second-futtocks

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• futtocks

  , or foot-hooks. The separate pieces of timber which compose the frame. There are four futtocks (c...

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• Second

  ·noun Aid; assistance; help. II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece; — often popula...

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• second

  The sixtieth part of a minute. A division of a degree of a circle. A term applied both to time and t...

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• double-futtocks

  Timbers in the cant-bodies, extending from the dead-wood to the run of the second futtock-head. ...

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• first futtocks

  Timbers in the frame of a ship which come down between the floor-timbers almost to the keel on each ...

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• upper or top-rider futtocks

  These timbers stand nearly the same as breadth-riders, and very much strengthen the top-side. ...

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• Second-class

  ·adj Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; ...

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• Second-rate

  ·adj Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a secon...

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• Second-sight

  ·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...

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• Second-sighted

  ·adj Having the power of second-sight. ...

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• Thirty-second

  ·adj Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided. ...

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• Twelfth-second

  ·noun A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these ...

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• Second Postern

  Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, ...

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• second-captain

  Commanders under captains in the navy, of late. ...

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• second-counter

  See counter. ...

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• second-hand

  A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge. ...

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• second officer

  Second mate in merchantmen. ...

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• second-rate

  Vessels of seventy-four guns (on the old scale). ...

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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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• Temple, the Second

  After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements we...

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• to play second fiddle

  is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...

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• John, Second Epistle of

  Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet...

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• Peter, Second Epistle of

  The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...

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• Timothy, Second Epistle to

  Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a...

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• Peter, Second Epistle Of

  The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...

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• Corinthians, Second Epistle to the

  Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense exciteme...

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• Corinthians, Second Epistle To The

  was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year-about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58...

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• Esdras, The Second Book Of

  This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...

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• Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The

  appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus ...

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• Chronicles, First And Second Books Of

  the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...

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• Kings, First And Second Books Of

  originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...

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• John, The Second And Third Epistles Of

  The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and niece...

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