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Bright
·vi ·see <<Brite>>, ·vi. II. Bright ·noun Splendor; brightness. III. Bright ·adj Illustrious; glor...

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bright
Ingenious; possessing an active mind.--Webster. This is a common use of the word in the United Stat...

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Under
·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...

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Bright-harnessed
·adj Having glittering armor. ...

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honor bright!
A protestation of honor among the vulgar; originating with, and still retained in commemoration of, ...

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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. For ten times ten, and that's a...

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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 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 foot
Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has head-way. An anchor is oft...

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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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bright look-out
A vigilant one. ...

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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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(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). A crypt of...

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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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let go under foot
See under foot. ...

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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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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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born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat
Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose