A fleecy-looking cloud which sometimes covers the "table" or flat top of Table Mountain, at the Cape of Good Hope; it is the forerunner of a south-easter, being the condensation of moisture in the sea-air as it ascends the mountain side.
See table-cloth. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun a memorandum book. II. Table ·noun A circular plate of crown glass. III. Table ·noun The com...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The dress; raiment. [Obs.] ·see <<Clothes>>. II. Cloth ·noun The distinctive dress of any pro...
·noun A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used...
·add. ·- A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies. ...
·add. ·- A style of four-legged table in vogue in England, chiefly in the later Georgian period. ...
·- ·see under Plane, ·adj. ...
·- A common table for guests at a hotel; an <<Ordinary>>. II. Table d'hote ·add. ·- Now, commonly, ...
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form. ...
·noun A broad, level, elevated area of land; a plateau. ...
·noun A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. II. Time-table ·noun ...
·add. ·- The upper limit of the portion of the ground wholly saturated with water. The water table m...
·add. ·- An inclined percussion table, usually with longitudinal grooves in its surface, agitated by...
Land which is flat-topped, however it may be raised more or less above the ordinary level of the vic...
An allowance to admirals and senior officers, in addition to their pay, to meet the expenses of thei...
A low level shore. ...
A table which gives the difference of latitude and departure corresponding to a certain course and d...
·- A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. ...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Carborundum paper. ...
·add. ·- A thin, loosewoven cotton cloth, such as is used in pressing cheese curds. ...
·noun A piece of canvas cut obliquely to widen a sail at the foot. ...
·- A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers (called jute) of two plants of the genus C...
·add. ·- A fine wide wooled fabric much used for women's dresses. ...
·add. ·- A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, ·etc. ...
·noun A coarse cloth. ...
·- A fabric made of coarse goat's hair; a kind of camlet. II. Thibet cloth ·- A kind of fine woolen...
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
East out of West Smithfield at No. 59 to Kiughorn Street (P.O. Directory). In Farringdon Ward Withou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
South out of First mention: O.S. 188-51. ...
Out of Dunning's Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in th...
He is just come from the cloth market, i.e. from between the sheets, he is just risen from bed. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Square sails. ...
The lining sewed up the fore-part of the sail in the direction of the buntline to prevent that rope ...
See goring ...
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
North out of White Friers, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). See Paved Alley and Ashentr...
See Back Court. ...
See Kinghorn Street, Cloth Fair. ...
South out of Cloth Fair, at No. 63, to Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without. Renamed 1885....
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy. ...
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated. ...