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Side
SIDE(Σίδη: Eth. Σιδήτης), a town with a good harbour on the coast of Pamphylia, 50 stadia to the wes...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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Side
·vi To lean on one side.
II. Side ·noun Long; large; extensive.
III. Side ·vt To furnish with a si...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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side
long ; my coat is very side ; i. e. very long. Also proud, steep. From the Saxon, SIDE, BID, or the ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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side
All that part of a ship which extends from stem to stern in length, and from the upper edge of the g...
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Side
a city on the coast of Pamphylia, 10 or 12 miles to the east of the river Eurymedon. It is mentioned...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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men
mēn for mēne, see 2 ne.
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An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Men
·noun ·pl of Man.
II. Men ·pl of <<Man>>.
III. Men ·pron A man; one;
— used with a verb in the si...
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men
them; e.g. put min up, i.e. put them up. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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men
The ship's company in general.
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Crown side
·- ·see Crown office.
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Side line
·add. ·- A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing.
II. Side line ·add. ·- A secondary road; ...
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Side slip
·add. ·- ·see <<Skid>>, below.
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Side-slip
·add. ·vi ·see <<Skid>>, below.
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Side-taking
·noun A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.
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Side-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel on each side;
— said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
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Ditch Side
The Town Ditch, in Farringdon Ward Within ; the east side was included in Blackfriars precinct (Stry...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Water Side
East out of All Hallows Lane, in Dowgate Ward, to Red Bull Yard and Angel Passage (L.C.C. Streets, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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side pocket
He has as much need of a wife as a dog of a side pocket; said of a weak old debilitated man. He want...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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side-coat
a great coat. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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side-like
such-like. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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side-ropes
See entering-ropes
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exterior side
The side of an imaginary polygon, upon which the plan of a fortification is constructed.
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lee-side
All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...
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side-boys
, or side-men.
Those appointed to attend the gangways when boats come alongside, and offer the man...
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side-keelsons
A name for sister-keelsons. First used in mortar-vessels to support the bomb-beds; later they have c...
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side-ladder
, or accommodation-ladder.
A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships.
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side-lever
A lever on each side of the cylinder of a marine steam-engine, resembling the beam of the ordinary l...
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side-pieces
Parts of a made mast.
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side-rods
Rods hanging from each of the cross-heads, one on each side of the cylinder of a steam-engine, and c...
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side-scale
A simple graduation, adopted by Sir Philip Broke in the Shannon, for the quick elevation or depressi...
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side-steps
Pieces of wood bolted to the side of a ship for the convenience of ascending; in smaller vessels the...
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top-side
All that part of a ship's side which is above the main-wales: that is, those strakes between the she...
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weather-side
That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...
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Decoy-men
·pl of Decoy-man.
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Men-pleaser
·noun One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.
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Remainder-men
·pl of Remainder-man.
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Trencher-men
·pl of Trencher-man.
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Wise men
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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abram men
Pretended mad men.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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affidavit men
Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justic...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead men
A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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lambskin men
The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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phoenix-men
Firemen belonging to an insurance office, which gave a badge charged with a phoenix: these men were ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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resurrection men
Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of church-yards.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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robert's men
The third old rank of the canting crew, mighty thieves, like Robin Hood.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tally men
Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town.
See rabbit suckers.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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government men
n.
an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.).
1846. G. H. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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abraham-men
A cant term for vagabonds, who formerly begged about under pretence of having been discharged destit...
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ack-men
, or ack-pirates
Fresh-water thieves; those who steal on navigable rivers.
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barge-men
The crew of the barge, who are usually picked men. Also, the large maggots with black heads that inf...
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beach-men
A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf.
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carpet-men
Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...
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dead-men
The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...
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dogger-men
The seafaring fishermen belonging to doggers.
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forced men
Those serving in pirate vessels, but who refused to sign articles.
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forecastle-men
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen.
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foretop-men
Men stationed in the fore-top in readiness to set or take in the smaller sails, and to keep the uppe...
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...
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hoppo-men
Chinese custom-house officers.
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host-men
An ancient guild or fraternity at Newcastle, to whom we are indebted for the valuable sea-coal trade...
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kroo-men
, or crew-men.
Fishmen. A tribe of African negroes inhabiting Cape Palmas, Krou-settra, and Settra...
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letter men
See king's letter men.
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liberty-men
Those on leave of absence.
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loc-men
, or loco-men.
An old term for pilots.
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material men
The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c., to repair or fit out ships. The high court of A...
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nipper-men
Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return...
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port-men
A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...
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quota-men
Those raised for the navy at enormous expense by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795, under bounties of from ...
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shoute-men
The old name for the lightermen of the Thames.
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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...
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widows' men
Imaginary sailors, formerly borne on the books as A.B.'s for wages in every ship in commission; they...
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Side-chain theory
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fleet Ditch Side
By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Foss Side Warehouses
On Tower Hill, east side, extending to Irongate (Lockie, 1816).
So called as being by the Tower Dit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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side-saddle flower
(Lat. Sarracenia.) A plant, as well as its whole genus, of very singular structure. It grows in swam...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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side counter-timber
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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men of straw
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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men of kent
Men born east of the river Medway, who are said to have met the Conqueror in a body, each carrying a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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raree shew men
Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...
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five-share men
In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares.
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harbour-duty men
Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...
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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy.
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list.
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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out.
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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
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steps of the side
Pieces of quartering nailed to the sides amidships, from the wale upwards; for the people ascending ...
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wise men of gotham
Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuc...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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command-of-mind men
Steady officers, who command coolly.
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merry men of may
Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides.
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turn over men, to
To discharge them out of one ship into another.
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Church Side Alley, Fetter Lane
See Churchyard Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to pinch on the parson's side
To defraud the parson of his tithe.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
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Star Of The Wise Men
[Magi]
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Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle
In Queen Street, Cheapside.
See Great St. Thomas Apostle.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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flag-side of a split fish
The side without the bone.
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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade.
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side out for a bend, to
The old well-known term to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side, in order to m...
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