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Time
·noun <<Tense>>.
II. Time ·vt To measure, as in music or harmony.
III. Time ·noun Hour of travail,...
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time
for hour, in the phrase, 'What time are you?' meaning, What o'clock is it?
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Short
·noun A summary account.
II. Short ·noun Short, inferior hemp.
III. Short ·noun Breeches; shortclo...
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short
"Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...
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Benting time
·- The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
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Time policy
·add. ·- A policy limited to become void at a specified time;
— often contrasted with voyage policy...
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Time signature
·add. ·- A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to in...
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Time-honored
·adj Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long contin...
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Time-table
·noun A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes.
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cockshut time
The evening, when fowls go to roost.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pudding time
In good time, or at the beginning of a meal: pudding formerly making the first dish. To give the cro...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bagging-time
baiting-time. Lan. and N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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footing-time
the time when a lying-in woman gets up. Norf.
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pulling-time
the evening of a fair, when the country fellows pull the wenches about. Norf. and Suff. called PULLI...
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teaming-time
time of bringing forth.
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teeming-time
the time of a woman's delivery. North.
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apparent time
The time resulting from an observation of the sun an expression per contractionem for apparent solar...
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calendar-time
On which officers' bills are drawn.
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kipper-time
The time during which the statutes prohibit the taking of salmon.
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mean time
See time, mean.
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periodic time
The interval of time which elapses from the moment when a planet or comet leaves any point in its or...
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rodding time
The season for fish-spawning.
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sidereal time
The time shown by a clock regulated by the fixed stars, and compensated to accelerate upon mean time...
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slow time
In marching, means 75 paces to a minute.
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time, mean
, or mean solar time.
That shown by a clock or watch when compensated for the unequal progress of ...
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time-keeper
, chronometer
An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...
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time-piece
, chronometer
An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...
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Cold-short
·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.
II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...
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Hot-short
·adj More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.
II. Hot-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when he...
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Red-short
·adj Hot-short; brittle when red-hot;
— said of certain kinds of iron.
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Short circuit
·- A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of rela...
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Short-breathed
·adj Having short life.
II. Short-breathed ·adj Having short-breath, or quick respiration.
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Short-circuit
·vt To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor...
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Short-circuited
·Impf & ·p.p. of Short-circuit.
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Short-circuiting
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Short-circuit.
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Short-dated
·adj Having little time to run from the date.
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Short-handed
·adj Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
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Short-jointed
·adj Having short intervals between the joints;
— said of a plant or an animal, especially of a hor...
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Short-lived
·adj Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short...
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Short-spoken
·adj Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
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Short-waisted
·adj Having a short waist.
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Short-winded
·adj Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthm...
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Short-wited
·adj Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
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Short Street
West out of Finsbury Pavement, at No. 65, to Little Moorfields (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to cut short
To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson.
The judge cut off the counsel very shor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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short-comings
Defective performance; deficiency as to duty.--Worcester.
Here is proof that very little was known ...
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short gown
A short gown with hardly any skirt, worn by women when doing household work, as washing, &c.
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hove-short
The ship with her cable hove taut towards her anchor, when the sails are usually loosed and braced f...
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short stay
"Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...
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short apeek
"Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...
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short allowance
When the provisions will not last the period expected, they may be reduced in part, as two-thirds, h...
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short boards
Frequent tacking, where there is not room for long boards, or from some other cause, as weather or t...
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short-handed
A deficient complement of men, or short-handed by many being on the sick-list.
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short-sea
A confused cross sea where the waves assume a jerking rippling action, and set home to the bows or s...
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short-service
Chafing geer put on a hemp cable for a short range.
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short-sheets
Belong to shifting sails, such as studding-sails, &c.
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short-tacks
See short boards.
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equation of time
The difference between mean and apparent time, or the acceleration or retardation of the sun's retur...
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revolution, time of
In relation to a planet or comet, this is the time occupied in completing a circuit round the sun, a...
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short-heeled wench
A girl apt to fall on her back.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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long and short
The end; the result; the upshot.
You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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heave short, to
To heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor, or sufficiently near it for sai...
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short-linked chain
A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...
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long and short boards
See tack and half-tack.
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many a time and often
frequently. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose