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Keeper
·noun One who remains or keeps in a place or position. II. Keeper ·noun A fruit that keeps well; as...

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Time
·noun <<Tense>>. II. Time ·vt To measure, as in music or harmony. III. Time ·noun Hour of travail,...

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time
for hour, in the phrase, 'What time are you?' meaning, What o'clock is it? ...

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Door-keeper
This word is used in Ps. 84:10 (R.V. marg., "stand at the threshold of," etc.), but there it signifi...

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book-keeper
One who never returns borrowed books. Out of one's books; out of one's fevor. Out of his books; out ...

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conscience keeper
A superior, who by his influence makes his dependants act as he pleases. ...

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hut-keeper
n. Explained in quotations. 1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 285: «Old...

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shanty-keeper
n. keeper of a sly-grog shop. 1875. Wood and Lapham, `Waiting for Mail,' p. 45: «Mrs. Smith was a...

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stock-keeper
n. equivalent to a shepherd,or herdsman. 1821. Governor Macquarie, `Government Notice,' June 30, 1...

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boat-keeper
One of the boat's crew who remains in charge of her during the absence of the others. In small vesse...

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ship-keeper
An officer not much given to going on shore. Also, the man who has charge of a ship whilst she is wi...

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store-keeper
An officer in the royal dockyards, invested with the general charge of naval stores, as the sails, a...

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Benting time
·- The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. ...

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Time policy
·add. ·- A policy limited to become void at a specified time; — often contrasted with voyage policy...

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Time signature
·add. ·- A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to in...

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Time-honored
·adj Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long contin...

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Time-table
·noun A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. II. Time-table ·noun ...

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cockshut time
The evening, when fowls go to roost. ...

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pudding time
In good time, or at the beginning of a meal: pudding formerly making the first dish. To give the cro...

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bagging-time
baiting-time. Lan. and N. ...

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footing-time
the time when a lying-in woman gets up. Norf. ...

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pulling-time
the evening of a fair, when the country fellows pull the wenches about. Norf. and Suff. called PULLI...

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teaming-time
time of bringing forth. ...

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teeming-time
the time of a woman's delivery. North. ...

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apparent time
The time resulting from an observation of the sun an expression per contractionem for apparent solar...

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calendar-time
On which officers' bills are drawn. ...

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kipper-time
The time during which the statutes prohibit the taking of salmon. ...

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mean time
See time, mean. ...

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periodic time
The interval of time which elapses from the moment when a planet or comet leaves any point in its or...

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rodding time
The season for fish-spawning. ...

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short-time
or sand glass. One of 14 seconds, used in heaving the log when the ship is going fast. ...

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sidereal time
The time shown by a clock regulated by the fixed stars, and compensated to accelerate upon mean time...

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slow time
In marching, means 75 paces to a minute. ...

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time, mean
, or mean solar time. That shown by a clock or watch when compensated for the unequal progress of ...

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time-piece
, chronometer An instrument adapted for measuring mean time. The result of many years of study and e...

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equation of time
The difference between mean and apparent time, or the acceleration or retardation of the sun's retur...

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revolution, time of
In relation to a planet or comet, this is the time occupied in completing a circuit round the sun, a...

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many a time and often
frequently. North. ...

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