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• Sprat

  ·noun A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); — called also alfione, and perch. II. Sprat ·n...

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• Weather

  ·noun Storm; tempest. II. Weather ·noun A light rain; a shower. III. Weather ·vt To place (a hawk)...

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• weather

  [from the Anglo-Saxon wæder, the temperature of the air]. The state of the atmosphere with regard to...

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• Sprat, Thomas

  (1635-1713) Divine and writer of memoirs, b. at Beaminster, Dorset, ed. at Oxf., was a mathematicia...

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• jack sprat

  A dwarf, or diminutive fellow. ...

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• Fair-weather

  ·adj Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. II. Fair...

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• Weather map

  ·add. ·- A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an ex...

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• Weather signal

  ·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...

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• Weather station

  ·add. ·- A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminatin...

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• Weather-beaten

  ·adj Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weathe...

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• Weather-bit

  ·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits. ...

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• Weather-bitten

  ·adj Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. ...

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• Weather-board

  ·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc. ...

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• Weather-bound

  ·adj Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel. ...

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• Weather-driven

  ·adj Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. ...

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• Weather-fend

  ·vt To defend from the weather; to <<Shelter>>. ...

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• weather-breeder

  A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weatherbreed...

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• clittery weather

  changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp. ...

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• cluttery weather

  changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp. ...

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• leasty weather

  dull, wet, dirty. Norf. and Suff. ...

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• rawky weather

  raw, cold. North. ...

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• a-weather

  The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...

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• blowing weather

  A nautical term for a continuance of strong gales. (See gale.) ...

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• boldering weather

  Cloudy and thundery. ...

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• fair-weather

  That to which a ship may carry the small sails. ...

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• foul weather

  That which reduces a ship to snug-sail. ...

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• gage, weather

  When one ship is to windward of another she is said to have the weather-gage of her; or if in the op...

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• weather-anchor

  That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored. ...

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• weather-beam

  A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship. ...

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• weather-bitt

  Is that which holds the weather-cable when the ship is moored. ...

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• weather-board

  That side of the ship which is to windward. ...

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• weather-boards

  Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...

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• weather-borne

  Pressed by wind and sea. ...

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• weather-bound

  Detained by foul winds; our forefathers used the term wæder fæst. ...

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• weather-breeders

  Certain appearances in the heavens which indicate a gale, as wind-galls, fog-dogs, &c. ...

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• weather-cloths

  Coverings of painted canvas or tarpaulin, used to preserve the hammocks when stowed, from injury by ...

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• weather-coil

  When a ship has her head brought about, so as to lie that way which her stern did before, as by the ...

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• weather-coiling

  A ship resuming her course after being taken aback; rounding off by a stern-board, and coming up to ...

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• weather-eye

  "Keep your weather-eye open," be on your guard; look out for squalls. ...

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• weather-gage

  A vessel has the weather-gage of another when she is to windward of her. Metaphorically, to get the ...

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• weather-gall

  "A weather-gall at morn, Fine weather all gone." (See wind-gall.) ...

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• weather-glass

  A familiar term for the barometer. ...

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• weather-gleam

  A peculiar clear sky near the horizon, with great refraction. ...

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• weather-go

  The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather. ...

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• weather-head

  The secondary rainbow. ...

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• weather-helm

  A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...

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• weather-lurch

  A heavy roll to windward. ...

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• weather-rolls

  Those inclinations, so inviting to coming waves, which a ship makes to windward in a heavy sea; the ...

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• weather-ropes

  An early term for those which were tarred. ...

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• weather-sheets

  Those fast to the weather-clues of the sails. "Haul over the weather-sheets forward," applies to t...

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• weather-shore

  The shore which lies to windward of a ship. ...

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• weather-side

  That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...

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• weather-tide

  The reverse of lee-tide. That which, running contrary to the direction of the wind, by setting again...

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• weather-warning

  The telegraphic cautionary warning given by hoisting the storm-drum on receiving the forecast. ...

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• weather-wheel

  The position of the man who steers a large ship, from his standing on the weather-side of the wheel....

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• winnold-weather

  An eastern-county term for stormy March weather. ...

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• foul-weather breeder

  A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...

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• foul-weather flag

  Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals. ...

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• hard-a-weather!

  The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...

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• taut weather-helm

  See taut helm ...

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• make bad weather, to

  A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale. ...

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• weather one's difficulties, to

  A colloquial phrase meaning to contend with and surmount troubles. ...

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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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• walk the weather gangway netting

  A night punishment in a man-of-war for those of the watch who have missed their muster. ...

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