, or thorough-foots
, are kinks or tangles in a rope; or parts of a tackle not leading fair by reason of one of the blocks having been passed round part of the fall, and so getting a turn.
·adv <<Through>>. II. Thorough ·prep <<Through>>. III. Thorough ·adv <<Thoroughly>>. IV. Thorough...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; — s...
·noun A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a sp...
·adj Provided with thorough lights or windows at opposite sides, as a room or building. ...
A person who goes in at one door of a church, and out at the other, without stopping. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Coughing and breaking wind backwards at the same time. ...
To go thorough stitch; to stick at nothing; over shoes, over boots. ...
See thorough-puts ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A looseness, a violent purging. ...
One who being asked to sit down, will lie down. ...