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sheer to the anchor, to
To direct the ship's bows by the helm to the place where the anchor lies, while the cable is being h...
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drag the anchor, to
The act of the anchors coming home.
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fish the anchor, to
To turn up the flukes of an anchor to the gunwale for stowage, after being catted.
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Sight
·vi To take aim by a sight.
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sight
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Anchor
·noun An emblem of hope.
II. Anchor ·noun An <<Anchoret>>.
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Anchor
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The Anchor
A house so called near Aldermanbury given to the parish of St. Olave Jewry (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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anchor
Bring your a-se to an anchor, i.e. sit down. To let go an anchor to the windward of the law; to keep...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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anchor
of a buckle, the chape. Glou.
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anchor
A large and heavy instrument in use from the earliest times for holding and retaining ships, which i...
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bring home the anchor, to
is to weigh it. It applies also when the flukes slip or will not hold; a ship then brings home her a...
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drag for the anchor, to
The same as creep or sweep.
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boat the anchor
Place the anchor in-board in the boat.
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cat the anchor
When the cat is hooked and "cable enough" veered and stoppered, the anchor hangs below the cat-head,...
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shoulder the anchor
When a seaman forgets his craft, and gives his ship too little cable to ride by, she may be thrown a...
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bring-to an anchor, to
To let go the anchor in the intended port. "All hands bring ship to an anchor!" The order by which t...
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Breech sight
·- A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sig...
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Long-sight
·noun Long-sightedness.
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Peep sight
·add. ·- An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rif...
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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
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Sight-hole
·noun A hole for looking through; a peephole.
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Sight-seeing
·noun The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
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Sight-seer
·noun One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
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Sight-shot
·noun Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Telescopic sight
·add. ·- A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
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plaguy sight
This is a very common expression in the colloquial language of New England, and means, a great deal....
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breech-sight
The notch cut on the base ring of a gun.
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chase-sight
Where the sight is usually placed.
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close-sight
The notch in the base-ring of a cannon, to place the eye in a line with the top-sight.
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dispart-sight
A gun-sight fixed on the top of the second reinforce-ring about the middle of the piece for point-bl...
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gun-sight
See disparting a gun, or sights.
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millar's sight
General Millar's simple dispart a sliding pillar bearing a scale graduated to tangents of degrees fo...
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sight-vanes
See vanes.
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nines, to the
An expression to denote complete.
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lift an anchor, to
Either by the purchase; or a ship if she has not sufficient cable on a steep bank lifts, or shoulder...
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beam of the anchor
Synonymous with anchor-stock.
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shoe of the anchor
A flat block of hard wood, convex on the back, and having a hole sufficiently large to contain the b...
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stopper of the anchor
A strong rope attached to the cat-head, which, passing through the anchor-ring, is afterwards fasten...
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Colossians, The Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome. (Acts 28:16) (A.D. 62.) The ...
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was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18...
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
II. To ·prep Character; condition of being; purpose subserved ...
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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Anchor escapement
·add. ·- The common recoil escapement.
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Anchor space
·add. ·- In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3/, lying along a cushion and bisec...
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Anchor watch
·add. ·- A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor.
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Anchor-hold
·noun Hence: Firm hold: security.
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Sea anchor
·- ·see Drag sail, under 4th Drag.
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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
II. Sheet...
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Anchor Alley
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 68 to Three Cranes, on the west side of Vintners' Hall (P.O....
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Anchor Inn
On the west side of Duck Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Rocque, 1746-L. Guide, 1758).
The site is now oc...
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Anchor Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No.9 to the Thames, in Castle Baynard Ward, between Crown and Ho...
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Blue Anchor
Strype says that the part of Houndsditch in Bishopsgate Ward Without extends to the Blue Anchor (Str...
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anchor-ball
A pyrotechnical combustible attached to a grapnel for adhering to and setting fire to ships.
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anchor-chocks
Pieces indented into a wooden anchor-stock where it has become worn or defective in the way of the s...
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anchor-davit
See davit.
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anchor-hold
The fastness of the flukes on the ground; also the act of having cast anchor, and taken the ground. ...
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anchor-hoops
Strong iron hoops, binding the stock to the end of the shank and over the nuts of the anchor.
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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anchor-lining
The short pieces of plank fastened to the sides of the ship, under the fore-channels, to prevent the...
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anchor-ring
Formerly the great ring welded into the hole for it. Recent anchors have Jew's-harp shackles, easily...
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anchor-seat
An old term for the prow of a ship, still in use with eastern nations Chinese, Japanese, &c.
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anchor-shackle
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor
a "Jew's-harp" shackle.
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anchor-smith
A forger of anchors.
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anchor-stock
A bar at the upper end of the shank, crossing the direction of the flukes transversely, to steady th...
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anchor-stocking
is a mode of securing and working planks in general with tapered butts.
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anchor-watch
A subdivision of the watch kept constantly on deck during the time the ship lies at single anchor, t...
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at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
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floating anchor
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
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flood-anchor
That which the ship rides by during the flood-tide.
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foul anchor
An anchor is said to be foul, or fouled, either when it hooks some impediment under water, or when t...
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding.
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pilot's-anchor
A kedge used for dropping a vessel in a stream or tide-way.
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rodgers' anchor
The excellent small-palmed, very strong and good-holding anchor. It is the result of many years' stu...
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sea-anchor
That which lies towards the offing when a ship is moored.
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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shore-anchor
That which lies between the shore and the ship when moored.
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single anchor
A ship unmoored, having hove up one bower, rides by the other.
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spare anchor
An additional anchor the size of a bower.
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stream-anchor
A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moo...
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up anchor
Pipe to weigh; every man to his station.
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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.)
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
II. The (·art·def) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their me...
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walking away with the anchor
Said of a ship which is dragging, or shouldering, her anchor; or when, from fouling the stock or upp...
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Colossians, Epistle to the
Was written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (Acts 28:16, 30), probably in the sp...
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Romans, Epistle to the
This epistle was probably written at Corinth. Phoebe (Rom. 16:1) of Cenchrea conveyed it to Rome, an...
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Thessalonians, Epistles to the
The first epistle to the Thessalonians was the first of all Paul's epistles. It was in all probabili...
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Passage to the Hospital
See Christ Church Passage.
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lead, to strike the
See above. Used figurativelyfor to succeed.
1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels,' p. 74:
«We coul...
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up to the hub
To the extreme point. The figure is that of a vehicle sunk in the mud up to the hub of the wheels, w...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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battle the watch, to
To shift as well as we can; to contend with a difficulty. To depend on one's own exertions.
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bitt the cable, to
To put it round the bitts, in order to fasten it, or slacken it out gradually, which last is called ...
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box the compass, to
Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to...
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bringing-to the yard
Hoisting up a sail, and bending it to its yard.
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brought to the gangway
Punished.
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capstan, to man the
To place the sailors at it in readiness to heave.
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capstan, to paul the
To drop all the pauls into their sockets, to prevent the capstan from recoiling during any pause of ...
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capstan, to rig the
To fix the bars in their respective holes, thrust in the pins to confine them, and reeve the swifter...
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
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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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feel the helm, to
To have good steerage way, carrying taut weather-helm, which gives command of steerage. Also said of...
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freshen the nip, to
To veer a small portion of cable through the hawse-hole, or heave a little in, in order to let anoth...
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gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward.
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kick the bucket, to
To expire; an inconsiderate phrase for dying.
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lay the land, to
Barely to lose sight of it.
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lie the course, to
When the vessel's head is in the direction wished.
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make the land, to
To see it from a distance after a voyage.
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miller, to drown the
To put an overdose of water to grog.
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misrepresentation to the underwriters
, of any fact or circumstance material to the risk of insuring, whether by the insured or his agent,...
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moor the boat, to
To fasten her with two ropes, so that the one shall counteract the other, and keep her in a steady p...
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muffle the oars, to
To put some matting or canvas round the loom when rowing, to prevent its making a noise against the ...
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muzzle to the left!
See muzzle to the right!
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muzzle to the right!
, or muzzle to the left!
The order given to trim the gun to the object.
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raise the metal to
To elevate the breech, and depress thereby the muzzle of a gun.
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raise the wind, to
To make an exertion; to cast about for funds.
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rig the capstan, to
To fix the bars in the drumhead in readiness for heaving; not forgetting to pin and swift. (See caps...
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scour the seas, to
To infest the ocean as a pirate.
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serve the vent, to
To stop it with the thumb.
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set the chase, to
To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one ...
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shoot the compass, to
To shoot wide of the mark.
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shoot the sun, to
To take its meridional altitude; literally aiming at the reflected sun through the telescope of the ...
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stop the vent, to
To close it hermetically by pressing the thumb to it.
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stream the buoy, to
To let the buoy fall from the after-part of the ship's side into the water, preparatory to letting g...
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strip the masts, to
To clear the masts of their rigging.
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suck the monkey, to
To rob the grog-can. (See monkey.)
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surge the capstan, to
To slacken the rope heaved round upon its barrel, to prevent its parts from riding or getting foul.
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top the glim, to
To snuff the candle.
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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority.
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trench the ballast, to
To divide the ballast in a ship's hold to get at a leak, or to trim and stow it.
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weather the cape, to
To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope.
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Hebrews, Epistle To The
The author-There has been a wide difference of opinion respecting the authorship of this epistle.
F...
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Philippians, Epistle To The
was St. Paul from Rome in A.D. 62 or 63. St. Paul's connection with Philippi was of a peculiar chara...
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Romans, Epistle To The
The date of this epistle is fixed at the time of the visit recorded in Acts 20:3 during the winter a...
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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
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hove-in-sight
The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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Corinthians, First Epistle to the
Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apost...
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Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense exciteme...
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to stand up to the rack
A metaphorical expression of the same meaning as the like choice phrases, 'to come to the scratch;' ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to make the fur fly
To claw; scratch; wound severely. Used figuratively.
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muckson up to the huckson
dirty up to the knuckles. S.
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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...
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capstan, to come up the
In one sense is to lift the pauls and walk back, or turn the capstan the contrary way, thereby slack...
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capstan, to heave at the
To urge it round, by pushing against the bars, as already described.
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close with the land, to
To approach near to it.
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die on the fin, to
An expression applied to whales, which when dying rise to the surface, after the final dive, with on...
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fly the sheets, to let
To let them go suddenly.
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judge-advocate to the forces
A legal officer whose duty it is to investigate offences previous to determining on sending them bef...
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marry, to, the ropes, braces, or falls
To hold both together, and by pressure haul in both equally. Also so to join the ends of two ropes, ...
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north passage to the indies
The grand object of our maritime expeditions at a remote period, prosecuted with a boldness, dexteri...
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run, to lower by the
To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head.
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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span in the rigging, to
To draw the upper parts of the shrouds together by tackles, in order to seize on the cat-harping leg...
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stripped to the girt-line
All the standing-rigging and furniture having been cleared off the masts in the course of dismantlin...
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tell that to the marines!
A sailor's exclamation when an improbable story is related to him.
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toss up the bunt, to
In furling a sail, to make its final package at the centre of the yard when in its skin.
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turn the hands up, to
To summon the entire crew on deck.
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veer away the cable, to
To slack and let it run out.
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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer.
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whistle for the wind, to
A superstitious practice among old seamen, who are equally scrupulous to avoid whistling during a he...
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whistling psalms to the taffrail
Expending advice to no purpose.
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Corinthians, First Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul toward the close of his nearly three-years stay at Ephesus, (Act...
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was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year-about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58...
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Thessalonians, First Epistle To The
was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalo...
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appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus ...
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Blue Anchor Alley
1) In Great Minories (Dodsley, 1761).
Not further identified.
2) In St. Katherine's precinct (Dods...
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Blue Anchor Court
In Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Blue Anchor Inn
On the south-west side of Duck Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without, at the Corner of Little Britain (O....
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Blue Anchor Yard
West out of Coleman Street at No. 1 and north to London Wall. In Coleman Street Ward (Rocque, 1746-E...
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Three Anchor Alley
In Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived from the sign.
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anchor-stock-fashion
The method of placing the butt of one wale-plank nearly over the middle of the other; and the planks...
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anchor-stock tackle
A small tackle attached to the upper part of the anchor-stock when stowing the anchor, its object be...
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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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heave and in sight
A notice given by the boatswain to the crew when the anchor is drawn up so near the surface of the w...
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
II. To-day ·prep On this day; on the present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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To-rent
·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend.
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