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Stream
·noun A beam or ray of light. II. Stream ·vt To <<Unfurl>>. III. Stream ·vi To pour out, or emit, ...

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stream
Anglo-Saxon for flowing water, meaning especially the middle or most rapid part of a tide or current...

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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar. II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. ...

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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.) ...

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cable-stream, stream-cable
A hawser or rope something smaller than the bower, used to move or hold the ship temporarily during ...

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Stream clock
·add. ·- An instrument for ascertaining the velocity of the blood in a vessel. ...

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Stream gold
·add. ·- Gold in alluvial deposits; placer gold. ...

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Stream line
·add. ·- The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like. ...

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Stream wheel
·add. ·- A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a ...

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gulf-stream
Is especially referable to that of Mexico, the waters of which flow in a warm stream at various velo...

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sea-stream
In polar parlance, is when a collection of bay-ice is exposed on one side to the ocean, and affords ...

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stream-anchor
A smaller one by two-thirds than the bowers, and larger than the kedges, used to ride steady, or moo...

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stream-cable
A hawser smaller than the lower cables, and used with the stream-anchor to moor the ship in a shelte...

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stream-lake
One which communicates with, the sea by means of a river. ...

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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>. ...

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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...

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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice. II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice. ...

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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream. ...

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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection. ...

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ice-plant
n. Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...

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ice-candles
icicles. Kent. ...

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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf. ...

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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...

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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...

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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season. ...

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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.) ...

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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...

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ground-ice
See anchor-ice. ...

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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...

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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.) ...

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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions. ...

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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...

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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter. ...

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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage. ...

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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice. ...

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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog. ...

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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...

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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice. ...

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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea. ...

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ice-plank
See spike-plank. ...

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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice. ...

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ice-saw
A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...

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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind. ...

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ice-tongue
See tongue. ...

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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel. ...

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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...

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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way. ...

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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...

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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons. ...

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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....

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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...

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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...

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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...

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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...

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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land. ...

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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing. ...

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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...

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Stream of Egypt
(Isa. 27:12), the Wady el-Arish, called also "the river of Egypt," R.V., "brook of Egypt" (Num. 34:5...

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Stream Of Egypt
occurs once in the Old Testament- (Isaiah 27:12) [RIVER OF EGYPT] RIVER OF EGYPT - 3664 ...

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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream. II. Neapolitan ice cream ·add. ·- An...

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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...

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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....

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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...

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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....

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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...

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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation. ...

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stream the buoy, to
To let the buoy fall from the after-part of the ship's side into the water, preparatory to letting g...

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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...

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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...

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