set-bolts

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• set

  set, v. sed init. ...

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• set

  set old for sed. ...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Set

  ·vi To fit music to words. II. Set ·Impf & ·p.p. of Set. III. Set ·noun A young oyster when first ...

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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.) ♦ To set, is to observe t...

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• barb-bolts

  Those which have their points jagged or barbed to make them hold securely, where those commonly in u...

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• beggar-bolts

  A contemptuous term for the missiles which were thrown by the galley-slaves at an approaching enemy....

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• channel-bolts

  The long bolts which pass through all the planks, and connect the channel to the side. ...

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• clenched bolts

  Those fastened by means of a ring, or an iron plate, with a rivetting hammer at the end where they p...

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• copper-bolts

  See copper-fastened. ...

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• devil-bolts

  Those with false clenches, often introduced into contract-built ships. ...

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• drift-bolts

  Commonly made of steel, are used as long punches for driving out other bolts. ...

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• eye-bolts

  Those which have an eye or opening in one end, for hooking tackles to, or fastening ropes. ...

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• fender bolts

  See fendII ...

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• forelock-bolts

  Those with an eye, into which an iron forelock is driven to retain them in place. When secured in th...

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• hook-bolts

  Those used to secure lower-deck ports. ...

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• prise-bolts

  Knobs of iron on the cheeks of a gun-carriage to keep the handspike from slipping when prising up th...

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• pump-bolts

  Saucer-headed bolts to attach the brake to the pump-standard and pump-spear. ...

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• rag-bolts

  Those which are jagged or barbed, to prevent working in their holes, and to make them hold more secu...

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• throat-bolts

  Eye-bolts fixed in the lower part of tops, and the jaw-ends of gaffs, for hooking the throat-halliar...

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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. II. Set-off ·noun ·same·as <<Offset>>, ·noun, 4. III. Set-off ·noun That...

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• Set-stitched

  ·adj Stitched according to a formal pattern. ...

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• Set-to

  ·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like. ...

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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. II. Well-set ·adj Well put together; having symmetry of parts. ...

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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...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• set-to

  A scientific pugilistic combat; and figuratively, an argument, debate, contest in words. Both senses...

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• sharp set

  Hungry. A colloquial expression much itself in the United States as well as in England. And so I th...

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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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• set up

  Soldiers, mariners, and small-arm men, well drilled, and instructed to be upright and soldierlike in...

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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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• saucer-headed bolts

  Those with very flat heads. ...

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• to set much by

  To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...

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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...

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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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• 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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• set up rigging, to

  To take in the slack of the shrouds, stays, and backstays, to bring the same strain as before, and t...

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• to set her cap for him

  To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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• set of the wind and current

  See direction of the wind and current ...

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