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Under
·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...
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Foot
·noun The lower edge of a sail.
II. Foot ·vt The size or strike with the talon.
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foot
The lower end of a mast or sail. Also, the general name of infantry soldiers. Also, the measure of 1...
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let go under foot
See under foot.
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Under-age
·adj Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish...
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Under-arm
·adj Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the ...
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Under-garment
·noun A garment worn below another.
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under dubber
A turnkey.
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to cut under
To undersell in price.--New York.
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to knock under
A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson.
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knuckle-under
Obey your superior's order; give way to circumstances.
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under-bevelling
The alteration made inside a square in hewing timber, as opposed to standing bevelling.
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under-bright
A meteorological term for the strong light which sometimes appears below clouds near the horizon.
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under canvas
Synonymous with under sail.
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under-current
A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...
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under deck
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks.
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under level
See bevelling.
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under-manned
When a ship has an insufficient complement, or is short-handed.
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under-masted
When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...
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under metal
The condition of a gun when the muzzle is depressed, and the metal, i.e. the breech, raised; the pro...
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under sail
The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails.
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under-set
Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...
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under-skinker
Assistant to the purser's steward.
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under-tow
An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...
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under way
A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...
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Ampere foot
·add. ·- A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a cur...
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Bear's-foot
·noun A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell ...
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Bird's-foot
·noun A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, ...
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Candle foot
·add. ·- The illumination produced by a British standard candle at a distance of one foot;
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Cat's-foot
·noun A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.
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Crow's-foot
·noun ·same·as Bird's-mouth.
II. Crow's-foot ·noun A <<Caltrop>>.
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Dove's-foot
·noun The <<Columbine>>.
II. Dove's-foot ·noun A small annual species of Geranium, native in Englan...
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Duck's-foot
·noun The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
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Flat foot
·- A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upo...
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Fleet-foot
·adj Swift of foot.
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Foot candle
·add. ·- The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.
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Foot Guards
·pl Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the Guards.
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Foot pound
·- A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against ...
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Foot poundal
·- A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the fo...
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Foot ton
·add. ·- A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force...
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Foot valve
·add. ·- A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; ·esp., such a valve in a steam-e...
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Foot-sore
·adj Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.
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Hen's-foot
·noun An umbelliferous plant (Caucalis daucoides).
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Light-foot
·adj ·Alt. of Light-footed.
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Lion's foot
·- The <<Edelweiss>>.
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Polt-foot
·adj ·Alt. of Polt-footed.
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Sheep's-foot
·noun A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at ...
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Single-foot
·noun An irregular gait of a horse;
— called also single-footed pace. ·see <<Single>>, ·vi.
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Tiger's-foot
·noun A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fash...
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Tiger-foot
·noun ·same·as Tiger's-foot.
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Two-foot
·adj Measuring two feet; two feet long, thick, or wide; as, a two-foot rule.
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White-foot
·noun A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin.
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Wolf's-foot
·noun Club moss. ·see <<Lycopodium>>.
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cat's foot
To live under the cat's foot; to be under the dominion of a wife hen-pecked. To live like dog and ca...
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cloven foot
To spy the cloven foot in any business; to discover some roguery or something bad in it: a saying th...
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foot pads
Rogues who rob on foot.
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foot wabbler
A contemptuous appellation for a foot soldier, commonly used by the cavalry.
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to pull foot
To walk fast; to run.
I look'd up; it was another shower, by Gosh. I pulls foot for dear life.--Sam...
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horse-foot
(Genus, polyphemus. Lamarck.) The common name of a crustacea, found in our waters from Massachusetts...
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cats-foot
ground-ivy. Northumb.
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foot-ale
beverage required from one entering on a new occupation. N.
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crow-foot
A number of small lines spreading out from an uvrou or long block, used to suspend the awnings by, o...
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foot-bank
Synonymous with banquette (which see).
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foot-board
The same as gang-board, but not so sailor-like. (See stretchers.)
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foot-boat
A west-country term for a boat used solely to convey foot passengers.
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foot-hooks
Synonymous with futtocks.
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foot-rails
Narrow mouldings raised on a vessel's stern.
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foot-rope
The rope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. (See bolt-rope.)
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foot-ropes
Those stretching under the yards and jib-booms for the men to stand on; they are the same with horse...
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foot-valve
A flat plate of metal filling up the passage between the air-pump and condenser. The lower valve of ...
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foot-waling
The inside planking or lining of a ship over the floor-timbers; it is intended to prevent any part o...
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fore-foot
The foremost piece of the keel, or a timber which terminates the keel at the forward extremity, and ...
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horse-foot
A name of the Limulus polyphemus of the shores of America, where from its shape it is called the hor...
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pump-foot
The lower part, or well-end, of a pump.
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half-topsails, under
Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon.
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hand-under-hand
Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent.
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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause.
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prisoner under restraint
Suspended from duty; deprived of command.
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staggering under it
A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear.
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stand from under!
A notice given to those below to keep out of the way of anything being lowered down, or let fall fro...
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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way."
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under bare poles
The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...
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under-shore, to
To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock.
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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land.
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under the sea
A ship lying-to in a heavy gale, and making bad weather of it.
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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Hare's-foot fern
·- A species of fern (Davallia Canariensis) with a soft, gray, hairy rootstock;
— whence the name.
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Five Foot Lane
1) See Fye Foot Lane.
2) Out of Bread Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Qy. = Fye Foot Lane (q.v.).
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Fye Foot Lane
North out of Upper Thames Street at No. 208 (P.O. Directory). Leading to Lambeth Hill. In Queenhithe...
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Fyve Foot Lane
See Fye Foot Lane.
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every foot anon
every now and then. Norf. and Stiff.
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foot it in
An order to stow the bunt of a sail snugly in furling, executed by the bunt-men dancing it in, holdi...
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foot-space-rail
The rail that terminates the foot of the balcony, in which the balusters step, if there be no pedest...
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foot-hook-shrouds
See futtock-shrouds
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pull foot, to
To hasten along; to run.
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(St.) Faith under St. Paul's
A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331).
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haul under the chains
This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...
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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action.
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over and under turns
Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns.
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bird's-foot sea-star
The Palmipes membranaceus, one of the Asterinidæ, with a flat thin pentagonal body, of a bright scar...
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under-run a warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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under-run a hawser or warp, to
To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...
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foot-clue of a hammock
See hammock.
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shoe of the fore-foot
See fore-foot, gripe, horse.
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Five Foot Court, Old Fish Street Hill
See Five Foot Lane.
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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose