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Cut
·noun A skein of yarn.
II. Cut ·adj Overcome by liquor; tipsy.
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cut
Drunk. A little cut over the head; slightly intoxicated. To cut; to leave a person or company. To cu...
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cut
1) A quantity of yarn, twelve of which make what is called a hank or skein. Common in England and Am...
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cut
A narrow boat channel; a canal.
♦ To cut, to renounce acquaintance with any one.
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Down
·adj Downcast; as, a down look.
II. Down ·adv From a remoter or higher antiquity.
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down
Aware of a thing. Knowing it. There is NO DOWN. A cant phrase used by house-breakers to signify that...
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down
I.
n.
a prejudice against, hostility to;a peculiarly Australian noun made out of the adverb.
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-ship
·noun A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chan...
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Ship
·noun Pay; reward.
II. Ship ·vi To embark on a ship.
III. Ship ·noun Any large seagoing vessel.
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The Ship
1) Rent out of Corner House in Thames Street, being the sign of the Ship in parish of St. Mary at Hi...
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ship
[from the Anglo-Saxon scip]. Any craft intended for the purposes of navigation; but in a nautical se...
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Ship
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down wind, down sea
A proverbial expression among seamen between the tropics, where the sea is soon raised by the wind, ...
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Clean-cut
·adj ·see Clear-cut.
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Clear-cut
·adj Concisely and distinctly expressed.
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Cut-off
·noun That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
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Cut-out
·noun A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
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Draw-cut
·noun A single cut with a knife.
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Rose-cut
·adj Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows;
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Sharp-cut
·adj Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of a...
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to cut bene
To speak gently. To cut bene whiddes; to give good words. To cut queer whiddes; to give foul languag...
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cut out
v.
1) To separate cattle from therest of the herd in the open.
1873. Marcus Clarke, `Holiday Peak,...
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to cut didoes
Synonymous with to cut capers, i. e. to be frolicksome.
Who ever heerd them Italian singers recitin...
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to cut dirt
To run; to go fast. A vulgar expression, probably derived from the quick motion of a horse or carria...
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to cut out
To supersede one in the affections of another. A familiar expression in common use: "Miss A was enga...
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to cut short
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson.
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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York.
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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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cut-grass
(Leersia oryzoides.) The common name of a species of grass, with leaves exceedingly rough backward, ...
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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cut off
A term used to denote a vessel's being seized by stratagem by the natives, and the crew being murder...
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cut-water
The foremost part of a vessel's prow, or the sharp part of the knee of a ship's head below the beak....
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diamond-cut
See rhombus.
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Down-share
·noun A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs.
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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind.
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Lock-down
·noun A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting;
— used by lumbermen.
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Steep-down
·adj Deep and precipitous, having steep descent.
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Step-down
·add. ·adj Transforming or converting a current of high potential or pressure into one of low pressu...
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Swan's-down
·noun ·Alt. of Swans-down.
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Swans-down
·noun The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
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Tumble-down
·adj Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
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down hills
Dice that run low.
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to drop down
To be dispirited. This expression is used by thieves to signify that their companion did not die gam...
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boil down
v.
to reduce a statement to itssimplest form; a constant term amongst pressmen. Over thereporters' ...
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knock-down
v.
generally of a cheque. To spendriotously, usually in drink.
1869. Marcus Clarke, `Peripatetic P...
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lamb down
v. tr.
1) To knock down a cheque or a sum of money in a spree.There is an old English verb, of Scan...
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mulga-down
n.
hills covered with Mulga.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 201:
«Fascin...
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take (a man) down
Australian sporting slang.
1) Toinduce a man to bet, knowing that he must lose.
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clap down
To set down; charge to one's account.
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to knock down
A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...
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down upon
To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...
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slipper-down
A vulgar name in some parts of Connecticut for hasty pudding. The etymology is obvious.
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down-lying
just going to be brought to bed. N.
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blacking down
The tarring and blacking of rigging; or the operation of blacking the ship's sides with tar or miner...
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bore down
Sailed down from to windward.
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cutting down
Taking a deck off a ship; as ships of the line are converted into frigates, the Royal Sovereign into...
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down along
Sailing coastways down Channel.
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down east
Far away in that bearing. This term, as down west, &c., is an Americanism, recently adopted into our...
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down-haul
A rope passing up along a stay, leading through cringles of the staysails or jib, and made fast to t...
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down killock!
Let go the grapnel; the corruption of keel-hook or anchor.
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down oars!
The order on shoving off a boat when the men have had them "tossed up."
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go down
The name given to store-houses and magazines in the East Indies.
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heaving down
(See careening.) The bringing one of a ship's sides down into the water, by means of purchases on th...
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hove down
, properly hove out or careened. The situation of a ship when heeled or placed thus for repairs.
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hull-down
Is said of a ship when at such a distance that, from the convexity of the globe, only her masts and ...
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laying down
, or laying off.
The act of delineating the various lines of a ship to the full size on the mould-...
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pipe down!
The order to dismiss the men from the deck when a duty has been performed on board ship.
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riding-down
The act of the men who throw their weight on the head of a sail to stretch it. Also, of the man who ...
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strike down!
The order to lower casks, &c., into the hold.
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union down
When a ship hoists her ensign upside down it is a signal of distress or of mourning.
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Battle ship
·add. ·- An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thou...
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Burgess-ship
·noun The state of privilege of a burgess.
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Gauger-ship
·noun The office of a gauger.
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Hostess-ship
·noun The character, personality, or office of a hostess.
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Light-ship
·noun A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of danger...
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Lode-ship
·noun An old name for a pilot boat.
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Log-ship
·noun A part of the log. ·see Log-chip, and 2d Log, ·noun, 2.
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Ship railway
·add. ·- A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.
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Ship-rigged
·adj Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
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Tank ship
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Tank vessel.
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Ship Alley
1) An alley so called in parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, 36 Eliz. {Lond. I. p.m. III. 201)....
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Ship Court
West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now...
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Ship Tavern
1) On the east side of Water Lane. A passage at the upper end of Custom House Court leads through th...
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Ship Yard
1) East out of the Minories, towards the northern end, in Portsoken Ward (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831)....
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fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease.
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ship shape
Proper, as it ought to be.
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to re-ship
To ship again; to ship what has been conveyed by water or imported.--Webster.
Much used in all our ...
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british ship
May be foreign built, or rebuilt on a foreign keel which belonged to any of the people of Great Brit...
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carpenter, ship
A ship-builder. An officer appointed to examine and keep in order the hull of a ship, and all her ap...
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chandler, ship
Dealer in general stores for ships.
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chartered ship
One let to hire to one or more, or to a company. A general ship is where persons, unconnected, load ...
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clean ship
A whale-ship unfortunate in her trip, having no fish or oil.
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convict-ship
A vessel appropriated to the convicts of a dockyard; also one hired to carry out convicts to their d...
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crack-ship
One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...
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cupola-ship
Captain Coles's; the cupola being discontinued, now called turret-ship (which see).
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discovery ship
A vessel fitted for the purpose of exploring unknown seas and coasts. Discovery vessels were formerl...
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fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...
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flag-ship
A ship bearing an admiral's flag.
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fore-ship
An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel.
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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes.
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general ship
Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on board, in contradistinction to a chartered s...
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guard-ship
A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbour, and to visit the ships whi...
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gunnery-ship
A ship fitted for training men in the practice of charging, pointing, and firing guns and mortars fo...
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handy-ship
One that steers easily, and can be worked with the watch; or as some seamen would express it, "work ...
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hospital-ship
A vessel fitted to receive the sick, either remaining in port, or accompanying a fleet, as circumsta...
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ladrone ship
Literally a pirate, but it is the usual epithet applied by the Chinese to a man-of-war.
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light ship
In contradistinction to laden; a ship is said to be light when she has no cargo, or merely in ballas...
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lode-ship
A pilot boat, which was also employed in fishing; it is mentioned in statute 31 Edward III. c. 2.
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log-ship
A small line about 100 fathoms long, fastened to the log-ship by means of two legs, one of which pas...
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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...
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pennant-ship
Generally means the commodore, and vessels in the employ of government. It is also an authority dele...
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pivot-ship
In certain fleet evolutions, the sternmost ship remains stationary, as a pivot upon which the other ...
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prison-ship
One fitted up for receiving and detaining prisoners of war.
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pump ship!
The order to the crew to work the pumps to clear the hold of water.
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rated ship
Synonymous with post-ship in former times; the term ship alone now infers that it is a captain's com...
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rear-ship
The sternmost ship of a fleet.
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receiving-ship
At any port, to receive supernumerary seamen, or entered or impressed men for the royal navy.
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register ship
A Spanish plate-ship or galleon.
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re-ship
To ship again, or ship goods that have been imported or conveyed by water.
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shield-ship
A vessel fitted with one or more massive iron shields, each protecting a heavy gun or guns. The name...
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ship-boy
Boys apprenticed to learn their sea-duties, but generally appointed as servants.
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ship-breaker
A person who purchases old vessels to break them to pieces for sale.
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ship-broker
One who manages business matters between ship-owners and merchants, in procuring cargoes, &c., for v...
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ship-builder
Synonymous with naval constructor.
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ship-building
, or naval architecture
The art of constructing a ship so as to answer a particular purpose either...
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ship-chandler
A tradesman who supplies ships with their miscellaneous marine stores. (See material men.)
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ship-contractor
The charterer or freighter of a vessel.
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ship-craft
Nearly the same as the Anglo-Saxon scyp-cræft, an early word for navigation.
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ship-guns
Those cast expressly for sea-service.
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ship-keeper
An officer not much given to going on shore. Also, the man who has charge of a ship whilst she is wi...
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ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like.
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ship-launch
See launch.
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ship-load
The estimated lading or cargo of a vessel.
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ship-log
See log-book.
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ship-lord
A once recognized term for the owner of a ship.
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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...
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ship-owner
A person who has a right of property in a ship. The interest of part-owners is quite distinct, so th...
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ship-propeller
See screw-propeller.
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ship-shape
In colloquial phrase implies, in a seamanlike manner; as, "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put...
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ship-sloop
Commanders were appointed to 24-gun sloops, but when the same sloops were commanded by captains, the...
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ship-star
The Anglo-Saxon scyp-steora, an early name for the pole-star, once of the utmost importance in navig...
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ship-timber
Contraband in time of war.
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store-ship
A government vessel appropriated for carrying munitions and stores.
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tall ship
A phrase among the early voyagers for square-rigged vessels having top-masts.
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turret-ship
A vessel, more or less armoured, fitted with one or more heavily plated revolving turrets, each carr...
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unwholesome ship
One that will neither hull, try, nor ride, without labouring heavily in a sea. Also applied to a sug...
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war-ship
Any ship equipped for offence and defence; whereas man-of-war generally signifies a vessel belonging...
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wholesome ship
One that will try, hull, and ride well, without heavy labouring in the sea.
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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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 cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
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to cut out of
To cheat, deprive of.
Having been cut out of my speech in Congress, by the "previous question."--Cr...
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to cut up shines
To cut capers, play tricks.
A wild bull of the prairies was cutting up shines at no great distance,...
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cut and dried
Ready made.
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cut and thrust
To give point with a sword after striking a slash.
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cut out, to
To attack and carry a vessel by a boat force; one of the most dashing and desperate services practis...
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grain-cut timber
That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...
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knock me down
Strong ale or beer, stingo.
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cutting-down line
An elliptical curve line used by shipwrights in the delineation of ships; it determines the depth of...
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down all chests!
The order to get all the officers' and seamen's chests down below from off the gun-decks when cleari...
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down all hammocks!
The order for all the sailors to carry their hammocks down, and hang them up in their respective ber...
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down-haul tackles
Employed when lower yards are struck in bad weather to prevent them from swaying about after the tru...
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edge down, to
To approach any object in an oblique direction.
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fall down, to
To sail, drift, or be towed to some lower part nearer a river's mouth or opening.
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hauling down vacancy
The colloquialism expressive of the promotion of a flag-lieutenant and midshipman on an admiral's ha...
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jaw-me-down
An arrogant, overbearing, and unsound loud arguer.
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out or down
An exclamation of the boatswain, &c., in ordering men out of their hammocks, i.e. turn out, or your ...
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peak down-haul
A rope rove through a block at the outer end of the gaff to haul it down by.
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running-down clause
A special admission into policies of marine insurance, to include the risk of loss or damage in cons...
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try down, to
To boil out the oil from blubber at sea in whalers.
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up and down
The situation of the cable when it has been hove in sufficiently to bring the ship directly over the...
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High-churchman-ship
·noun The state of being a high-churchman.
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Ship Tavern Passage
North~west out of Lime Street, at No.21, to 76 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate W...
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Ship Yard, Minories
See London Prentice Yard and Sheppy Place.
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british-built ship
Such as has been built in Great Britain or Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of th...
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chainage of ship
An old right of the admiral.
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chapelling a ship
The act of turning her round in a light breeze, when she is close hauled, without bracing the head-y...
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docking a ship
The act of drawing her into dock, and placing her properly on blocks, in order to give her the requi...
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frapping a ship
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...
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naval store-ship
A government vessel, appropriated to carrying stores and munitions of war to different stations.
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ocean-going ship
In contradistinction to a coaster.
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ship raised upon
One of which the upper works have been heightened by additional timbers. About the year 1816 several...
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swifting a ship
Either bringing her aground or upon a careen; also passing cables round her bottom and upper-works, ...
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trans-ship, to
To remove a cargo from one ship to another.
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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...
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cut and come again
An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...
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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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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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cut of the jib
A phrase for the aspect of a vessel, or person.
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cut the cable, to
A manœuvre sometimes necessary for making a ship cast the right way, or when the anchor cannot be we...
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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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down in the mouth
Low-spirited or disheartened.
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drop down a river
Synonymous with falling (which see).
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