That which suspends the yard from the mast, by which it is hoisted and lowered.
·vt To throw with a sling. II. Sling ·vt To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack. III. Sling ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
With a sling and a stone David smote the Philistine giant (1 Sam. 17:40, 49). There were 700 Benjami...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A drink composed of equal parts of rum and water sweetened.--Rush. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
[Arms, Armor] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·vt To drive or follow with a shout. II. Hoop ·vt To call by a shout or peculiar cry. III. Hoop ·n...
To run the hoop; an ancient marine custom. Four or more boys having their left hands tied fast to an...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
a measure, containing a peck, or a quarter of a strike. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The principal hoops of different kinds used for nautical purposes, are noticed under their several n...
The Sailor's Word-Book
To pass the top-chains round the yards when going into action. Also, to set any large article, in ro...
In timber lifting, a dog is an iron implement with a fang at one end, and an eye at the other, in wh...
Tavern on the east side of Fish Street Hill, north of Thames Street. In Bridge Ward Within (Strype, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
n. another name for the tree Araucaria cunninghami or Moreton-Bay Pine.See Pine. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
The same as truss-hoops. ...
The hoop round a mast to secure the shackles to which the futtock-shrouds are attached. Also, an iro...
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially. ...
In Whitecross Street, Cripplegate (Strype, ed. I 755-Boyle, 1799). !!!!Round Hope Court in Strype. ...
In full confidence, and high spirits. ...
Parish of St. Margaret, Friday Street. See Le Burgate. ...
Out of Addle Hill. In Castle Baynard Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 230, to Boyle, 1799). Not name...
East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (in O.S. 1880 ed.). Earliest mention: O. and M. 1677. R...
A brewhouse tenement called "le Dolphyn upon le hoop" in parish of St. Magnus by London Bridge, 23 H...
Tenement so called in parish of St. Mary Colechurche near the Conduit, south of the Poultry, in Chea...
Tenement brewhouse so called in Bishopsgate Street between the tenement of the Prior of the Hospital...
South out of Cornhill to No.78 Lombard Street. In Cornhill and Langbourn Wards (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 183...
A tenement and garden so called in Fleet Street in parish of St. Dunstan between the tenement of the...
A tenement called "Whitehart," otherwise "Hyltonsyn," opposite the lane called Chancellors lane, 147...
See Pewter Pot Inn. ...