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Turn
·noun Monthly courses; menses.
II. Turn ·noun A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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turn in, to
To go to bed.
♦ To turn out. To get up.
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Over
·adv From inside to outside, above or across the brim.
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over
for under. In these expressions, 'He wrote over the signature of Junius;' 'He published some papers ...
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over
1) upper, as The over side. The contrast is Nether. North.
2) to recover from an illness : I am afr...
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men
mēn for mēne, see 2 ne.
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Men
·noun ·pl of Man.
II. Men ·pl of <<Man>>.
III. Men ·pron A man; one;
— used with a verb in the si...
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men
them; e.g. put min up, i.e. put them up. Exm.
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men
The ship's company in general.
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over-press, to
To carry too much sail on a ship.
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turn, to catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn, to take or catch a
To pass a rope once or twice round a cleat, pin, kevel, or any other thing, to keep it fast.
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turn a turtle, to
To take the animal by seizing a flipper, and throwing him on his back, which renders him quite helpl...
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Ampere turn
·add. ·- A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one am...
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Re-turn
·vt & ·vi To turn again.
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Sea turn
·- A breeze, gale, or mist from the sea.
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Turn-buckle
·noun A gravitating catch, as for fastening a shutter, the end of a chain, or a hasp.
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Turn-out
·noun Net quantity of produce yielded.
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Turn-outs
·pl of Turn-out.
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Turn-sick
·adj <<Giddy>>.
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to turn in
To go to bed. Originally a seaman's phrase, but now common on land.
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land-turn
A wind that blows in the night, at certain times, in most hot countries.
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pike-turn
See chevaux de frise.
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sea-turn
A tack into the offing.
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turn ahead!
A self-explanatory order to the engineer, in regulating the movement of a steamer.
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Over-arm
·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>.
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Over-busy
·adj Too busy; officious.
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Over-garment
·noun An outer garment.
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Over-story
·noun The clearstory, or upper story, of a building.
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Stop-over
·add. ·noun Act or privilege of stopping over.
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Up-over
·add. ·adj Designating a method of shaft excavation by drifting to a point below, and then raising i...
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Walk-over
·noun In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, co...
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to do over
Carries the same meaning, but is not so briefly expressed: the former having received the polish of ...
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done over
Robbed: also, convicted or hanged. Cant.--
See do.
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mullock over
v.
Shearing slang.See quotation.
1893. `The Age,' Sept. 23, p. 14, col. 4:
«I affirm as a practic...
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to blow over
Said properly of a storm; and hence generally, to pass away without effect. This metaphor is very co...
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to fork over
To hand over; to pay over, as money. A common expression in colloquial language.
He groaned in spir...
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to keel over
A nautical term; to capsize or upset, and metaphorically applied to a sudden prostration.
As it see...
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to tip over
To turn over; to capsize.--Worcester.
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to whap over
To turn over. (New England.)
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all over
Bearing a resemblance to some particular object. The word is common in familiar language.
The South...
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over-careful
Careful to excess.--Webster.
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over-anunt
Opposite. Glouc.
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over-bodied
when a new upper part (or body) is put to an old gown. Lane.
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over-get
to overtake ; he is but a little before, you will soon over-get him. N.
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forging over
The act of forcing a ship violently over a shoal, by the effort of a great quantity of sail, steam, ...
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lap over or upon
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lie over
A ship heeling to it with the wind abeam.
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over-anent
Opposite to.
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over-bear
One ship overbears another if she can carry more sail in a fresh wind.
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over-boyed
Said of a ship when the captain and majority of the quarter-deck officers are very young.
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over-gunned
Where the weight of metal is disproportioned to the ship, and the quarters insufficient for the guns...
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over-insurance
See re-insurance, and double insurance.
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over-loft
An old term for the upper deck of a ship.
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over-looker
Generally an old master appointed by owners of ships to look after everything connected with the fit...
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over-masted
The state of a ship whose masts are too high or too heavy for her weight to counter-balance.
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over-rake
When a ship rides at anchor in a head-sea, the waves of which frequently break in upon her, they are...
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over-rigged
A ship with more and heavier gear than necessary, so as to be top-hampered.
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over-risen
When a ship is too high out of the water for her length and breadth, so as to make a trouble of lee-...
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over-running
(See under-run.) Applied to ice, when the young ice overlaps, and is driven over.
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over-setting
The state of a ship turning upside down, either by carrying too much sail or by grounding, so that s...
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over-swack
An old word, signifying the reflux of the waves by the force of the wind.
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pull-over
An east-country term for a carriage-way.
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Decoy-men
·pl of Decoy-man.
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Men-pleaser
·noun One whose motive is to please men or the world, rather than God.
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Remainder-men
·pl of Remainder-man.
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Trencher-men
·pl of Trencher-man.
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Wise men
Mentioned in Dan. 2:12 included three classes, (1) astrologers, (2) Chaldeans, and (3) soothsayers. ...
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abram men
Pretended mad men.
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affidavit men
Knights of the post, or false witnesses, said to attend Westminster Hall, and other courts of justic...
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dead men
A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...
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lambskin men
The judges: from their robes lined and bordered with ermine.
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phoenix-men
Firemen belonging to an insurance office, which gave a badge charged with a phoenix: these men were ...
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resurrection men
Persons employed by the students in anatomy to steal dead bodies out of church-yards.
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robert's men
The third old rank of the canting crew, mighty thieves, like Robin Hood.
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tally men
Brokers that let out clothes to the women of the town.
See rabbit suckers.
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government men
n.
an obsolete euphemistic namefor convicts, especially for assigned servants (q.v.).
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abraham-men
A cant term for vagabonds, who formerly begged about under pretence of having been discharged destit...
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ack-men
, or ack-pirates
Fresh-water thieves; those who steal on navigable rivers.
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barge-men
The crew of the barge, who are usually picked men. Also, the large maggots with black heads that inf...
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beach-men
A name applied to boatmen and those who land people through a heavy surf.
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carpet-men
Those officers who, without services or merit, obtain rapid promotion through political or other int...
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dead-men
The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...
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dogger-men
The seafaring fishermen belonging to doggers.
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forced men
Those serving in pirate vessels, but who refused to sign articles.
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forecastle-men
Sailors who are stationed on the forecastle, and are generally, or ought to be, prime seamen.
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foretop-men
Men stationed in the fore-top in readiness to set or take in the smaller sails, and to keep the uppe...
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good men
The designation of the able, hard-working, and willing seamen.
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green-men
The five supernumerary seamen who had not been before in the Arctic Seas, whom vessels in the whale-...
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hoppo-men
Chinese custom-house officers.
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host-men
An ancient guild or fraternity at Newcastle, to whom we are indebted for the valuable sea-coal trade...
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kroo-men
, or crew-men.
Fishmen. A tribe of African negroes inhabiting Cape Palmas, Krou-settra, and Settra...
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letter men
See king's letter men.
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liberty-men
Those on leave of absence.
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loc-men
, or loco-men.
An old term for pilots.
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material men
The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c., to repair or fit out ships. The high court of A...
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nipper-men
Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return...
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port-men
A name in old times for the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports; the burgesses of Ipswich are also so ca...
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quota-men
Those raised for the navy at enormous expense by Pitt's quota-bill, in 1795, under bounties of from ...
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shoute-men
The old name for the lightermen of the Thames.
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side-men
See side-boys
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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...
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widows' men
Imaginary sailors, formerly borne on the books as A.B.'s for wages in every ship in commission; they...
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turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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turn the hands up, to
To summon the entire crew on deck.
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
II. To ·prep Character; condition of being; purpose subserved ...
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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turn in a dead-eye or heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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half-turn ahead!
An order in steam navigation. (See turn ahead!)
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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Half seas over
·- Half drunk.
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half seas over
Almost drunk.
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half seas over
Intoxicated; drunk. A sailor's expression.
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half seas over
Nearly intoxicated. This term was used by Swift.
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hand-over-hand
Hauling rapidly upon any rope, by the men passing their hands alternately one before the other, or o...
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over-sea vessels
Ships from foreign parts, as distinguished from coasters.
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Men-of-war
·pl of <<Manofwar>>.
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king john's men
He is one of king John's men, eight score to the hundred: a saying of a little undersized man.
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men of straw
Hired bail, so called from having straw stuck in their shoes to distinguish them.
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men of kent
Men born east of the river Medway, who are said to have met the Conqueror in a body, each carrying a...
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raree shew men
Poor Savoyards, who subsist by shewing the magic lantern and marmots about London.
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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...
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five-share men
In vessels, as whalers, where the men enter on the chances of success, &c., in shares.
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harbour-duty men
Riggers, leading men, and others, ordered to perform the dockyard or port duties, too often superann...
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king john's men
The Adullamites of the navy.
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
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main-yard men
Those in the doctor's list.
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mast-head men
The men stationed aloft to keep a look-out.
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small-arm men
Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...
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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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catch a turn there
Belay quickly.
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turn in the hawse
Two crosses in a cable.
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turn of the tide
The change from ebb to flood, or the contrary.
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turn out the guard!
The order for the marines of the guard to fall in, on the quarter-deck, in order to receive a superi...
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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To-rent
·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend.
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to bam
To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.
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to bamboozle
To make a fool of any one, to humbug or impose on him.
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to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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to bitch
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
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to bite
To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to...
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to bug
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
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to grab
To seize a man. The pigs grabbed the kiddey for a crack: the officers, seized the youth for a burgla...
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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to twig
To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, sn...
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hump, to
v.
to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...
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jump, to
v.
to take possession of a claim(mining) on land, on the ground that a former possessor hasabandone...
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to buckle-to
To set about any task with energy and a determination to effect the object. It probably comes from h...
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to cotton to
'To cotton to one,' is to take a liking to him; to fancy him; literally to stick to him, as cotton w...
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abase, to
An old word signifying to lower a flag or sail. Abaisser is in use in the French marine, and both ma...
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abate, to
An old Anglo-Norman word from abattre, to beat down or destroy; as, to abate a castle or fort, is to...
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abet, to
To excite or encourage a common word, greatly in use at boat-racings, and other competitive acts.
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abrase, to
To dubb or smooth planks.
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accoil, to
To coil together, by folding round. (See coil.)
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accompany, to
To sail together; to sail in convoy.
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accost, to
To pass within hail of a ship; to sail coastwise; to approach, to draw near, or come side by side.
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adjourn, to
To put off till another day. Adjournments can be made in courts-martial from day to day, Sundays exc...
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adjust, to
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a ch...
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advance, to
An old word, meaning to raise to honour.
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aid, to
To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.
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allow, to
To concede a destined portion of stores, &c.
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annul, to
To nullify a signal.
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answer, to
To reply, to succeed; as, the frigate has answered the signal. This boat will not answer.
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cund, to
To give notice which way a shoal of fish is gone.
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cure, to
To salt meat or fish.
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debark, to
To land; to go on shore.
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decamp, to
To raise the camp; the breaking up from a place where an army has been encamped.
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dress, to
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
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drive, to
[from the Anglo-Saxon dryfan].
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dubb, to
To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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egg, to
To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
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eke, to
[Anglo-Saxon eácan, to prolong.] To make anything go far by reduction and moderation, as in shorteni...
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embark, to
To go on board, or to put on board a vessel.
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endanger, to
To expose to peril.
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enrol, to
To enter the name on the roll of a corps.
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ensconce, to
To intrench; to protect by a slight fortification.
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