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fastenings
"Let go the fasts!" throw off the ropes from the bollards or cleats. Also used for the bolts, &c., w...

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Through
·prep By means of; by the agency of. II. Through ·adv From beginning to end; as, to read a letter t...

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through all
Carrying canvas in heavy squalls without starting a stitch. It demands not only courage, but seamanl...

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through-pieces
See graving-pieces. ...

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blow-through valve
A valve admitting steam into the condenser, in order to clear it of air and water before starting th...

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heaving through all
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold. ...

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through the fleet
A seaman's being sentenced by court-martial to be towed by a boat from every ship through the fleet,...

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to go through the mill
A metaphor alluding to grain which has been through the mill. A Western editor observed that the mai...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
going through the fleet
A cruel punishment, long happily abolished. The victim was sentenced to receive a certain portion of...

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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