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Walk
·noun Conduct; course of action; behavior. II. Walk ·vi To move off; to <<Depart>>. III. Walk ·add...

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Stern
·noun The black tern. II. Stern ·vt The hinder part of anything. III. Stern ·vt Fig.: The post of ...

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stern
The after-part of a ship, ending in the taffarel above and the counters below. ♦ By the stern. The...

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Dashmood's Walk, Dashwood's Walk
See Alderman's Walk. ...

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By-walk
·noun A secluded or private walk. ...

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Walk-mill
·noun A fulling mill. ...

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Walk-over
·noun In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, co...

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Alderman's Walk
West out of Bishopsgate, on the north side of St. Botolph's Church, at No. 117 (P.O. Directory). In ...

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Broad Walk
In the Tower precincts (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Also called "Northumberland Place" in P.C. Survey. ...

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Long Walk
1) North from Christ's Hospital to St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195-Boyle, ...

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(St.) Paul's Walk
The middle aisle of Old St. Paul's was vulgarly so called when desecrated by being used as a meeting...

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to walk into
To get the upper hand of; to take advantage of; to punish. A common vulgarism. To walk into a down-...

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fisherman's walk
An extremely confined space; "three steps and overboard," is often said of what river yachtsmen term...

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walk away!
The order to step out briskly with a tackle fall, as in hoisting boats. ...

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walk back!
A method in cases where a purchase must not be lowered by a round turn, as "Walk back the capstan;" ...

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Pink stern
·- ·see <<Chebacco>>, and 1st Pink. ...

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Stern-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer. ...

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Stern-wheeler
·noun A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels. ...

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Torpedo stern
·add. ·- A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast powe...

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Tunnel stern
·add. ·- A design of motor-boat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed i...

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pink-stern
(French, pinque.) A vessel with a narrow stern; hence all vessels so formed are called pink-sterned....

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chase-stern
The cannon which are placed in the after-part of a ship, pointing astern. ...

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false stern
An additional stern fixed on the main one, to increase the length and improve the appearance of a ve...

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lute-stern
Synonymous with pink-stern. ...

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round stern
The segmental stern, the bottom and wales of which are wrought quite aft, and unite in the stern-pos...

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segmental stern
See round stern. ...

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stern-all
A term amongst whalers, meaning to pull the boat stern foremost, to back off after having entered an...

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stern-board
This term is familiarly known to seamen as tacking by misadventure in stays; or purposely, as a seam...

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stern-chasers
The guns which fire directly aft. ...

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stern-davits
Pieces of iron or timber projecting from the stern, with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, for ...

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stern-fast
A rope used to confine the stern of a vessel to a wharf, &c. ...

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stern-frame
That strong and ornamental union based on the stern-post, transom, and fashion-pieces. ...

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stern-knee
Synonymous with stern-son (which see). ...

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stern-ladder
Made of ropes with wooden steps, for getting in and out of the boats astern. ...

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stern-ports
The ports made between the stern-timbers. ...

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stern-post
The opposite to the stem; scarphed into the keel, and suspending the rudder. In steam-ships, where a...

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stern-sheets
That part of a boat between the stern and the aftmost thwart, furnished with seats for passengers. ...

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stern-son
A knee-piece of oak-timber, worked on the after dead-wood; the fore-end is scarphed into the kelson,...

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stern-way
The movement by which a ship goes stern foremost. The opposite of head-way. ...

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King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory). First mentio...

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to walk the chalk
To walk straight. "The Tallapoosa volunteers," said Capt. Suggs; "so let every body look out and wa...

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to walk the plank
This is an expression borrowed from the horrible practice of pirates, who, when they determine to de...

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walk spanish, to
To quit duty without leave; to desert. ...

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by the stern
When the ship draws more water abaft than forward. (See by the head.) ...

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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...

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inner stern-post
See inner post ...

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long stern-timbers
See stern-timbers. ...

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make stern-way, to
To retreat, or move stern foremost. ...

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rails of the stern
(See stern-rails.) ...

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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...

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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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