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Training
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Train>>.
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naval store-ship
A government vessel, appropriated to carrying stores and munitions of war to different stations.
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Naval
·adj Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval...
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naval
Of or belonging to a ship, or, as now commonly adopted, to the royal navy; hence, naval stores, nava...
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training-ship for the merchant service
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...
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for
for, fātus, 1, v. defect. (the forms in use are fatur, fantur, fabor, fabitur; part. perf. fatus; pe...
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for
(for) fātus, fārī, defect.(in use are fātur, fantur, fābor, fābitur; P. perf. fātus; perf.fātus sum...
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For
·prep Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
II. For ·...
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For-
·- A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also los...
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Quenouille training
·- A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches...
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training-day
The day when the militia are called out to be reviewed.
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training-level
A gravitating instrument for the same purpose as the training-pendulum.
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training-pendulum
An improved pendulum to facilitate the accurate elevation and depression of guns on board ship, by m...
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-ship
·noun A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chan...
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Ship
·noun Pay; reward.
II. Ship ·vi To embark on a ship.
III. Ship ·noun Any large seagoing vessel.
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The Ship
1) Rent out of Corner House in Thames Street, being the sign of the Ship in parish of St. Mary at Hi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ship
[from the Anglo-Saxon scip]. Any craft intended for the purposes of navigation; but in a nautical se...
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Ship
No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much informat...
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agency, naval
A useful class of persons, who transact the monetary affairs of officers, and frequently help them t...
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naval hood
See hawse-box
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naval architecture
The construction, or art and science, of building ships.
See ship-building
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naval armament
A fleet or squadron of ships of war, fitted out for a particular service.
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naval cadet
See cadet.
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naval hospitals
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naval officer
One belonging to the royal navy. Also, the person in charge of the stores in a royal dockyard abroad...
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naval reserve
A body of volunteers, consisting of coasters and able merchant seamen, who are drilled for serving o...
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naval science
A knowledge of the theory of ship-building, seamanship, navigation, nautical astronomy, and tactics....
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naval stores
All those particulars which are made use of, not only in the royal navy, but in every other kind of ...
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naval tactics
The warlike evolutions of fleets, including such manœuvres as may be judged most suitable for attack...
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Uncalled-for
·adj Not called for; not required or needed; improper; gratuitous; wanton.
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Unhoped-for
·adj Unhoped; unexpected.
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Unlooked-for
·adj Not looked for; unexpected; as, an unlooked-for event.
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to go for
To be in favor of. Thus, 'I go for peace with Mexico,' means I am in favor of peace with Mexico, or,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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done for
Cheated; taken advantage of.
Wall street, it appears, is infested with mock-auction shops,--a count...
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limb-for
a man addicted to any thing is called "a limb for it." Norf. and Suff.
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for-by
Near to; adjacent.
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Battle ship
·add. ·- An armor-plated man-of-war built of steel and heavily armed, generally having from ten thou...
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Burgess-ship
·noun The state of privilege of a burgess.
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Gauger-ship
·noun The office of a gauger.
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Hostess-ship
·noun The character, personality, or office of a hostess.
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Light-ship
·noun A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of danger...
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Lode-ship
·noun An old name for a pilot boat.
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Log-ship
·noun A part of the log. ·see Log-chip, and 2d Log, ·noun, 2.
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Ship railway
·add. ·- A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.
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Ship-rigged
·adj Rigged like a ship, that is, having three masts, each with square sails.
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Tank ship
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Tank vessel.
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Ship Alley
1) An alley so called in parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, 36 Eliz. {Lond. I. p.m. III. 201)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ship Court
West out of Old Bailey at No.66, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M.. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Site now...
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Ship Tavern
1) On the east side of Water Lane. A passage at the upper end of Custom House Court leads through th...
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Ship Yard
1) East out of the Minories, towards the northern end, in Portsoken Ward (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831)....
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fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ship shape
Proper, as it ought to be.
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to re-ship
To ship again; to ship what has been conveyed by water or imported.--Webster.
Much used in all our ...
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british ship
May be foreign built, or rebuilt on a foreign keel which belonged to any of the people of Great Brit...
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carpenter, ship
A ship-builder. An officer appointed to examine and keep in order the hull of a ship, and all her ap...
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chandler, ship
Dealer in general stores for ships.
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chartered ship
One let to hire to one or more, or to a company. A general ship is where persons, unconnected, load ...
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clean ship
A whale-ship unfortunate in her trip, having no fish or oil.
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convict-ship
A vessel appropriated to the convicts of a dockyard; also one hired to carry out convicts to their d...
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crack-ship
One uncommonly smart in her evolutions and discipline, perhaps from the old English word for a fine ...
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cupola-ship
Captain Coles's; the cupola being discontinued, now called turret-ship (which see).
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discovery ship
A vessel fitted for the purpose of exploring unknown seas and coasts. Discovery vessels were formerl...
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fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...
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flag-ship
A ship bearing an admiral's flag.
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fore-ship
An archaic form of forecastle of a ship; it means the fore-part of a vessel.
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free ship
A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes.
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general ship
Where persons unconnected with each other load goods on board, in contradistinction to a chartered s...
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guard-ship
A vessel of war appointed to superintend the marine affairs in a harbour, and to visit the ships whi...
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gunnery-ship
A ship fitted for training men in the practice of charging, pointing, and firing guns and mortars fo...
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handy-ship
One that steers easily, and can be worked with the watch; or as some seamen would express it, "work ...
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hospital-ship
A vessel fitted to receive the sick, either remaining in port, or accompanying a fleet, as circumsta...
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ladrone ship
Literally a pirate, but it is the usual epithet applied by the Chinese to a man-of-war.
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light ship
In contradistinction to laden; a ship is said to be light when she has no cargo, or merely in ballas...
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lode-ship
A pilot boat, which was also employed in fishing; it is mentioned in statute 31 Edward III. c. 2.
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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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man ship!
Is to range the people on the yards and rigging in readiness to give three cheers, as a salute on me...
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pennant-ship
Generally means the commodore, and vessels in the employ of government. It is also an authority dele...
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pivot-ship
In certain fleet evolutions, the sternmost ship remains stationary, as a pivot upon which the other ...
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prison-ship
One fitted up for receiving and detaining prisoners of war.
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pump ship!
The order to the crew to work the pumps to clear the hold of water.
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rated ship
Synonymous with post-ship in former times; the term ship alone now infers that it is a captain's com...
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rear-ship
The sternmost ship of a fleet.
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receiving-ship
At any port, to receive supernumerary seamen, or entered or impressed men for the royal navy.
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register ship
A Spanish plate-ship or galleon.
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re-ship
To ship again, or ship goods that have been imported or conveyed by water.
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shield-ship
A vessel fitted with one or more massive iron shields, each protecting a heavy gun or guns. The name...
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ship-boy
Boys apprenticed to learn their sea-duties, but generally appointed as servants.
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ship-breaker
A person who purchases old vessels to break them to pieces for sale.
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ship-broker
One who manages business matters between ship-owners and merchants, in procuring cargoes, &c., for v...
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ship-builder
Synonymous with naval constructor.
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ship-building
, or naval architecture
The art of constructing a ship so as to answer a particular purpose either...
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ship-chandler
A tradesman who supplies ships with their miscellaneous marine stores. (See material men.)
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ship-contractor
The charterer or freighter of a vessel.
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ship-craft
Nearly the same as the Anglo-Saxon scyp-cræft, an early word for navigation.
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ship-guns
Those cast expressly for sea-service.
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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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ship-language
The shibboleth of nautic diction, as tau'sle, fok'sle, for top-sail, forecastle, and the like.
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ship-launch
See launch.
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ship-load
The estimated lading or cargo of a vessel.
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ship-log
See log-book.
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ship-lord
A once recognized term for the owner of a ship.
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ship-money
An imposition charged throughout this realm in the time of Charles I., but which was declared illega...
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ship-owner
A person who has a right of property in a ship. The interest of part-owners is quite distinct, so th...
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ship-propeller
See screw-propeller.
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ship-shape
In colloquial phrase implies, in a seamanlike manner; as, "That mast is not rigged ship-shape;" "Put...
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ship-sloop
Commanders were appointed to 24-gun sloops, but when the same sloops were commanded by captains, the...
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ship-star
The Anglo-Saxon scyp-steora, an early name for the pole-star, once of the utmost importance in navig...
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ship-timber
Contraband in time of war.
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store-ship
A government vessel appropriated for carrying munitions and stores.
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tall ship
A phrase among the early voyagers for square-rigged vessels having top-masts.
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turret-ship
A vessel, more or less armoured, fitted with one or more heavily plated revolving turrets, each carr...
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unwholesome ship
One that will neither hull, try, nor ride, without labouring heavily in a sea. Also applied to a sug...
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war-ship
Any ship equipped for offence and defence; whereas man-of-war generally signifies a vessel belonging...
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wholesome ship
One that will try, hull, and ride well, without heavy labouring in the sea.
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royal naval reserve
See naval reserve.
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angling for farthings
Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
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blood for blood
A term used by tradesmen for bartering the different commodities in which they deal. Thus a hatter f...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tenant for life
A married man; i.e. possessed of a woman for life.
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tit for tat
An equivalent.
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in for it
Engaged in a thing from which there is no retreating.
You may twitch at your collar and wrinkle you...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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tit for tat
The phrase "tit for tat, if you kill my dog I'll kill your cat," is among the provincialisms of Hant...
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take order for
to provide for or against any thing. North.
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whicket for whacket
an equivalent ; QUID PRO QUO. Kent.
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quittee for quottee
an equivalent ; QUID PRO QUO. Kent.
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white for quite
QUITE, per aphaeresin, pro REQUITE.
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battens for hammocks
See hammock-battens.
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changey-for-changey
A rude barter among men-of-war's men, as bread for vegetables, or any "swap."
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do for, to
A double-barrelled expression, meaning alike to take care of or provide for an individual, or to rui...
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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fit for duty
In an effective state for service.
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full for stays!
The order to keep the sails full to preserve the velocity, assisting the action of the rudder in tac...
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hank for hank
In beating against the wind each board is thus sometimes denoted. Also, expressive of two ships whic...
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indenting for stores
An indispensable duty to show that every article has been actually received.
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loosing for sea
Weighing the anchor.
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stations for stays!
Repair to your posts to tack ship.
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tie-for-tye
Mutual obligation and no favour; as in the case of the tie-mate, the comrade who, in the days of lon...
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toko for yam
An expression peculiar to negroes for crying out before being hurt.
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ton for ton and man for man
A phrase implying that ships sailing as consorts, ought fairly to divide whatever prize they take.
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tubes, for guns
A kind of portable priming, for insertion into the vent,
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High-churchman-ship
·noun The state of being a high-churchman.
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Ship Tavern Passage
North~west out of Lime Street, at No.21, to 76 Gracechurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate W...
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Ship Yard, Minories
See London Prentice Yard and Sheppy Place.
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british-built ship
Such as has been built in Great Britain or Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of th...
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chainage of ship
An old right of the admiral.
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chapelling a ship
The act of turning her round in a light breeze, when she is close hauled, without bracing the head-y...
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docking a ship
The act of drawing her into dock, and placing her properly on blocks, in order to give her the requi...
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frapping a ship
The act of passing four or five turns of a large cable-laid rope round a ship's hull when it is appr...
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ocean-going ship
In contradistinction to a coaster.
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ship cut down
One which has had a deck cut off from her, whereby a three-decker is converted into a two-decker, an...
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ship raised upon
One of which the upper works have been heightened by additional timbers. About the year 1816 several...
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swifting a ship
Either bringing her aground or upon a careen; also passing cables round her bottom and upper-works, ...
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trans-ship, to
To remove a cargo from one ship to another.
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Baptism for the dead
Only mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. This expression as used by the apostle may be equivalent to saying, ...
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touch bun for luck
See bun.
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lay-overs for meddlers
A reply to a troublesome question on the part of a child, in answer to 'What's that?.' A turn-over i...
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thank you for them
an answer to an enquiry after absent friends. North. They are very well, I thank you for them.
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clear for going about
Every man to his station, and every rope an-end.
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drawn for the militia
When men are selected by ballot for the defence of the country.
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keeping full for stays
A necessary precaution to give the sails full force, in aid of the rudder when going about.
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ladle, for a gun
An instrument for charging with loose powder; formed of a cylindrical sheet of copper-tube fitted to...
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look out for squalls
Beware; cautionary.
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pushing for a port
Carrying all sail to arrive quickly.
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Ship Court, Bartholomew Lane
See Capel Court.
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back, of a ship
The keel and kelson are figuratively thus termed.
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bulk of a ship
Implies the whole cargo when stowed in the hold.
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carcass of a ship
The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the planks are stripped off.
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caulking of a ship
Forcing a quantity of oakum, or old ropes untwisted and drawn asunder, into the seams of the planks,...
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elevation, in ship-building
A vertical and longitudinal view of a vessel, synonymous with sheer-draught and sheer-plan. In other...
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eyes of a ship
(See eyes of her.)
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fitting out a ship
The act of providing a ship with sufficient masts, sails, yards, ammunition, artillery, cordage, anc...
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freight of a ship
The hire, or part thereof, usually paid for the carriage and conveyance of goods by sea; or the sum ...
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loading of a ship
See cargo and lading.
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rig of a ship
The disposition of the masts, cut of sails, &c., whether square or fore-and-aft rigs. In fact, the r...
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track of a ship
The line of a ship's course through the water. (See wake.)
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tread of a ship or keel
The length of her keel.
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trees of a ship
The chess-trees, the cross-trees, the rough-trees, the trestle-trees, and the waste-trees.
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what ship is that?
A question often put when a jaw-breaking word has been intrusively uttered by savants.
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wind a ship or boat, to
To change her position by bringing her stern round to the place where the head was. (See wending.)
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
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Hospital for Lunatics, Barking Church
Hospital founded in parish of Barking church, 44 Ed. III., for poor priests and others sick of the p...
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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...
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too big for his breeches
is said of a man who is above his business; arrogant; haughty.
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drag for the anchor, to
The same as creep or sweep.
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pricking for a soft plank
Selecting a place on the deck for sleeping upon.
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screw-gammoning for the bowsprit
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...
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thick-and-dry for weighing!
To clap on nippers closely, just at starting the anchor from the ground.
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whistle for the wind, to
A superstitious practice among old seamen, who are equally scrupulous to avoid whistling during a he...
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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
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fore-part of a ship
The bay, or all before the fore-hatches.
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lay up a ship, to
To dismantle her.
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mate of a merchant-ship
The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...
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putting a ship in commission
The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted. This act brought the crew unde...
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supernatant part of a ship
That part which, when afloat, is above the water. This was formerly expressed by the name dead-work....
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Hospital for Diseases of the Skin
On the east side of New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (O.S. 1880).
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side out for a bend, to
The old well-known term to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side, in order to m...
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try back for a bend, to
To pay back some of the bight of a cable, in order to have sufficient to form the bend.
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victualling-yards for the royal navy
Large magazines where provisions and similar stores are deposited, conveniently contiguous to the ro...
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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...
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