the recruit taking the shilling.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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feather, to cut a
When a ship has so sharp a bow that she makes the spray feather in cleaving it.
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lay a gun, to
So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...
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loose a rope, to
To cast it off, or let it go.
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mount a gun, to
To place it on its carriage.
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pay a yard, to
See pay a mast, to
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pay a mast, to
or pay a yard, to
To anoint it with tar, turpentine, rosin, tallow, or varnish; tallow is particul...
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point a gun, to
To direct it on a given object.
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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purchase a commission, to
A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the "buying of fetters;" it is the obtaining pre...
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raise a siege, to
To abandon or cause the abandonment of a siege.
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rate a chronometer, to
To determine its daily gaining or losing rate on mean time.
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reduce a charge, to
To diminish the contents of a cartridge, sometimes requisite during heavy firing.
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reduce a place, to
To compel its commander to surrender, or vacate it by capitulation.
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return a salute, to
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scour a beach, to
To pour a quick flanking fire along it, in order to dislodge an enemy.
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shift a berth, to
To move from one anchorage to another.
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speak a vessel, to
To pass within hail of her for that purpose.
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spin a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
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spin a twist or a yarn, to
To tell a long story; much prized in a dreary watch, if not tedious.
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spread a fleet, to
To keep more open order.
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support a friend, to
To make every exertion to assist a vessel in distress, from whatever cause. Neglect of this incurs p...
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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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trail a pike, to
To hold the spear end in the right hand, and the butt trailed behind the bearer.
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traverse a yard, to
To get it fore and aft.
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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wind a boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
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wring a mast, to
To bend, cripple, or strain it out of its natural position by setting the shrouds up too taut. The p...
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zig-zag course
Working to windward by very short tacks or angular turning boards.
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the eighth of the 24 courses or classes into which the priests were divided for serving at the altar...
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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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classification of ships
A register made of vessels according to the report rendered in by special surveyors. (See navy and L...
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east-country ships
The same as easterlings.
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iron-plated ships
See armour-clad.
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to cut and run
To be off; to be gone.--Holloway's Prov. Dictionary.
Originally a nautical term. To cut the cable o...
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to run one's face
To make use of one's credit. 'To run one's face for a thing,' is to get it on tick.
Any one who can...
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run of stones
A pair of mill-stones is called a run of stones when in operation or placed in a mill. The Rochester...
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to carry a horse to water
instead of lead or ride him to water. A Southern expression.--Sherwood, Georgia.
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breeze, to kick up a
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row.
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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gather aft a sheet, to
to pull it in, by hauling in slack.
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hold a good wind, to
To have weatherly qualities.
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kick up a dust, to
To create a row or disturbance.
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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her.
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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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luff into a harbour, to
To sail into it, shooting head to wind, gradually. A ship is accordingly said to spring her luff whe...
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pay a vessel's bottom, to
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.)
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pick up a wind, to
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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stretch along a brace, to
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it.
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thwart-marks, to a harbour
Two objects on the land, which, brought into line with each other, mark the safe course between shoa...
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lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...
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try, to, or lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...
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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
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— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
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a-trip
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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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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line-of-battle ships
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ship's registry and certificate
An official record of a ship's size, the bills of lading, ownership, &c.
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verification of ship's papers
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
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run away with it!
The order to men on a tackle fall, when light goods are being hoisted in, or in hoisting top-sails, ...
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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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·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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to bug
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.