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• Pull

  ·noun A pluck; loss or violence suffered. II. Pull ·noun The act of rowing; as, a pull on the river...

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• pull

  To be pulled; to be arrested by a police officer. To have a pull is to have an advantage; generally ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Standing

  ·noun Place to stand in; station; stand. II. Standing ·adj Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing wate...

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• to pull foot

  To walk fast; to run. I look'd up; it was another shower, by Gosh. I pulls foot for dear life.--Sam...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• pull-over

  An east-country term for a carriage-way. ...

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• Water-standing

  ·adj Tear-filled. ...

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• all-standing

  Without preparation, suddenly. This, like many other common expressions, seems to be borrowed from ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• standing backstays

  The rigging proper. (See backstays.) ...

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• standing bevelling

  The alteration made obtuse or outside a square, in hewing timber, as opposed to acute, or under-beve...

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• standing bowsprit

  One that is fixed permanently in its place, not the running-in bowsprit of a cutter. ...

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• standing-jib

  The jib, as distinguished from the other jibs. ...

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• standing-lifts

  Ropes from the mast-heads to the ends of the upper yards, to keep them square and steady when the sa...

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• standing orders

  Special regulations remaining constant for some particular branch of service. ...

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• standing rigging

  That part which is made fast, and not hauled upon; being the shrouds, backstays, and stays for the s...

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• standing up

  A ship in good trim, and well attended to, is said to stand well up to her canvas. ...

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• standing warrants

  Those officers who remain with a ship in ordinary, or on the stocks, as the gunner, carpenter, boats...

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• standing water

  Water where there is no current or tide. ...

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• to pull up stakes

  To pack up one's furniture or baggage preparatory to a removal; to remove. If this stranger is to r...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• get-a-pull

  The order to haul in more of a rope or tackle. ...

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• pull-away-boys

  A name given on the West Coast of Africa to the native Kroo-men, who are engaged by the shipping to ...

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• pull foot, to

  To hasten along; to run. ...

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• standing part of a hook

  That part which is attached to a block, chain, or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a wei...

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• standing part of a sheet

  That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c. ...

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• standing part of a rope

  The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...

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• standing part of a tackle or rope

  The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...

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