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toe-toe
and Toi-toi
Maori name of severalspecies of native grass of the genus Arundo, especially Arundo con...
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Toe
·vi To hold or carry the toes (in a certain way).
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Line
·noun Flax; linen.
II. Line ·noun A trench or rampart.
III. Line ·noun Instruction; doctrine.
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line
To get a man into a line, i.e. to divert his attention by a ridiculous or absurd story. To humbug.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to line
To fish with a line. So, to seine, i. e. to fish with a seine. I have never seen these words used ex...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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line
The general appellation of a number of small ropes in a ship, as buntlines, clue-lines, bowlines, &c...
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Toe drop
·add. ·- A morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated.
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Toe hold
·add. ·- A hold in which the agressor bends back his opponent's foot.
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timber toe
A man with a wooden leg.
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toe-ragger
n.
In the bush a term of abuse;though curiously in one or two parts of New South Wales theword «toe...
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bolt-toe
The cock of a gun-lock.
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line of line
See gunter's line.
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A
A, a, indecl. n. (sometimes joined with littera), the first letter of the Latin alphabet, correspond...
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a
a, prep.=ab, v. ab.
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A
A. a. as an abbreviation, 1 for the praenomen Aulus.
2 for Absolvo, on the voting-tablet of a jud...
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A
·- Of.
II. A ·prep In; on; at; by.
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A 1
·- A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior...
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A-
·- A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on ...
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A
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text...
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a
As for example the word alarm, alarum, a bell, from the German lärm; but the military alarm on a dru...
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Air line
·add. ·- A path through the air made easy for aerial navigation by steady winds.
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Bee line
·- The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with hone...
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Date line
·add. ·- The hypothetical line on the surface of the earth fixed by international or general agreeme...
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Drag line
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Drag rope.
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Gunter's line
·- A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numb...
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Line-up
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Lineup>>.
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Pipe line
·add. ·- A line of pipe with pumping machinery and apparatus for conveying liquids, ·esp. petroleum,...
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Pipe-line
·add. ·vt To convey by a pipe line; to furnish with a pipe line or pipe lines.
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Side line
·add. ·- A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing.
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Spurling-line
·noun The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
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Stream line
·add. ·- The path of a constituent particle of a flowing fluid undisturbed by eddies or the like.
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Up-line
·noun A line or track leading from the provinces toward the metropolis or a principal terminus; the ...
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Vortex line
·add. ·- A line, within a rotating fluid, whose tangent at every point is the instantaneous axis of ...
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Water line
·- Any one of certain lines of a vessel, model, or plan, parallel with the surface of the water at v...
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black-line
See Black-War.
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snow-line
n.
In pastoralists' language of NewZealand, «above the snow-line» is land covered by snow inwinter,...
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to line bees
is to track wild bees to their homes in the woods. One who follows this occupation is called a bee h...
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bee-line
To take a bee-line, is to take the most direct or straight way from one point to another. Bees in re...
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base-line
In strategy, the line joining the various points of a base of operations. In surveying, the base on ...
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beam-line
A line raised along the inside of the ship fore and aft, showing the upper sides of the beams at her...
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bearding-line
In ship-building, is a curved line made by bearding the dead-wood to the shape of the ship's body.
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breadth line
A curved line of the ship lengthwise, intersecting the timbers at their greatest extent from the mid...
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cant-line
Synonymous with girt-line, as to cant the top over the lowermast-head.
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cod-line
An eighteen-thread line.
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concluding-line
A small rope hitched to the middle of the steps of the stern-ladders. Also, a small line leading thr...
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cont-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.
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counter-line
A word often used for contravallation.
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cut-line
The space between the bilges of two casks stowed end to end.
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fancy-line
A line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff, used as a down-haul. Also, a line used for cross-...
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furling-line
Denotes a generally flat cord called a gasket. In bad weather, with a weak crew, the top-sail is bro...
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gant-line
Synonymous with girt-line (which see).
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gaub-line
A rope leading from the martingale in-board. The same as back-rope.
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girt-line
A whip purchase, consisting of a rope passing through a single block on the head of a lower mast to ...
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gob-line
See gaub-line.
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gunter's line
Called also the line of numbers, and the line of lines, is placed upon scales and sectors, and named...
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hambro'-line
See hamber
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hand-line
A line bent to the hand-lead, measured at certain intervals with what are called marks and deeps fro...
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hauling-line
A line made fast to any object, to be hauled nearer or on board, as a hawser, a spar, &c.
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house-line
See housing
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indented line
In fortification, a connected line of works composed of faces which offer a continued series of alte...
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lead-line
A line attached to the upper end of the sounding-lead. (See hand-line and deep-sea line.)
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line, to
To cover one piece with another. Also, to mark out the work on a floor for determining the shape of ...
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line-breadth
See breadth line.
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log-line and log-ship
A small line about 100 fathoms long, fastened to the log-ship by means of two legs, one of which pas...
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margin line
A line or edge parallel to the upper side of the wing transom, and just below it, where the butts of...
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measuring line
The old term for the first meridian reckoned off from a ship's longitude. Also, the five-fathom line...
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par-line
A term signifying the normal level of a barometer for a given station, or the mean pressure between ...
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reef-line
Casual aids in bad weather to help the men at the earings. When the vessel was going free, and the s...
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smiting-line
A line by which a yarn-stoppered sail is loosed, without sending men aloft. If well executed, marks ...
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sounding-line
This line, with a plummet, is mentioned by Lucilius; and was the sund-gyrd of the Anglo-Saxons.
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spurling-line
The line which formed the communication between the wheel and the tell-tale: it went round a small b...
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tow-line
[Anglo-Saxon toh-line]. A small hawser or warp used to move a ship from one part of a harbour or roa...
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tricing-line
A small cord, generally passing through a block or thimble, and used to hoist up any object to rende...
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trigger-line
A line by which the gun is fired.
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tripping-line
A small rope serving to unrig the lower top-gallant yard-arm of its lift and brace, when in the act ...
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twiddling-line
A piece of small rope ornamentally fitted and used for steadying the steering-wheel when required: n...
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water-line
In former ships of war, a fine white painted line or bend, representing the deep line of flotation, ...
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A cappella
·- A time indication, equivalent to alla breve.
II. A cappella ·- In church or chapel style;
— sai...
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A cheval
·add. ·- Astride; with a part on each side;
— used specif. in designating the position of an army w...
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A fortiori
·- With stronger reason.
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A posteriori
·- Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; i...
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A priori
·- Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to...
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A-mornings
·adv In the morning; every morning.
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A-sea
·adv On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.
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A-tiptoe
·adv On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
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Due-a
·noun ·see Do-a.
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Pi-a
·add. ·noun The <<Pineapple>>.
II. Pi-a ·add. ·noun Pi-a cloth or the fiber of which it is made.
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Vicu-a
·noun ·Alt. of <<Vicugna>>.
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a-many
a great number, pronounced Meyny. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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a-scat
broken like an egg. Dev.
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a-slat
crack'd like an earthen vessel. Dev.
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a-burton
The situation of casks when they are stowed in the hold athwart ship, or in a line with the beam.
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a-cockbill
(see cock-bill). The anchor hangs by its ring at the cat-head, in a position for dropping.
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a-hull
A ship under bare poles and her helm a-lee, driving from wind and sea, stern foremost. Also a ship d...
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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...
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a-poise
Said of a vessel properly trimmed.
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a-starboard
The opposite to a-port.
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a-stay
Said of the anchor when, in heaving in, the cable forms such an angle with the surface as to appear ...
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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a-weigh
The anchor being a-trip, or after breaking out of the ground.
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Old Line State
·add. ·- Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's ...
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apsides, line of
The imaginary line joining the aphelion and perihelion points in the orbit of a planet.
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collimation, line of
The optical axis of a telescope, or an imaginary line passing through the centre of the tube.
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cutting-down line
An elliptical curve line used by shipwrights in the delineation of ships; it determines the depth of...
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deep-sea line
Usually a strong and water-laid line. It is used with a lead of 28 lbs., and adapted to find bottom ...
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ebb, line of
The sea-line of beach left dry by the tide.
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forming the line
See line.
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great-line fishing
That carried on over the deeper banks of the ocean. (See line-fishing.) It is more applicable to han...
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light water-line
The line showing the depression of the ship's body in the water when just launched, or quite unladen...
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line of battle
A disposition of the fleet at the moment of engagement, by signal or previous order, on which occasi...
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line of bearing
A previously determined bearing given out by a commander-in-chief, as well as line-of-battle. "From ...
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line of collimation
See collimation, line of.
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line of defence
In fortification, the face of a work receiving flank defence, together with its prolongation to the ...
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line of demarcation
A line which is drawn by consent, to ascertain the limits of territories belonging to different powe...
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line of nodes
The imaginary line joining the ascending and descending nodes of the orbit of a planet or comet.
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line of operations
In strategy, the line an army follows to attain its objective point.
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line out stuff
To mark timber for dressing to shape.
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load water-line
The draught of water exhibited when the ship is properly loaded; in a word, her proper displacement,...
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water-line model
The same as key-model (which see).
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mine a-se on a bandbox
An answer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpose for which it is wanted, just as a band...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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line-of-battle ships
Formerly those of 74 guns and upwards; or in these iron days, any vessel capable of giving and takin...
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line-of-metal elevation
That which the axis of a gun has above the object when its line of metal is pointed on the latter; i...
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unrove his life-line
Departed this life.
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wind and water line
That part of a ship lying at the surface of the water which is alternately wet and dry by the motion...
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A B C
·- The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance.
II. A B C ·- A primer for teach...
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All-a-mort
·adj ·see <<Alamort>>.
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Black-a-vised
·adj Dark-visaged; swart.
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Bric-a brac
·noun Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively.
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Char-a-bancs
·noun A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.
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Chars-a-banc
·pl of Char-a-bancs.
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Cock-a-hoop
·adj Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.
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Cornet-a-piston
·noun A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sli...
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Cornets-a-piston
·pl of Cornet-a-piston.
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Dos-a-dos
·add. ·noun A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.
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Flute a bec
·- A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held li...
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Jack-a-dandy
·noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.
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Jack-a-lent
·noun A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow.
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Penny-a-liner
·noun One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack ...
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Pi-a cloth
·add. ·- A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, ·etc., woven from the fiber obtained f...
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Tete-a-tete
·adj Private; confidential; familiar.
II. Tete-a-tete ·noun A short sofa intended to accomodate two...
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Vis-a-vis
·adv Face to face.
II. Vis-a-vis ·noun One who, or that which, is face to face with another; ·esp.,...
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Wait-a-bit
·add. ·noun The prickly ash.
II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant.
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Wait-a-while
·add. ·noun = Wait-a-bit.
II. Wait-a-while ·add. ·noun One of the Australian wattle trees (Acacia c...
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Adam, a type
The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as "the figure of him who was to come." On this account our Lord is ...
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all-a-mort
Struck dumb, confounded. What, sweet one, all-a-mort? SHAKESPEARE.
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black a-se
A copper or kettle. The pot calls the kettle black a-se. Cant.
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to run a buck
To poll a bad vote at an election.--IRISH TERM.
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chick-a-biddy
A chicken, so called to and by little children.
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cock-a-whoop
Elevated, in high-spirits, transported with joy.
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to couch a hogshead
To lie down to sleep. CANT.
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to fight a crib
To make a sham fight. BEAR GARDEN TERM.
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cure a-se
A dyachilon plaister, applied to the parts galled by riding.
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dram-a-tick
A dram served upon credit.
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drop a cog
To let fall, with design, a piece of gold or silver, in order to draw in and cheat the person who se...
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firing a gun
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
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to fire a slug
To drink a dram.
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foxing a boot
Mending the foot by capping it.
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mumble a sparrow
A cruel sport practised at wakes and fairs, in the following manner: A cock sparrow whose wings are ...
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pit-a-pat
The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same.
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to ring a peal
To scold; chiefly applied to women. His wife rung him a fine peal!
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slug-a-bed
A drone, one that cannot rise in the morning.
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squint-a-pipes
A squinting man or woman; said to be born in the middle of the week, and looking both ways for Sunda...
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wear a--e
A one-horse chaise.
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bull-a-bull
or Bullybul
n.
a child'scorruption of the Maori word Poroporo (q.v.), aflowering shrub of New Zeal...
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cock-a-bully
n. a popular name for the NewZealand fish Galaxias fasciatus, Gray, a corruption ofits Maori name Ko...
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make a light
expressive pigeon-English. An aboriginal'sphrase for to look for, to find. «You been make a lightyar...
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mark, a good
Australian slang.
1845. R. Howitt, `Australia,' p. 233:
«I wondered often what was the meaning of ...
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stay-a-while
n.
a tangled bush; sometimescalled Wait-a-while (q.v.).
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wait-a-while
n.
also called Stay-a-while: a thicket tree.
1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 306:
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to bear a hand
A seaman's phrase. To be ready ; to go to work; to assist.
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to catch a tartar
To attack one of superior strength or abilities. This saying originated from the story of an Irish s...
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to cut a caper
(Italian, tagliar le capriole.) The act of dancing in a frolicksome manner.--Todd. We use it also in...
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to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...
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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad.
We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...
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to cut a swathe
The same as to cut a dash.
The expression is generally applied to a person walking who is gaily dre...
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to deacon a calf
is to knock it in the head as soon as it is born.--Connecticut.
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to drive a bargain
To make a bargain. A common colloquial expression, as old as the language.
This bargain is ful dr...
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to girdle a tree
In America, to make a circular incision, like a belt, through the bark and alburnum of a tree to kil...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to have a say
To express an opinion. A phrase in vulgar use.
I picked out "Henry Clay" for my baby's name, but t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to make a raise
A vulgar expression, meaning to raise; procure; obtain.
I made a raise of a horse and saw, after be...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to raise a bead
This expression is used at the West, and means to bring to a head, to make succeed. The figure is ta...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to sky a copper
To toss up a cent.
Didge said he was like skying a copper--head or tail.--Crockett, Tour.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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jacket-a-wad
an ignis fatuus. Exm.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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scotch a wheel
to stop it from going backward. Lane.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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well-a-day!
alas! Various.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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cutting a feather
It is common when a ship has too broad a bow to say, "She will not cut a feather," meaning that she ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dick-a-dilver
A name for the periwinkle on our eastern coasts.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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disparting a gun
To bring the line of sight and line of metal to be parallel by setting up a mark on the muzzle-ring ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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driving a charge
Ramming home the loading of a piece of ordnance.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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get-a-pull
The order to haul in more of a rope or tackle.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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give a spell
To intermit or relieve work. (See spell.)
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The Sailor's Word-Book