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• Topgallant

  ·noun A topgallant mast or sail. II. Topgallant ·adj Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. III. Topga...

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• Stump

  ·noun The legs; as, to stir one's stumps. II. Stump ·vi To walk clumsily, as if on stumps. III. St...

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• to stump

  'To stub one's toe,' is to strike it against anything in walking or running; an expression often use...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• stump

  A derogatory but well-known name in navigating our eastern coasts for the beautiful tower of Boston ...

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• Fore-topgallant

  ·adj Designating the mast, sail, yard, ·etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. ·see ...

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• lower masts

  See mast. ...

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• made masts

  The large masts made in several pieces. A ship's lower mast is a made spar; her top-mast is a whole ...

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• pole-masts

  Single spar masts, also applied where the top-gallant and royal masts are in one. (See mast.) ...

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• topgallant-forecastle

  A short deck forward above the upper deck, mostly used as a galley, but in some merchantmen a berthi...

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• topgallant-mast

  The third mast above the deck; the uppermost before the days of royals and flying kites. ...

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• topgallant-sails

  The third sails above the decks: they are set above the topsail-yards, in the same manner as the top...

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• upper masts

  The top-mast, topgallant-mast, and royal-mast; any spars above these are termed poles. (See pole-mas...

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• Stump-tailed

  ·adj Having a short, thick tail. ...

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• (St.) Paul's Stump

  At the south-east corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, marking one of the boundaries of the parish of St...

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• stump orator

  A man who harangues the people from the stump of a tree, or other elevation. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• stump oratory

  The sort of popular speaking used by stump orators. ...

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• stump speaker

  A popular political speaker. The lion. W. R. Thompson, of Indiana, one of the most popular stump sp...

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• stump speech

  A speech made from a stump or other elevation; i. e. an electioneering speech in favor of one's self...

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• stump-jump plough

  n. a farm implement,invented in Australia, for ploughing the wheat-lands, which areoften left with ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• stump-tailed lizard

  n. an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray. ...

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• strip the masts, to

  To clear the masts of their rigging. ...

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