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set up
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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set-to
A scientific pugilistic combat; and figuratively, an argument, debate, contest in words. Both senses...
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Rigging
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Rig>>.
II. Rigging ·noun DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains,...
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rigging
Clothing. I'll unrig the bloss; I'll strip the wench. Rum Rigging; fine clothes. The cull has rum ri...
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rigging
A general name given to all the ropes or chains employed to support the masts, and arrange the sails...
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up to
To be up to a thing,' is to understand it. A common English and American vulgarism.
Have you ever t...
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set
set, v. sed init.
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Set
·vi To fit music to words.
II. Set ·Impf & ·p.p. of Set.
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set
A dead set: a concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming.
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set
Fixed in opinion; firm.--Webster. 'He is very set in his ways.'
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set
The direction in which a current flows, or of the wind. (See direction.)
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fit rigging, to
To cut or fit the standing and running rigging to the masts, &c.
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Up-to-date
·add. ·adj Extending to the present time; having style, manners, knowledge, or other qualities that ...
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up to snuff
To be flash; to be shrewd. Up to snuff and a pinch above it, is a common cant phrase.--Grose. Both t...
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up to trap
Knowing; shrewd. English and American.
Phrenology is a little bit dangerous. It is only fit for an ...
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blow up, to
To abuse angrily.
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break-up, to
To take a ship to pieces when she becomes old and unserviceable.
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bring up, to
To cast anchor.
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ease up, to
To come up handsomely with a tackle-fall.
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hike up, to
To kidnap; to carry off by force.
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hold up, to
In meteorological parlance, for the weather to clear up after a gale; to stop raining.
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shin up, to
To climb up a rope or spar without the aid of any kind of steps.
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silt-up, to
To be choked with mud or sand, so as to obstruct vessels.
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sway up, to
To apply a strain on a mast-rope in order to lift the spar upwards, so that the fid may be taken out...
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truss up, to
To brail up a sail suddenly; to toss up a bunt.
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rattle down rigging, to
or, to rattle the shrouds.
To fix the ratlines in a line parallel to the vessel's set on the water...
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Up
·prep <<Upon>>.
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cutting rigging
This includes the act of measuring it.
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rigging-loft
A long room or gallery in a dockyard, where rigging is fitted by stretching, serving, splicing, seiz...
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rigging-mats
Those which are seized upon a vessel's standing rigging, to prevent its being chafed.
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rigging out
A term for outfitting. Also, a word used familiarly to express clothing of ship or tar.
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rigging-stopper
See stopper of the cable.
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standing rigging
That part which is made fast, and not hauled upon; being the shrouds, backstays, and stays for the s...
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set the chase, to
To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one ...
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Fire-set
·noun A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.
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Saw-set
·noun An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a k...
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Set chisel
·add. ·- A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off ...
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Set-fair
·noun In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface.
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Set-off
·noun ·see <<Offset>>, 7.
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Set-stitched
·adj Stitched according to a formal pattern.
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Sharp-set
·adj Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle o...
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Well-set
·adj Properly or firmly set.
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a dead set
A concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming.--Grose, Slang Dict. This phrase seems to be taken ...
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to set by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
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sharp set
Hungry. A colloquial expression much itself in the United States as well as in England.
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set-bolts
Used in drifting out bolts from their position. Also employed for forcing the planks and other works...
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set flying
Sails that do not remain aloft when taken in, but are hauled on deck or stowed in the tops, as skysa...
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set in
Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady.
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set on!
The order to set the engine going on board a steamer.
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under-set
Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...
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windward set
The reverse of leeward set.
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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up to their gossip
To be a match for one who attempts to cheat or deceive; to be on a footing, or in the secret. I'll b...
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up to the hub
To the extreme point. The figure is that of a vehicle sunk in the mud up to the hub of the wheels, w...
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sheer up alongside, to
To approach a ship or other object in an oblique direction.
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wing up ballast, to
To carry the dead weight from the bottom as high as consistent with the stability of a ship, in orde...
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work up junk, to
To draw yarns from old cables, &c., and therewith to make foxes, points, gaskets, sinnet, or spun-ya...
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·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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·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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span of rigging
The length of shrouds from the dead-eyes on one side, over the mast-head, to the dead-eyes on the ot...
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turning in rigging
The end of a vessel's shrouds carried round the dead-eyes, laid back and secured by seizings.
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Break-up
·noun Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly...
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Flare-up
·noun A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.
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Frame-up
·add. ·noun A conspiracy or plot, ·esp. for a malicious or evil purpose, as to incriminate a person ...
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Get-up
·noun General composition or structure; manner in which the parts of a thing are combined; make-up; ...
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Higher-up
·add. ·noun A superior officer or official;
— used chiefly in ·pl
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Hunt's-up
·noun A tune played on the horn very early in the morning to call out the hunters; hence, any arousi...
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Let-up
·noun Abatement; also, cessation; as, it blew a gale for three days without any let-up.
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Line-up
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Lineup>>.
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Make-up
·noun The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is d...
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Making-up
·noun The act of becoming reconciled or friendly.
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Pick-up
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Pickup>>.
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Pricking-up
·noun The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once ...
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Put-up
·adj Arranged; plotted;
— in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
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Round-up
·add. ·noun A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, s round-up of criminals.
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Seven-up
·noun The game of cards called also all fours, and old sledge.
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Start-up
·noun A kind of high rustic shoe.
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Steep-up
·adj Lofty and precipitous.
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Step-up
·add. ·adj Transforming or converting a low-pressure current into one of high pressure; as, a step-u...
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Stuck-up
·adj Self-important and supercilious, /onceited; vain; arrogant.
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Take-up
·noun That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the...
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Tilt-up
·noun ·same·as Tip-up.
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Tip-up
·noun The spotted sandpiper;
— called also teeter-tail. ·see under <<Sandpiper>>.
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Up-line
·noun A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the ...
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Up-over
·add. ·adj Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising i...
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Up-train
·- A train going in the direction conventionally called up.
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Up-wind
·add. ·adv Against the wind.
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Wind-up
·add. ·noun Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.
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back up
His back is up, i.e. he is offended or angry; an expression or idea taken from a cat; that animal, w...
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bang up
(WHIP.)
Quite the thing, hellish fine. Well done. Compleat. Dashing. In a handsome stile. A bang up...
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blow-up
A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one.
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cooped up
Imprisoned, confined like a fowl in a coop.
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dished up
He is completely dished up; he is totally ruined. To throw a thing in one's dish; to reproach or twi...
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done up
Ruined by gaming and extravagances. Modern Term.
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to mop up
To drink up. To empty a glass or pot.
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tucked up
Hanged. A tucker up to an old bachelor or widower; a supposed mistress.
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turned up
Acquitted; discharged.
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used up
Killed: a military saying, originating from a message sent by the late General Guise, on the expedit...
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bail up
v.
1) To secure the head of a cow in abail for milking.
2) By transference, to stop travellers in ...
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hang up
v.
to tie up a horse.
1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' p. 49 [Footnote]:
«In Melbourne there a...
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log up
v.
to make a log-support for thewindlass.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. v. p. 54:
«W...
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ready up
v.
See quotation.
1893. `The Age,' Nov. 25, p. 13, col. 2:
« Mr. Purees: A statement has been mad...
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roll up
v. intr.
to gather, to assemble.
1887. J. Farrell, `How he died,' p. 26:
«The miners all rolled u...
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roll-up
n.
a meeting. See preceding verb.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. xxxv. p. 308:
«Makin...
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stick-up
v. tr.
1) The regular word for theaction of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway androbbi...
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sticker-up
I.
n. sc.
a bushranger.
1879. W. J. Barry, `Up and Down,' p. 197:
«They had only just been liber...
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stock-up
v.
complete the number of animalson a station, so that it may carry its full complement.
1890. Rol...
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to blow up
To scold, to abuse, either in speaking or writing. A vulgar expression borrowed from sailor's langua...
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to brisk up
To come up with life and speed; to take an erect or bold attitude.--Webster. An Americanism.
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to brush up
To prepare oneself; to take courage.
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to chaw up
To use up; demolish.
I heerd Tom Jones swar he'd chaw me up, if an inch of me was found in them dig...
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to crack up
To crack, i. e. to brag or boast, is a verb common in old authors, from Chaucer downwards, and still...
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cuddle up
To hug or fondle. So used in some parts of England.
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to cut up
1) To criticise with severity; as, he was severely cut up in the newspapers.
Some correspondent ask...
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to fetch up
To stop suddenly. This sense of the word is not noticed in the English dictionaries, nor by Webster....
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to flare up
To blaze out; to get excited suddenly; to get into a passion.
It is expected that this grand discus...
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to hold up
In allusion to the weather, to clear up, after a storm; to stop raining.
Though nice and dark the p...
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to knock up
To wear out with fatigue.--Halliwell.
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to pony up
A vulgar phrase, meaning to pay over money. Ex. 'Come, Mr. B----, pony up that account;' that is, pa...
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to row up
To punish with words; to rebuke. It is an essential Westernism, and derived from the practice of mak...
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to serve up
To expose to ridicule; to expose.
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to shut up
To hold one's tongue. A vulgar expression.
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to slick up
To dress up; to make fine.
Mrs. Flyer was slicked up for the occasion, in the snuff-colored silk sh...
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to spruce up
To dress oneself sprucely. In Sussex (England) they say, to sprug up, in the same sense.
To-night w...
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to square up
To put oneself in an attitude fit for boxing. Provincial in various parts of England.--Halliwell.
Y...
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to stive up
To stuff up close.--Johnson.
Things are a good deal stived up. People's minds are sour, and I don't...
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to tip up
To raise up one end, as of a cart, so that the contents may pass out.--Worcester. Both this and the ...
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to use up
To discomfit; destroy. Grose has this word, which he calls a military one, meaning killed.
I have p...
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to wind up
To close up; to give the quietus to an antagonist in a debate; to effectually demolish.
John Bell, ...
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blow-up
A quarrel; a dispute. A common expression, used in familiar conversation.
There was a regular blow-...
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build up
To erect; and metaphorically to establish, to found.
In this manner it was thought we should sooner...
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buttoning up
A Wall street phrase. When a broker has bought stock on speculation and it falls suddenly on his han...
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chock up
Close, tight; said of a thing which fits closely to another.
When the bells ring, the wood-work the...
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done up
Ruined by gaming and extravagance.--Grose. We use it colloquially, where a person is ruined in any w...
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let up
A let up is a release; a relief. An expression borrowed from pugilists.
There was no let up in the ...
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pertend up
Better; more cheerful.--Sherwood's Georgia.
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pick-up
A pick-up, or a pick-up dinner, is a dinner made up of such fragments of cold meats as remain from f...
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tilt-up
The popular name of the Sand-piper. See peet-weet.
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tip-up
The popular name of the Sand-piper. See peet-weet.
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up-block
a horse-block, or horsing-block Glouc.
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brail up!
The order to pull upon the brails, and thereby spill and haul in the sail. The mizen, or spanker, or...
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breezing up
The gale freshening.
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bringers up
The last men in a boarding or small-arm party. Among soldiers, it means the whole last rank of a bat...
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broke-up
Said of a gale of wind passing away; or a ship which has gone to pieces on a reef, &c.
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bundle-up!
The call to the men below to hurry up on deck.
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chock-up
, chock-full, chock-home, chock-up, &c.
Denote as far aft, full, home, up, &c., as possible, or th...
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clue up!
The order to clue up the square sails.
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dock up
, or duck up
To clue up a corner of a sail that hinders the helmsman from seeing.
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drawing up
Adjusting a ship's station in the line; the converse of dropping astern.
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drifting-up
Is used as relating to sands which are driven by the winds. As at Cape Blanco, on the coast of Afric...
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duck-up!
A term used by the steersman when the main-sail, fore-sail, or sprit-sail hinders his seeing to stee...
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fly-up
A sudden deviation upwards from a sheer line; the term is nearly synonymous with flight.
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hard up
The tiller so placed as to carry the rudder close over to leeward of the stern-post. Also, used figu...
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horse-up
See horsing-iron.
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jiggered-up
Done up; tired out.
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laid up
A vessel dismantled and moored in a harbour, either for want of employment, or as unfit for further ...
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rounding-up
Is to haul through the slack of a tackle which hangs in a perpendicular direction, without sustainin...
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setting-up
Raising a ship from her blocks, shores, &c., by wedges driven between the heels of the shore and the...
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sharp up
Trimmed as near as possible to the wind, with the yards braced up nearly fore and aft.
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standing up
A ship in good trim, and well attended to, is said to stand well up to her canvas.
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tail up
When a whale dives perpendicularly. In this case whalers expect the fish to rise near the same spot....
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take-up
The part between the smoke-box and the bottom of the funnel in a marine boiler. Also, a seaman takes...
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tumble up!
A requisition of the boatswain's mates, &c., to quicken the hands after being piped up. The cry is w...
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up along
Sailing from the mouth of the channel upwards.
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up anchor
Pipe to weigh; every man to his station.
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up boats!
The order to hoist the boats to the stern and quarter davits.
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up courses!
The order to haul them up by the clue-garnets, &c.
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up screw!
The order in steamers to lift the screw on making sail.
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'way up!
See way aloft!
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wedging up
Gaining security by driving wedges.
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working up
The keeping men at work on needless matters, beyond the usual hours, for punishment.
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to stand up to the rack
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muckson up to the huckson
dirty up to the knuckles. S.
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breeze, to kick up a
To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row.
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capstan, to come up the
In one sense is to lift the pauls and walk back, or turn the capstan the contrary way, thereby slack...
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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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pick up a wind, to
Traverses made by oceanic voyagers; to run from one trade or prevalent wind to another, with as litt...
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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toss up the bunt, to
In furling a sail, to make its final package at the centre of the yard when in its skin.
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turn the hands up, to
To summon the entire crew on deck.
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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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to set much by
To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to set store by
To value; esteem; regard. This sense of the word store is not noticed by the English or American lex...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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every stitch set
All possible canvas spread.
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heave and set
The ship's motion in rising and falling to the waves when at anchor.
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touch up in the bunt, to
To mend the sail on the yard; figuratively, to goad or remind forcibly.
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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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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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