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Small
·vt To make little or less.
II. Small ·adv Not loudly; faintly; timidly.
III. Small ·noun <<Smallc...
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small
The narrow part of the tail of a whale, in front of the flukes. Also, that part of the anchor-shank ...
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Arm
·noun A branch of a tree.
II. Arm ·noun Anything resembling an arm.
III. Arm ·noun An inlet of wat...
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Arm
Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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arm
A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. ...
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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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Small Alley
South out of Great Eastcheap. In Candlewick Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Used for stables in Stryp...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to sing small
To be humbled, confounded, or abashed, to have little or nothing to say for one's-self.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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small clothes
Breeches: a gird at the affected delicacy of the present age; a suit being called coat, waistcoat, a...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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small fry
Young children; persons of little importance.
Let there be any question to be decided, which Gen. J...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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small potatoes
An epithet applied to persons, and signifying mean, contemptible; as, 'He is very small potatoes.' S...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sing small
To make a bullying boaster sing small, by lowering his arrogance.
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small-arms
The muskets, pistols, cutlasses, tomahawks, and boarding-pikes, in charge of the gunner, on board sh...
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small-helm
One of the principal results of sound seamanship is the proper trim of the vessel and the sail carri...
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small sails
Top-gallant-studding-sails and the kites.
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small stuff
The term for spun-yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope, even for yarns.
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Arm-gret
·adj Great as a man's arm.
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Over-arm
·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>.
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Proof-arm
·vt To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself.
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Round-arm
·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally.
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Under-arm
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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abeam-arm
For this curved timber, see fork-beams.
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arm-chest
A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...
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arm-rack
A frame or fitting for the stowage of arms (usually vertical) out of harm's way, but in readiness fo...
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beam-arm
Synonymous with crow-foot (which see).
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yard-arm
That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, whe...
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yard-arm and yard-arm
The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch ea...
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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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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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side-men
See side-boys
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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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pomegranate, small native
n.
another name forthe Native Orange. See orange.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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steer small, to
To steer well and within small compass, not dragging the tiller over from side to side.
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repeating fire-arm
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...
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yard-arm cleats
Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where ...
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yard-arm piece
An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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barrel of small arms
The tube through which the bullets are discharged. In artillery the term belongs to the construction...
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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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great guns and small-arms
The general armament of a ship. Also, a slang term for the blowing and raining of heavy weather.
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ducking at the yard-arm
A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...
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Star Of The Wise Men
[Magi]
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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blowing great guns and small arms
Heavy gales; a hurricane.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose