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• horizon

  hŏrīzon, ontis, m., = ὁρίζων (sc. κύκλος or ἀήρ). I The horizon (pure Lat. finiens and finitor), M...

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• Horizon

  ·noun The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. II. Horizon ·noun The unbroken line separa...

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• horizon

  The apparent or visible circle which bounds our vision at sea; it is that line which is described by...

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• True

  ·adv In accordance with truth; truly. II. True ·noun Right to precision; conformable to a rule or p...

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• true

  a slut. Exm. ...

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• apparent horizon

  See horizon. ...

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• artificial horizon

  An artificial means of catching the altitude of a celestial body when the sea horizon is obscured by...

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• horizon-glasses

  Two small speculums on one of the radii of a quadrant or sextant; the one half of the fore horizon-g...

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• rational horizon

  See horizon. ...

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• sensible horizon

  See horizon. ...

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• True-blue

  ·noun A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity. II. True-blue ·adj Of inflexible honesty and fi...

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• True-born

  ·adj Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman. ...

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• True-bred

  ·adj Of a genuine or right breed; as, a true-bred beast. II. True-bred ·adj Being of real breeding ...

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• True-hearted

  ·adj Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. ...

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• True-penny

  ·noun An honest fellow. ...

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• true anomaly

  See anomaly. ...

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• true-blue

  A metaphorical term for an honest and hearty sailor: "true to his uniform, and uniformly true." ...

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• true tide

  Opposed to cross-tide (which see). ...

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• true water

  The exact depth of soundings. ...

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• depression, of the horizon

  (See dip.) In artillery, the angle below the horizon at which the axis of a gun is laid in order t...

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• dip of the horizon

  The angle contained between the sensible and apparent horizons, the angular point being the eye of t...

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