troop-boats

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• Troop

  ·noun A company of stageplayers; a troupe. II. Troop ·add. ·noun ·see Boy scout, above. III. Troop...

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• troop

  A company of cavalry, commanded by a captain, generally from forty to sixty strong. Also, an assembl...

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• lumber troop

  A club or society of citizens of London. ...

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• troop-ships

  A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...

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• Troop, Band

  These words are employed to represent the Hebrew word gedud, which has invariably the sense of an ir...

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• barra-boats

  Vessels of the Western Isles of Scotland, carrying ten or twelve men. They are extremely sharp fore ...

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• boat's crew

  The men appointed as the crew of any particular boat, as the barge's crew, cutter's crew, &c. ...

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• boat's-gripes

  Lashings for the secure stowage of boats. (See gripes.) ...

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• boom-boats

  Those stowed on the booms. ...

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• bounty-boats

  Those which fished under the encouragement of a bounty from government. ...

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• money boats

  See death ...

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• ferry-boats

  Vessels or wherries duly licensed for conveying passengers across a river or creek. ...

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• flory-boats

  A local term for boats employed in carrying passengers to and fro from steamers which cannot get alo...

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• in-boats!

  The order to hoist the boats in-board. ...

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• massoolah boats

  See masulah boats ...

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• masulah or massoolah boats

  Madras boats, of which the planks are sewed together with coir yarn, crossing the stitches over a wa...

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• out-boats

  The order to hoist out the boats. ...

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• paddy-boats

  A peculiar Ceylon boat, for the conveyance of rice and other necessaries. ...

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• river-boats

  Wherries, and the like, which ply in harbours and rivers for the conveyance of passengers. ...

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• shore-boats

  Small boats or wherries plying for hire at sea-ports. ...

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• smug-boats

  Contraband traders on the coast of China; opium boats. ...

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• up boats!

  The order to hoist the boats to the stern and quarter davits. ...

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• benches of boats

  The seats in the after-part whereon the passengers sit; properly stern-sheets, the others are athwar...

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• paddle-box boats

  Boats made to fit the paddle-box rim, stowed bottom upwards on each box. ...

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• risings of boats

  A narrow strake of board fastened withinside to support the thwarts. ...

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