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

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Jib
·add. ·noun One that jibs, or balks; a jibber. II. Jib ·add. ·noun A stationary condition; a stands...

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jib
A large triangular sail, set on a stay, forward. It extends from the outer end of the jib-boom towar...

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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 ...

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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-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 pull
One with the face towards the tackle, being about 2 feet each pull. ...

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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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flying jib
A light sail set before the jib, on the flying jib-boom. The third jib in large ships, as the inner ...

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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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jib-foresail
In cutters, schooners, &c., it is the stay-foresail. ...

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jib-guys
Stout ropes which act as backstays do to a mast, by supporting the jib-boom against the pressure of ...

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jib-stay
The stay on which the jib is set. ...

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jib-topsail
A light sail set on the topmost stay of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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jib-traveller
An iron ring fitted to run out and in on the jib-boom, for the purpose of bringing outwards or inwar...

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jib-tye
A rope rove through a sheave or block on the fore-topmast head, for hoisting the jib. ...

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outer-jib
In sloops, where the head-sails are termed foresail-jib and outer-jib, if set from the foremast-head...

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spitfire-jib
In cutters, a small storm-jib of very heavy canvas. ...

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storm-jib
In cutters, the fifth or sixth size: the inner jib of square-rigged ships. ...

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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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inner jib-stay
A temporary stay lashed half-way in, on the jib-boom; it sets up with lashing-eyes at the fore top-m...

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jib of jibs
A sixth jib on the bowsprit, only known to flying-kite-men: the sequence being storm, inner, outer, ...

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the cut of his jib
The form of his profile, the cast of his countenance; as, "I knew him by the cut of his jib." A naut...

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cut of the jib
A phrase for the aspect of a vessel, or person. ...

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jib and staysail jack
A designation of inexperienced officers, who are troublesome to the watch by constantly calling it u...

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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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