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Stiff
·superl Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
II. Stiff ·superl Firm; strong; violent; difficu...
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stiff
Stable or steady; the opposite to crank; a quality by which a ship stands up to her canvas, and carr...
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Bottom
·noun The fundament; the buttocks.
II. Bottom ·noun An <<Abyss>>.
III. Bottom ·noun Dregs or groun...
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bottom
A polite term for the posteriors. Also, in the sporting sense, strength and spirits to support fatig...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bottom
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in gold-mining, the old river-bedupon which the wash-dirt rests, and upon which the richesta...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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bottom
Low land with a rich soil formed by alluvial deposits, and formerly the bottom or bed of a stream or...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bottom
A name for rich low land formed by alluvial deposits: but in a general sense it denotes the lowest p...
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Stiff-backed
·adj <<Obstinate>>.
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Stiff-hearted
·adj Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
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Stiff-necked
·adj Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
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Stiff-neckedness
·noun The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
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Stiff-tailed
·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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stiff-rumped
Proud, stately.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stiff breeze
One in which a ship may carry a press of sail, when a little more would endanger the spars.
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Bottom fermentation
·add. ·- A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fer...
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Sulphur-bottom
·noun A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S....
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bottom-lands
In the Western States, this name is given to the rich flat land on the banks of rivers, which in New...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bottom-clean
Thoroughly clean, free from weeds, &c.
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bottom-plank
That which is placed between the garboard-strake and lower back-strake.
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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...
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foul bottom
A ship to which sea-weed, shells, or other encumbrances adhere. Also, the bottom of the sea if rocky...
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kettle-bottom
A name applied to a ship with a flat floor.
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sharp bottom
Synonymous with a sharp floor; used in contradistinction to a flat floor: the epithet denotes vessel...
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filling a ship's bottom
Implies covering the bottom of a ship with broad-headed nails, so as to give her a sheathing of iron...
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to keep a stiff upper lip
is to continue firm, unmoved.
My friend, said he, don't cry for spilt milk; keep a stiff upper lip;...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pay a vessel's bottom, to
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.)
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