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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. ...

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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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Span
·- imp. & ·p.p. of Spin. II. Span ·vi To be matched, as horses. III. Span ·Impf of <<Spin>>. IV. ...

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span
1) A span of horses consists of two of nearly the same color, and otherwise nearly alike, which are ...

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span
A rope with both ends made fast, so that a purchase may be hooked to its bight. Also, a small line o...

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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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slip-shackle
A shackle with a lever-bolt, for letting go suddenly; yet, when ringed, is sufficient to secure the ...

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Span-new
·adj Quite new; brand-new; fire-new. ...

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span-clean
Very clean; perfectly clean. ...

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span-blocks
Blocks seized into each bight of a strap, long enough to go across a cap, and allow the blocks to ha...

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reef-tackle span
Two cringles in the bolt-rope, about a couple of feet apart, when a block is used. ...

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span of rigging
The length of shrouds from the dead-eyes on one side, over the mast-head, to the dead-eyes on the ot...

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spick and span new
every part new. S. Some derive this from a spear, the head of which was vulgarly called the spike, t...

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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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