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• Scale

  ·noun A scale insect. (·see below.). II. Scale ·noun The sign or constellation Libra. III. Scale ·...

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• scale

  An old word for commercial emporium, derived from scala. Also, the graduated divisions by which the ...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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• Beaufort's scale

  ·add. ·- A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is ind...

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• Beck's scale

  ·add. ·- A hydrometer scale on which the zero point corresponds to ·sp.gr. 1.00, and the 30°-point t...

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• Gunter's scale

  ·- A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham Colle...

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• Scale-winged

  ·adj Having the wings covered with small scalelike structures, as the Lepidoptera; scaly-winged. ...

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• nonius scale

  , or vernier That fixed to the oblong opening near the lower end of the index-bar of a sextant or ...

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• tangent-scale

  Fitted to the breech of a gun for admeasuring its elevation; it is a sliding pillar marked with degr...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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• side-coat

  a great coat. York. ...

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• side-like

  such-like. North. ...

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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-men

  See side-boys ...

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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-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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• San Jose scale

  ·add. ·- A very destructive scale insect (Aspidiotus perniciosus) that infests the apple, pear, and ...

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• Side-chain theory

  ·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...

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• Fleet Ditch Side

  By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732). ...

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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...

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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...

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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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• steps of the side

  Pieces of quartering nailed to the sides amidships, from the wale upwards; for the people ascending ...

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• Church Side Alley, Fetter Lane

  See Churchyard Alley. ...

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• to pinch on the parson's side

  To defraud the parson of his tithe. ...

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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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• Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle

  In Queen Street, Cheapside. See Great St. Thomas Apostle. ...

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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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