A gravitating instrument for the same purpose as the training-pendulum.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Train>>. II. Training ·noun The act of one who trains; the act or process of e...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Straightforward; direct; clear; open. II. Level ·noun A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in...
·- A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches...
The day when the militia are called out to be reviewed. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
An improved pendulum to facilitate the accurate elevation and depression of guns on board ship, by m...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- Spirit level. ·see <<Level>>. ...
·add. ·- A level having a short telescope (hence its name) rigidly fixed to a table capable only of ...
·- The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea. ...
·- The level formed by the surface of still water. II. Water level ·- A kind of leveling instrument...
·- ·see under Y, ·noun. ...
The microscopic deviation of the axis of a transit instrument from the horizontal position. ...
Lines determining the shape of a ship's body horizontally, or square from the middle line of the shi...
See bevelling. ...
H.M.S. Britannia, commanded by a captain and complement of officers for the primary training of nava...
A term reckoned synonymous with par-line (which see). ...
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...