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square-sail
The flying sail, set on the fore-yard of a schooner, or the spread-yard of a cutter or sloop.
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studding-sail boom
A spar rigged out for the purpose of setting a studding-sail, and taking its name from the sail it b...
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Boom
·vi To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
II. Boom ·noun A pole with a conspicuous top, se...
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boom
A long spar run out from different places in the ship, to extend or boom out the foot of a particula...
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square main-sail
See main-sail.
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Sail
·noun A wing; a van.
II. Sail ·noun To set sail; to begin a voyage.
III. Sail ·noun The extended s...
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sail
The terms applicable to the parts of a sail comprise:
Seaming the cloths together; cutting the gor...
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Square
·noun A pane of glass.
II. Square ·noun Hence, a pattern or rule.
III. Square ·noun A square piece...
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square
Honest, not roguish. A square cove, i.e. a man who does not steal, or get his living by dishonest me...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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square
I.
An instrument formed by a stock and a tongue fixed at right angles. Also, in the army, a format...
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Gib boom
·- ·see Jib boom.
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Torpedo boom
·add. ·- A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end.
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boom along
To move rapidly. A sea term. A ship is said to boom along when under full sail.
You're right in the...
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bentinck-boom
That which stretches the foot of the fore-sail in many small square-rigged merchantmen; particularly...
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boom-boats
Those stowed on the booms.
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boom-cover
The tarpaulin, or painted, cover over the spars.
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boom-irons
Are metal rings fitted on the yard-arms, through which the studding-sail booms traverse; there is on...
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boom-jigger
A tackle used in large ships, for rigging out or running in the top-mast studding-sail booms.
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boom-mainsail
See main-sail.
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driver-boom
The boom to which the driver is hauled out.
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jib-boom
A continuation of the bowsprit forward, being a spar run out from the extremity in a similar manner ...
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main-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of the boom-mainsail in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
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swinging-boom
The spar which stretches the foot of a lower studding-sail; in large ships they have goose-necks in ...
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sprit-sail top-sail
A sail extended above the sprit-sail by a yard, which hung under the jib-boom.
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Studding sail
·- A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase...
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Water sail
·- A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to t...
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Main-sail
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," ...
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top sail
He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to. sea and left them unpaid. SCT sol...
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drag-sail
Any sail with its clues stopped so as when veered away over the quarter to make a stop-water when ve...
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drift-sail
A contrivance, by means of immersing a sail, to diminish the drift of a ship during a gale of wind. ...
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fore-sail
The principal sail set on the fore-mast. (See sail.)
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ghrime-sail
The old term for a smoke-sail.
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lug-sail
A sail used in boats and small vessels. It is in form like a gaff-sail, but depends entirely on the ...
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main-sail
This, in a square-rigged vessel, is distinguished by the so-termed square main-sail; in a fore-and-a...
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sail burton
A purchase extending from topmast-head to deck, for sending sails aloft ready for bending; it usuall...
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sail ho!
The exclamation used when a strange ship is first discerned at sea either from the deck or from the ...
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sail-hook
A small hook used for holding the seams of a sail while in the act of sewing.
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sail-loft
A large apartment in dockyards where the sails are cut out and made.
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sail-loosers
Men specially appointed to loose the sails when getting under weigh, or loosing them to dry.
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sail-maker
A qualified person who (with his mates) is employed on board ship in making, repairing, or altering ...
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sail-netting
The fore-topmast staysail, main-topmast staysail, and main staysail are generally stowed in the nett...
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sheer-sail
A drift-sail.
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smoke-sail
A small sail hoisted against the fore-mast when a ship rides head to wind, to give the smoke of the ...
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sprit-sail
A sail formerly attached to a yard which hung under the bowsprit, and of importance in naval actions...
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steering-sail
An incorrect name for a studding-sail.
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storm-sail
A sail made of stout No. 1 canvas, of reduced dimensions, for use in a gale.
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strange sail
A vessel heaving in sight, of which the particulars are unknown.
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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails.
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water-sail
A save-all, or small sail, set occasionally under the lower studding-sail or driver-boom, in a fair ...
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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Square-rigged
·adj Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished fro...
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Square-toed
·noun Having the toe square.
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Square-toes
·noun A precise person;
— used contemptuously or jocularly.
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T square
·- ·see under <<T>>.
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Three-square
·adj Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle;
— said especially of a kind of ...
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Try-square
·noun An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, ·etc., for laying off right angles off right angles...
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America Square
On the south side of John Street, Minories. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horw...
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Angel Square
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
" Angel Alley "...
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Bell Square
1) East out of St. Martin's le Grand to Foster Lane in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816)....
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Billiter Square
West out of Billiter Street at No. 11. In Aldgate Ward and Langbourn Ward (P.O. Directory).
Seems t...
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Bridgewater Square
At the north end of Bridgewater Street, Barbican, at No. 1, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Direct...
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Car Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1848-51).
Former name : "Car...
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Cartwright Square
At the southern end of Cartwright Street, east of the Royal Mint (O.S. 25 in 1880 ed.).
Formerly kn...
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Cook's Square
East out of Long Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without, near the northern boundary of the ward (O.S. 18...
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Crosby Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 34 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First mention: "Cro...
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Devonshire Square
At the east end of Devonshire Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: ...
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Ebenezer Square
East out of Gravel Lane and extending south-east to Meeting House Court. In Portsoken Ward (Horwood,...
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Falcon Square
Between Falcon Street and Silver Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without and Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
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Gold Square
See Gould Square.
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Gough Square
At the top of Wine Office Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Gough's Square" (P....
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Gould Square
East out of Cooper's Row. In Aldgate Ward (O.S. 25, in, 1880).
First mention: "Gould's Square" (P.C...
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Haberdashers' Square
West out of Milton Street between Nos. 3 and 4, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Strype, 1720-L.C.C. Lis...
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Haydon Square
At No. 23 Haydon Street, on the north side.
In Minories precinct, now in the parish of St. Botolph,...
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Heydon Square
See Haydon Square.
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Honesty Square
West out of St. John's Court, Chick Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799).
Si...
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Honeysuckle Square
East out of Milton Street at No. 47, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
Formerly called ...
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Jeffrey's Square
East out of St. Mary Axe (O.S. 1894-6). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Strype, 1720.
At the time ...
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Ludgate Square
West out of Creed Lane at No. 7 (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Within.
First mention: O.S. 18...
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Marine Square
See Wellclose Square.
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May Square
On the west side of Whitecross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O.S. 1875-80).
"Tyson Court" in...
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Mitre Square
North out of Mitre Street at No. 9 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: O.S. 1848-51.
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Monument Square
On the east side of Fish Street Hill, extending to Pudding Lane. In Billingsgate Ward and Bridge War...
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Moor Square
West out of Moor Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799 - O.S. 1848-51).
Former names: " ...
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New Square
On the west side of the Minories at No.130, south of St. Botolph's Vestry Hall. In Portsoken Ward (P...
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Nicholl Square
Between Well Street and Castle Street, Aldersgate Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate and Alders...
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Nixon's Square
At the north end of Goldsmith's Alley and Bull Head Court, Jewin Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without...
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Paternoster Square
North out of Paternoster Row, at No.30, leading to Ivy Lane and Rose Street (P.O. Directory). In Cas...
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Petticoat Square
At the western end of Nightingale Place, west of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-O...
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Printer's Square
See Printing House Square.
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Prujean Square
West out of Old Bailey at No. 61 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: " Prujean Court or Square" (Locki...
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Queen Square
West out of Aldersgate Street, at No. 159a, to Bartholomew Close. In Aldersgate Ward and Farringdon ...
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Queen's Square
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
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Salisbury Square
At the south end of Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (P.O. Directory).
First mention: 1689 (H. MSS. Co...
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Spital Square
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 310. In the liberty of Norton Folgate (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
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Sun Square
North out of Sun Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the m...
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Trinity Square
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Laid out in Horwood, 1799.
First mention: Lockie...
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Turner's Square
South out of Amelia Place (O.S. 1848-51 to O.S. 25 in. 1880). In Portsoken Ward.
Removed for the ex...
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Union Square
In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755~Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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Warwick Square
West out of Warwick Lane at No. 7 1/2 (P.O. Directory). In Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Ward W...
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Wellclose Square
At Nos. 71 and 72 St. George Street, in the Borough of Stepney, outside the City boundary (P.O. Dire...
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square toes
An old man: square toed shoes were anciently worn in common, and long retained by old men.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to square up
To put oneself in an attitude fit for boxing. Provincial in various parts of England.--Halliwell.
Y...
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cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...
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hollow square
The square generally used by British infantry; a formation to resist cavalry. Each side is composed ...
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oblong square
A name improperly given to a parallelogram. (See three-square.)
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rallying square
That formed by skirmishers or dispersed troops when suddenly menaced by cavalry, each man as he runs...
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rising-square
In ship-carpentry, a square used in the whole moulding, upon which is marked the height of the risin...
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square-butted
The yard-arms of small shipping so made that a sheave-hole can be cut through without weakening the ...
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square-frames
In marine architecture, implies those frames which are square with the line of the keel, having no b...
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square-knot
The same as reef-knot.
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square ribbons
A synonym of horizontal lines, or horizontal ribbons.
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square-rigged
Ships having chiefly square sails; a term used in contradistinction to all vessels which do not use ...
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square-sails
Colloquially applied to the courses; but the term may be used for any four-cornered sail extended to...
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square-sterned
Implies a stern where the wing-transom is at right angles with the stern-post. (See pink and round s...
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square timbers
Those timbers which stand square with, or perpendicular to, the keel.
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square tuck
The after-part of a ship's bottom, when terminated in the same direction up and down as the wing-tra...
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square yards!
The order to attend to the lifts and braces, for going before the wind.
♦ To square a yard. In wor...
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three-square
An odd word applied to staysails, or anything triangular, as was the oblong square to a parallelogra...
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boom-brace pendant
A rope attached to the extremity of a studding-sail boom, and leading down on deck; it is used to co...
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flying jib-boom
A spar which is pointed through the iron at the jib-boom end. It lies beside it, and the heel steps ...
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guest-warp boom
A swinging spar (lower studding-boom) rigged from the ship's side with a warp for boats to ride by.
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top your boom
See boom.
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crowd sail, to
To carry an extraordinary press of canvas on a ship, as in pursuit of, or flight from, an enemy, &c....
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main-sail haul!
The order given to haul the after-yards round when the ship is nearly head to wind in tacking.
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make sail, to
To increase the quantity of sail already set, either by letting out reefs, or by setting additional ...
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middling a sail
Arranging it for bending to the yard.
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out-sail, to
To sail faster than another ship, or to make a particular voyage with greater despatch.
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press of sail
As much sail as the state of the wind, &c., will permit a ship to carry.
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pricking a sail
The running a middle seam between the two seams which unite every cloth of a sail to the next adjoin...
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sprit-sail yard
A yard slung across the bowsprit, lashed to the knight-heads, and used to spread the guys of the jib...
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sprit-sail yarding
A cruelty in which some fishermen wreak vengeance on sharks, dog-fish, &c., that encroach on their b...
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studding-sail yard
The spar to which the head of the studding-sail is extended.
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top-sail haul!
or main-topsail haul!
When the main-sail is not set, this is the order given to haul the after-yar...
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Austin Friars Square
Out of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (L.C.C. List, 1912).
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Billiter Square Buildings
At No. 1 Billiter Square (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1912.
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Bridgewater Square Buildings
At the junction of Bridgewater Square and Hart's Court (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Cripplegate Ward With...
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Crosby Square Passage
Leading into Crosby Square (q.v.) (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Cross Key Square
North out of Little Britain at No. 8 (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate Ward Without.
First mention: H...
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Gun Square, Houndsditch
East out of Houndsditch, at 150 and 151. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
Former name : "Gun Yar...
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Lime Street Square
East out of Lime Street at No. 48, south of Leadenhall Street (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
Fi...
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London Bridge Square
On London Bridge, in Bridge Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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Lyme Street Square
See Lime Street Square.
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Mewse, Devonshire Square
At the south-east corner of Devonshire Square. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746).
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New Street Square
1) On the east side of Great New Street, Shoe Lane (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Without.
Fi...
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Printing House Square
At the east end of Printing House Lane, Water Lane, Blackfriars (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward...
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Red Cross Square
1) North out of Great Tower Street, between Mark Lane and Seething Lane (O.S. 25 in. 1880).
Earlies...
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Royal Mint Square
South out of Royal Mint Street, east of Cartwright Street (P.O. Directory).
First shown in O.S. 25 ...
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White Lion Square
North out of Old Bethlem at No.16 (Lockie, 1816-Elmes, 1831).
Not named in the maps.
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Wood Street Square
West out of Hart Street at No.3 at its junction with Monkwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (P.O...
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square-topsail sloop
Sloops which carry standing yards.
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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object.
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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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red sail-yard dockers
Buyers of stores stolen out of the royal yards and docks.
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bunt of a sail
The middle part of it, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. I...
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depth of a sail
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech...
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hullock of a sail
A small part lowered in a gale.
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lateen sail and yard
A long triangular sail, bent by its foremost leech to a lateen yard, which hoists obliquely to the m...
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point a sail, to
To affix points through the eyelet-holes of the reefs. (See points.)
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shoulder-of-mutton sail
A kind of triangular sail of peculiar form, used mostly in boats. It is very handy and safe, particu...
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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sprit-sail sheet knot
May be crowned and walled, or double-walled, and is often used as a stopper-knot.
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(St.) Katherine's Square, East Smithfield
West out of St. Katherine's Court (Horwood, 1799).
Former name : "St. Katherine's Court" (Rocque, 1...
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Passage to ye Square
See Prince's Street2, Bridgewater Square.
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Queen's Colledge Passage Square, or Queen's Square Passage
South out of Leadenhall Street and east to Lime Street. In Lime Street Ward (Strype, 1720 and 1755)....
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Silver Street, Bridgewater Square
East out of Charles Street to Collier's Court, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-O.S. 1880)....
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square in the head
Very bluff and broad in the fore-body.
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
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roll up a sail, to
To hand it quickly.
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New Court, St, Katherine's Square
See St. Katherine's New Court.
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Queen's Square Passage, Leadenhall Street
See Queen's Colledge Passage Square.
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square-sterned and british built
A phrase to express the peculiar excellence of our first-class merchantmen.
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Crosleys Square, Hart Street, Tower Street
See New London Street.
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earing-cringle, at the head of a sail
In sail-making it is an eye spliced in the bolt-rope, to which the much smaller head-rope is attache...
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