stiffening order

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• Stiffening

  ·noun Act or process of making stiff. II. Stiffening ·noun Something used to make anything stiff. ...

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• Order

  ·vi To give orders; to issue commands. II. Order ·noun A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction...

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• Stop order

  ·add. ·- An order that aims to limit losses by fixing a figure at which purchases shall be sold or s...

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• crack-order

  High regularity. ...

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• marching order

  A soldier fully equipped with arms, ammunition, and a portion of his kit, carries from 30 to 35 lbs....

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• open order

  Any distance ordered to be preserved among ships, exceeding a cable's length. ...

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• order arms!

  The word of command, with muskets or carbines, to bring the butt to the ground, the piece vertical a...

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• order-book

  A book kept for the purpose of copying such occasional successive orders as the admiral, or senior o...

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• apple-pie order

  An expression used in familiar conversation, denoting perfect order. It is used alike in England and...

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• take order for

  to provide for or against any thing. North. ...

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• apple-pie order

  A strange but not uncommon term for a ship in excellent condition and well looked to. Neat and order...

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• night order-book

  A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...

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• order of battle

  The arranging of ships or troops so as to engage the enemy to the best advantage. ...

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• order of sailing

  See sailing, order of. ...

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• sailing, order of

  The general disposition of a fleet of ships when proceeding on a voyage or an expedition. It is gene...

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• forming the order of sailing

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