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setting-pole
A pole pointed with iron, used for propelling vessels or boats up rivers, in shoal water. ...

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Setting
·noun Something set in, or inserted. II. Setting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Set>>. III. Setting ·noun Th...

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setting
The operation of moving a boat or raft by means of poles. Also, arranging the sights of a gun, or po...

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Pole
·noun The firmament; the sky. II. Pole ·noun ·see <<Polarity>>, and <<Polar>>, ·noun. III. Pole ·v...

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pole
He is like a rope-dancer's polo, lead at both ends; a saying of a stupid sluggish fellow. ...

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pole
The upper end of the highest masts, when they rise above the rigging. ...

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over-setting
The state of a ship turning upside down, either by carrying too much sail or by grounding, so that s...

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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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watch-setting
In the army, retreat, or the time for mounting the night-guards. ...

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Imp-pole
·noun A pole for supporting a scaffold. ...

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Totem pole
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Totem post. ...

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catch pole
A bum bailiff, or sheriff's officer. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
clod pole
The same. ...

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pething-pole
n. a harpoon-like weapon used forpething (pithing) cattle; that is, killing them by piercing thespi...

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roping-pole
n. a long pole used for castinga rope over an animal's head in the stockyard. 1880. Rolf Boldrewoo...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
pole-work
a long tedious business. North. ...

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raffling pole
used to stir the fuel in an oven. Norf. and Suff. ...

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antarctic pole
The south end of the earth's axis. ...

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arctic pole
The north pole of the globe. ...

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depressed pole
That end of the earth's axis which is below the horizon of the spectator according to his being in t...

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elevated pole
That terrestrial pole which is above the horizon of a spectator. ...

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pole-masts
Single spar masts, also applied where the top-gallant and royal masts are in one. (See mast.) ...

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pole-star
α Ursæ minoris. This most useful star is the lucida of the Little Bear, round which the other compon...

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snaping-pole
An old term for a fishing-rod. ...

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Setting-up exercise
·add. ·- Any one of a series of gymnastic exercises used, as in drilling recruits, for the purpose o...

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heaving and setting
Riding hard, pitching and sending. ...

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setting the watch
The military night guard or watch at the evening gun-fire. Naval watches are not interfered with by ...

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cosmical rising and setting of the heavenly bodies
Their rising and setting with the sun. ...

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