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breaking of a gale
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Gale
·noun A song or story.
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gale
1) an old bull, castrated. Hants.
2) a tun-dish, used in brewing. N.
3) the vat in which the beer ...
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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...
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Tail
·noun ·see <<Tailing>>, ·noun, 5.
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tail
A prostitute. Also, a sword.
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tail
v. tr.
to herd and tend sheep or cattle:lit. to follow close behind the tail.
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tail
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Gale-opithecus
·noun A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. ·see <<Colugo>>.
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Loom-gale
·noun A gentle gale of wind.
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chocolate-gale
A brisk N.W. wind of the West Indies and Spanish main.
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feeding-gale
A storm which is on the increase, sometimes getting worse at each succeeding squall. When a gale fre...
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fresh gale
A more powerful wind than a fresh breeze (which see).
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gentle gale
In which a ship carries royals and flying-kites; force 4.
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hard gale
When the violence of the wind reduces a ship to be under her storm staysails, No. 10 force.
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heavy gale
A strong wind, in which a ship is reduced to storm-staysails and close-reefed main-topsail. Force 10...
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loom-gale
An easy gale of wind, in which a ship can carry her whole top-sails a-trip.
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moderate gale
In which a ship carries double reefs in her top-sails.
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steady gale
A fresh breeze pretty uniform in force and direction.
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strong gale
That strength of wind under which close-reefed top-sails and storm-staysails are usually carried whe...
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A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
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·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...
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try, to, or lie-to, in a gale
, is, by a judicious balance of canvas, to keep a ship's bow to the sea, and, with as much as she ca...
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Boat-tail
·noun A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
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Box tail
·add. ·- In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.
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Cat's-tail
·noun ·see <<Timothy>>, Cat-tail, <<Cirrus>>.
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Cat-tail
·noun A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having i...
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Cross-tail
·noun A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.
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Daggle-tail
·noun A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.
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Drabble-tail
·noun A draggle-tail; a slattern.
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Draggle-tail
·noun A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.
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Dragon's tail
·- ·see Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, ·etc., under <<Dragon>>.
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Fish-tail
·adj Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish.
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Hare's-tail
·noun A kind of grass (Eriophorum vaginatum). ·see Cotton grass, under <<Cotton>>.
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Lion's tail
·- A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus);
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Lizard's tail
·- A perennial plant of the genus Saururus (S. cernuus), growing in marshes, and having white flower...
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Mare's-tail
·noun An aquatic plant of the genus Hippuris (H. vulgaris), having narrow leaves in whorls.
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Racket-tail
·noun Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail fea...
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Rat-tail
·noun Any fish of the genus Macrurus. ·see <<Grenadier>>, 2.
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Split-tail
·noun The pintail duck.
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Tail-bay
·noun The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
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Tail-water
·noun Water in a tailrace.
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Teeter-tail
·noun The spotted sandpiper. ·see the Note under <<Sandpiper>>.
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Triple-tail
·noun An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common ...
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bob tail
A lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail; also an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag, and bob...
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dove-tail
A species of regular answer, which fits into the subject, like the contrivance whence it takes its n...
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plug tail
A man's penis.
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swish tail
A pheasant; so called by the persons who sell game for the poachers.
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tickle tail
A rod, or schoolmaster. A man's penis.
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brown-tail
n.
bird-name for the TasmanianTit. See Tit.
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cat's tail
n.
See wonga.
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jolly-tail
n.
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ring-tail
or Ring-tailed Opossum
n.
See pseudochirus and opossum.
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silver-tail
n.
a bush term for a «swell» :a man who goes to the manager's house, not to the men's hut.See Hut.
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whip-tail
n.
1) A fancy name for a smallKangaroo. See Pretty-Faces, quotation.
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yellow-tail
n.
The name is given in Victoriato the fish Caranx trachurus, Cuv. and Val.; the Horse-Mackerel (q....
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club-tail
(Genus alosa.) The common shad, the fatter portion of which have the tail swollen, and on the coast ...
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swingle-tail
(Genus, carcharias. Cuvier.) The popular name for the Thresher Shark, from the use it makes of its l...
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tail-race
The water course leading from a mill after it has passed the water-wheel.
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cawsie-tail
a dunce. N. Rather CAWFE-TAIL, i. e. calf-tail. Lane.
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tail-ends
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cat's-tail
The inner part of the cat-head, that fays down upon the cat-beam.
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cross-tail
In a steam-engine, is of the same form as the cylinder cross-head: it has iron straps catching the p...
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culver-tail
The fastenings of a ship's carlings into the beams.
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dog's tail
A name for the constellation Ursa Minor or Little Bear.
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dove-tail
The fastening or letting in of one timber into another by a dove-tailed end and score, so that they ...
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monkey-tail
A lever for training a carronade.
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pig-tail
The common twisted tobacco for chewing.
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pin-tail
The Anas acuta, a species of duck with a long pointed tail. Also, in artillery, the iron pin on the ...
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rat's-tail
The tapering end of a rope. Also, the round tapered file for enlarging holes in metal.
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ring-tail
A kind of studding-sail hoisted beyond the after edge of those sails which are extended by a gaff an...
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swallow's tail
In fortification, an old form of outwork, having its front broken into a re-entering angle, and its ...
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tail-block
A rope-stropped block, having an end of rope attached to it as a tail, by which it may be fastened t...
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tail on
, or tally on
The order to clap on to a rope.
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tail-race
The water which leaves the paddles of a steam-boat. Also, the water-course of a mill beyond the wate...
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tail-tackle
A luff-tackle purchase, with a hook in the end of the single block, and a tail to the upper end of t...
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tail up
When a whale dives perpendicularly. In this case whalers expect the fish to rise near the same spot....
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tail-valve
A valve in the air-pump at the opposite side from the condenser, and connected with the latter by a ...
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yellow-tail
A well-known tropical fish, often in company with whip-rays; it is about 4 feet long, with a great h...
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A. F. of L.
·add. ·- American Federation of Labor.
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birds of a feather
Rogues of the same gang.
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son of a gun
This phrase is heard in low language with us as in England.
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boll of a tree
the stem, trunk, or body. N.
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newst of a newstness
i. e. much of a muchness. Glouc.
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abandonment of a vessel
Deserting and abandoning her by reason of unseaworthiness or danger of remaining in her, also when g...
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antecedent of a ratio
The first of the two terms.
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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed.
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bar of a harbour
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bar of a port
or bar of a harbour
An accumulated shoal or bank of sand, shingle, gravel, or other uliginous subs...
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barrel of a capstan
The cylinder between the whelps and the paul rim, constituting the main-piece.
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barrel of a pump
The wooden tube which forms the body of the engine.
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bed of a mortar
The solid frame on which a mortar is mounted for firing. For sea-service it is generally made of woo...
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body, of a place
In fortification, the space inclosed by the enceinte, or line of bastions and curtains.
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breech of a cannon
The after-end, next the vent or touch-hole. It is the most massive part of a gun; strictly speaking,...
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broth of a boy
An excellent, though roystering fellow.
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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold.
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bunt of a sail
The middle part of it, formed designedly into a bag or cavity, that the sail may gather more wind. I...
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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle.
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carcass of a ship
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are stripped off.
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carriage of a gun
The frame on which it is mounted for firing, constructed either exclusively for this purpose, or als...
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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...
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chamber of a mine
The seat or receptacle prepared for the powder-charge, usually at the end of the gallery, and out of...
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chase of a gun
That part of the conical external surface extending from the moulding in front of the trunnions to t...
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clue of a hammock
The combination of small lines by which it is suspended, being formed of knittles, grommets, and lan...
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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coom of a wave
The comb or crest. The white summit when it breaks.
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crater of a mine
Synonymous with funnel (which see).
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depth of a sail
The extent of the square sails from the head-rope to the foot-rope, or the length of the after-leech...
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detention of a vessel
: on just ground, as supposed war, suspicious papers, undue number of men, found hovering, or cargo ...
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ears of a boat
The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale.
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ears of a pump
The support of the bolt for the handle or break.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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eye of a stay
That part of a stay which is formed into a sort of collar to go round the mast-head; the eye and mou...
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eyes of a messenger
Eyes spliced in its ends to lash together.
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eyes of a ship
(See eyes of her.)
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face of a gun
The surface of the metal at the extremity of the muzzle.
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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.
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fetch of a gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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fetch of a bay or gulf
The whole stretch from head to head, or point to point.
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flight of a shot
The trajectory formed between the muzzle of the gun and the first graze.
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fly of a flag
The breadth from the staff to the extreme end that flutters loose in the wind. If an ensign, the par...
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freight of a ship
The hire, or part thereof, usually paid for the carriage and conveyance of goods by sea; or the sum ...
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gallery of a mine
The passage of horizontal communication, as distinguished from the shaft or vertical descent, made u...
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handles of a gun
The dolphins.
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head of a comet
The brighter part of a comet, from which the tail proceeds.
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head of a mast
, or mast-head.
The upper part of any mast, or that whereon the caps or trucks are fitted.
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head of a work
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...
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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...
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hood of a pump
A frame covering the upper wheel of a chain-pump.
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hullock of a sail
A small part lowered in a gale.
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jaw of a block
The space in the shell where the sheave revolves.
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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loading of a ship
See cargo and lading.
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mate of a watch
The senior or passed midshipman is responsible to the officer of the watch. He heaves the log, inser...
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mouldings of a gun
The several rings and ornaments.
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neck of a gun
The narrow part where the chase meets the swell of the muzzle.
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nucleus of a comet
The condensed or star-like part of the head.
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profile of a fort
See orthographic projection.
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range of a gun
The horizontal distance which it will send a shot, at a stated elevation, to the point of its first ...
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refusal of a pile
Its stoppage or obstruction, when it cannot be driven further in.
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ribs of a parrel
An old species of parrel having alternate ribs and bull's-eyes; the ribs were pieces of wood, each a...
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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...
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score of a block, or of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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shaft of a mine
The narrow perpendicular pit by which the gallery is entered, and from which the branches of the min...
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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shoulder of a bastion
The part of it adjacent to the junction of a face with a flank. The angle of the shoulder is that fo...
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sill of a dock
The timber at the base against which the gates shut; and the depth of water which will float a vesse...
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skeleton of a regiment
Its principal officers and staff.
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skin of a sail
The outside part when a sail is furled. To furl in a clean skin, is the habit of a good seaman.
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son of a gun
An epithet conveying contempt in a slight degree, and originally applied to boys born afloat, when w...
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tongue of a bevel
The movable part of the instrument by which the angles or bevellings are taken.
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track of a ship
The line of a ship's course through the water. (See wake.)
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tread of a keel
The length of her keel.
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tread of a ship or keel
The length of her keel.
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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees.
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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chamber of a piece of ordnance
The end of the bore modified to receive the charge of powder. In mortars, howitzers, and shell-guns,...
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gunner, of a ship of war
A warrant-officer appointed to take charge of the ammunition and artillery on board; to keep the lat...
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master of a ship-of-war
An officer appointed by the commissioners of the navy to attend to the navigating a ship under the d...
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muzzle of a piece of ordnance
The forward extremity of the cylinder, and the metal which surrounds it, extending back to the neck,...
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(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·prep During; in the course of.
II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
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busy as the devil in a gale of wind
Fidgety restlessness, or double diligence in a bad cause; the imp being supposed to be mischievous i...
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Skull, The place of a
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apparent place of a star
This is the position for any day which it seems to occupy in the heavens, as affected with aberratio...
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arms of a great gun
The trunnions.
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astronomical place of a star or planet
Its longitude or place in the ecliptic, reckoned from the first point of Aries, according to the nat...
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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
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cranks of a marine engine
; eccentric, as in a turning-lathe. The bend or knee pinned on the shafts, by which they are moved r...
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eye of a block-strop
That part by which it is fastened or suspended to any particular place upon the sails, masts, or rig...
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feeding-part of a tackle
That running through the sheaves, in opposition to the standing part.
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foot-clue of a hammock
See hammock.
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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.
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fore-sheets of a boat
The inner part of the bows, opposite to stern-sheets, fitted with gratings on which the bowman stand...
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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...
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housing of a lower mast
That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...
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latitude of a celestial object
An arc of a circle of longitude between the centre of that object and the ecliptic, and is north or ...
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mate of a merchant-ship
The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...
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running part of a tackle
Synonymous with the fall, or that part on which the man power is applied to produce the intended eff...
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score of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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sole of a gun-port
The lower part of it, more properly called port-sill.
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spoliation of a ship's papers
An act which, by the maritime law of every court in Europe, not only excludes further proof, but doe...
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standing part of a hook
That part which is attached to a block, chain, or anything which is to heave the hook up, with a wei...
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standing part of a sheet
That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c.
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standing part of a rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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standing part of a tackle or rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
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supernatant part of a ship
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....
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