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Waist
·noun A girdle or belt for the waist. II. Waist ·noun A garment, or part of a garment, which covers...

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waist
That portion of the main deck of a ship of war, contained between the fore and main hatchways, or be...

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Rail
·vt To rail at. II. Rail ·vt To range in a line. III. Rail ·vt To move or influence by railing. I...

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rail
n. common English birdname. There aremany varieties in New Zealand and Australia, especially in the...

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rail
A piece of timber, cleft, hewed, or sawed, inserted in upright posts for fencing. The common rails a...

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rail
a revel, a country wake. Devon. ...

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Shirt waist
·add. ·- A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children;...

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deep-waist
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...

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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.) ...

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waist-boards
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...

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waist-cloths
The painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings. ...

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waist-nettings
The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle. ...

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waist-tree
Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...

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T rail
·- ·see under <<T>>. ...

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Third rail
·add. ·- An electric railway using such a rail. II. Third rail ·add. ·- The third rail used in the ...

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Water rail
·- Any one of numerous species of rails of the genus Rallus, as the common European species (Rallus ...

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slip-rail
n. part of a fence so fitted that itcan be removed so as to serve as a gate. Used also for thegatew...

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weka, rail
n. See weka. ...

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to rail it
To travel by rail-road. From Petersburgh I railed it through the North Carolina pitch, tar, turpent...

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rail-car
A car for transporting passengers on rail-roads. ...

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bow-rail
A rail round the bows. ...

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breast-rail
The upper rail of the balcony; formerly it was applied to a railing in front of the quarter-deck, an...

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false rail
A thin plank fayed at the head-rails as a strengthener. ...

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forecastle-rail
The rail extended on stanchions across the after-part of the forecastle-deck in some ships. ...

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pedestal-rail
A rail about two inches thick, wrought over the foot-space rail, and in which there is a groove to s...

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sheer-rail
The wrought-rail generally placed well with the sheer or top-timber line; the narrow ornamental moul...

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top-rail
A rail supported on stanchions across the after-part of each of a ship's tops. ...

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Shirt-waist suit
·add. ·- A costume consisting of a plain belted waist and skirt of the same material. ...

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Third-rail system
·add. ·- A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, t...

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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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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

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