t-plates

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• T

  T, t. indecl. n. or (to agree with littera) f., the nineteenth letter of the Lat. alphabet (i and j ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• T

  ·- the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant. With the letter h it forms...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• backstay-plates

  Used to support the backstays. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• bobstay-plates

  Iron plates by which the lower end of the bobstay is attached to the stem. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• chain-plates

  Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• channel-plates

  See chain-plates. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• duledge plates

  An old name for the tyre-streaks or iron plates on the circumference of the wheel of a field-piece. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• futtock-plates

  Iron plates with dead-eyes, crossing the sides of the top-rim perpendicularly. The dead-eyes of the ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• limber plates

  Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and imm...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• limber-plates

  See limber boards. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• preventer-plates

  Stout plates of iron for securing the chains to the ship's side; one end is on the chain-plate bolt,...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• ‘T is

  ·- A common contraction of it is. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• ‘T was

  ·- A contraction of it was. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• An 't

  ·- An it, that is, and it or if it. ·see <<An>>, ·conj ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• T cart

  ·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• T connection

  ·add. ·- The connection of two coils diagrammatically as a letter T, chiefly used as a connection fo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• T iron

  ·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• T rail

  ·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• T square

  ·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• t--d

  There were four t--ds for dinner: stir t--d, hold t--d, tread t--d, and mus-t--d: to wit, a hog's fa...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dove-tail plates

  Metal plates resembling dove-tails in form, let into the heel of the stern-post and the keel, to bin...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• C. G. T.

  ·add. ·- An abbreviation for Confederation Generale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union)....

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• sh-t sack

  A dastardly fellow: also a non-conformist. This appellation is said to have originated from the foll...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• tom t--dman

  A night man, one who empties necessary houses. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cats t kerd

  cross, ill-conditioned. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• sh-t-ng through the teeth

  Vomiting. Hark ye, friend, have you got a padlock on your a-se, that you sh-te through your teeth? V...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose