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stand from under!
A notice given to those below to keep out of the way of anything being lowered down, or let fall fro...
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Stand
·noun To appear in court.
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Right
·adv Exactly; just.
II. Right ·adv In a right manner.
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right
All right! A favourite expression among thieves, to signify that all is as they wish, or proper for ...
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right
As to direction, fully or directly; thus, right ahead, or right away, &c.
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Under
·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...
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Stable stand
·- The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow be...
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Stand-by
·noun One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant us...
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Wash stand
·add. ·- In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may b...
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stand-still
He was run to a stand-still; i.e. till he could no longer move.
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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.'
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stand-point
(Germ. stand-punkt.) Place of standing; point of view. An expression lately introduced from the Germ...
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stand, to
The movement by which a ship advances towards a certain object, or departs from it; as, "The enemy s...
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stand by!
The order to be prepared; to look out to fire when directed.
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Right whale
·- The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone...
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Right-about
·noun A turning directly about by the right, so as to face in the opposite direction; also, the quar...
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Right-angled
·adj Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
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Right-hand
·adj Chiefly relied on; almost indispensable.
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Right-handed
·adj Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
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Right-handedness
·noun The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.
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Right-hearted
·adj Having a right heart or disposition.
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Right-lined
·adj Formed by right lines; rectilineal; as, a right-lined angle.
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Right-minded
·adj Having a right or honest mind.
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Right-running
·adj Straight; direct.
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Balfour, Right Hon. Arthur James
P.C., LL.D., D.C.L., etc.
(b. 1848)
Statesman and philosophic writer. A Defence of Philosophic Dou...
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Bryce, Right Hon. James
P.C., D.C.L., etc.
(b. 1838)
Historical and political writer, etc. The Holy Roman Empire (1862), T...
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Gasquet, Right Rev. Francis Aidan
D.D.
(b. 1846)
Historical writer. Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries (1888-89), Edward VI. an...
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miner's right
n.
the licence to dig for gold.See quotation.
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right away
Directly; immediately.
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right off
Directly; immediately.
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ascension right
See right ascension.
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right angle
An angle formed by a line rising or falling perpendicularly upon another, and measuring 90°, or the ...
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right ascension
An arc of the equator between the first point of Aries, and the hour circle which passes through any...
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right athwart
Square, or at right angles with the keel.
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right away!
It is a habit of seamen answering when a sail is discovered from the mast-head; "Right away on the b...
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right sailing
Running a course on one of the four cardinal points, so as to alter only a ship's latitude, or longi...
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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor.
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right whale
A name applied to the whale with a very large head and no dorsal fin, which yields the whalebone and...
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Under-age
·adj Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish...
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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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Under-garment
·noun A garment worn below another.
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under dubber
A turnkey.
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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York.
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to knock under
A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson.
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knuckle-under
Obey your superior's order; give way to circumstances.
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under-bevelling
The alteration made inside a square in hewing timber, as opposed to standing bevelling.
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under-bright
A meteorological term for the strong light which sometimes appears below clouds near the horizon.
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under canvas
Synonymous with under sail.
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under-current
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...
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under deck
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks.
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under foot
Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has head-way. An anchor is oft...
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under level
See bevelling.
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under-manned
When a ship has an insufficient complement, or is short-handed.
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under-masted
When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...
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under metal
The condition of a gun when the muzzle is depressed, and the metal, i.e. the breech, raised; the pro...
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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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under-set
Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...
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under-skinker
Assistant to the purser's steward.
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under-tow
An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...
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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...
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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...
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stand of arms
A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the ...
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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object.
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right-of-way
n.
a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
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right-angled triangle
That which has one right angle.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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right the helm!
The order to put it amidships, that is, in a line with the keel.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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search, right of
See visitation and search.
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.
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prisoner under restraint
Suspended from duty; deprived of command.
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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear.
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under bare poles
The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...
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under-shore, to
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock.
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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land.
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under the sea
A ship lying-to in a heavy gale, and making bad weather of it.
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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ease, to stand at
To remain at rest.
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fill and stand on
A signal made after "lying by" to direct the fleet to resume their course.
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stand in shore, to
To sail directly for the land.
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muzzle to the right!
, or muzzle to the left!
The order given to trim the gun to the object.
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right up and down
Said in a dead calm, when the wind is no way at all. Or, in anchor work, when the cable is in that c...
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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331).
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haul under the chains
This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...
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let go under foot
See under foot.
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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action.
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over and under turns
Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns.
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to stand up to the rack
A metaphorical expression of the same meaning as the like choice phrases, 'to come to the scratch;' ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stand clear of the cable!
A precautionary order when about to let go the anchor, that nothing may obstruct it in running out o...
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose