slip-shackle

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• Shackle

  ·noun <<Stubble>>. II. Shackle ·vt To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. III. Shackle ·nou...

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• shackle

  stubble. Herefordsh. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• shackle

  [from the Anglo-Saxon sceacul]. A span with two eyes and a bolt, attached to open links in a chain-c...

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• Slip

  ·noun A fish, the sole. II. Slip ·noun A child's pinafore. III. Slip ·noun A particular quantity o...

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• slip

  1) The opening between wharves or in a dock.--Webster. This word is peculiar to New York, where we ...

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• slip

  An inclined plane by the water side, on which a ship may be built. There are also slips up which v...

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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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• gammon-shackle

  A sort of triangular ring formed on the end of a gammon-plate, for the gammoning lashing or chain to...

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• shackle-breeching

  Two shackles are turned into the breeching, by which it is instantly disconnected from the port-ring...

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• shackle-crow

  A bar of iron slightly bent at one end like the common crow, but with a shackle instead of a claw at...

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• shackle-net

  The northern term for flue-net. ...

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• span-shackle

  A large bolt running through the forecastle and spar-deck beams, and forelocked before each beam, wi...

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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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• Slip-on

  ·noun A kind of overcoat worn upon the shoulders in the manner of a cloak. ...

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• slip-panel

  Same as slip-rail (q.v.).See also panel. 1893. `The Australasian,' Aug.12, p. 302, col. 1: «Take h...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• slip-rail

  n. part of a fence so fitted that itcan be removed so as to serve as a gate. Used also for thegatew...

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• graving slip

  A portion of the dockyard where ships were landed for a tide. ...

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• land-slip

  The fall of a quantity of land from a cliff or declivity; the land sliding away so as often to carry...

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• slip-bend

  When a man makes a false step, and slips down a hatchway, or overboard. ...

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• slip-knot

  , or slippery-hitch. One which will not bear any strain, but will either become untied, or will tr...

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• slip-rope

  A rope passed through anything in such a manner that it will render or may be slipped instantaneousl...

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