timber-heads

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• Timber

  ·vi To make a nest. II. Timber ·vi To light on a tree. III. Timber ·noun The crest on a coat of ar...

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• timber

  [Anglo-Saxon]. All large pieces of wood used in ship-building, as floor-timbers, cross-pieces, futto...

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• cat-heads

  A Woman's breasts. SEA PHRASE. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• negroe's heads

  Brown leaves delivered to the ships in ordinary. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• dead heads

  Persons who drink at a bar, ride in an omnibus, or railroad car, travel in steamboats, or visit the ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bitt-heads

  The upright pieces of oak-timber let in and bolted to the beams of two decks at least, and to which ...

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• bulk-heads

  Partitions built up in several parts of a ship, to form and separate the various cabins from each ot...

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• cubbridge heads

  The old bulk-heads of the forecastle and half-decks, wherein were placed the "murderers," or guns fo...

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• kevel-heads

  The ends of the top timbers, which, rising above the gunwale, serve to belay the ropes, or to be use...

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• knight-heads

  Two large oak timbers, one on each side of the stem, rising up sufficiently above it to support the ...

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• negro-heads

  The brown loaves issued to ships in ordinary. ...

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• range-heads

  The windlass-bitts (which see). ...

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• wrung-heads

  An old term for that part of a ship near the floor-heads and second futtock-heels, which, when she l...

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• Timber Wharf

  1) See Dorset Wharf. 2) South out of Thames Street to the Thames, west of Timber Yard (Rocque, 1746...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Timber Yard

  1) See Little Somerset Street. 2) At the south end of William Street, between Wood and Co.'s Wharf ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• belly timber

  Food of all sorts. ...

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• timber toe

  A man with a wooden leg. ...

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• timber-tug

  Kent. The carriage of a waggon for conveying timber, with a long perch, which may be adapted to any ...

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

• knee-timber

  That sort of crooked timber which forms at its back or elbow an angle of from 24° to 45°; but the mo...

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• middle-timber

  That timber in the stern which is placed amidships. ...

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• proof timber

  In naval architecture, an imaginary timber, expressed by vertical lines in the sheer-draught, to pro...

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• seasoned timber

  Such as has been cut down, squared, and stocked for one season at least. ...

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• ship-timber

  Contraband in time of war. ...

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• tasting timber

  Chipping it with an adze, and boring it with an augur, to ascertain its quality. ...

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• timber-converter

  A dockyard official who has the charge of converting timber for its different purposes in ship-build...

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• timber-hitch

  , is made by taking the end of a rope round a spar, and after leading it under and over the standing...

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• timber-taster

  One appointed to examine and pronounce upon the fitness of timber. ...

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• heads and plucks

  the refuse of timber trees, as boughs, roots, &c. Derb. ...

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• compartment bulk-heads

  Some of the iron ships have adopted the admirable Chinese plan of dividing the hold athwart-ship by ...

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• High Timber Street

  South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 42, and extending east and west between Broken Wharf and Bro...

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• grain of timber

  In a transverse section of a tree, two different grains are seen: those running in a circular manner...

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• grain-cut timber

  That which is cut athwart the grain when the grain of the wood does not partake of the shape require...

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• rough-tree timber

  Upright pieces of timber placed at intervals along the side of a vessel, to support the rough-tree. ...

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• side counter-timber

  The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...

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• timber and room

  , is the distance between two adjoining timbers, which always contain the breadth of two timbers, an...

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• top-timber breadth

  The distance between the upper part of the same timber and the middle line. ...

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• top-timber hollow

  A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber. ...

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• Timber Yard, Dorset Street

  See New River Office and Yard. ...

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• Dark Lane, High Timber Street

  See Dark House Lane. ...

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• Timber Yard, Upper Thames Street

  See George Yard. ...

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