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Glass
·vt To case in glass.
II. Glass ·vt Anything made of glass.
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Glass
Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Var...
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glass
The usual appellation for a telescope (see the old sea song of Lord Howard's capture of Barton the p...
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Glass
The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal."...
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Weather
·noun Storm; tempest.
II. Weather ·noun A light rain; a shower.
III. Weather ·vt To place (a hawk)...
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weather
[from the Anglo-Saxon wæder, the temperature of the air]. The state of the atmosphere with regard to...
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Egg-glass
·noun A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a smal...
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Flint glass
·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...
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Glass maker
·noun ·Alt. of <<Glassmaker>>.
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Glass-crab
·noun The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for i...
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Glass-gazing
·adj Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
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Glass-rope
·noun A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long ...
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Glass-snail
·noun A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
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Glass-snake
·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States;
— so called f...
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Glass-sponge
·noun A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera;
— so called from their glassy ...
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Looking-glass
·noun A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as qui...
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Millefiore glass
·- Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass;
— used for pa...
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Muscovy glass
·- Mica; muscovite. ·see <<Mica>>.
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Prism glass
·add. ·- Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to refle...
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Water glass
·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
II. Water glass ·add. ·- A <<Clepsydra>>.
III. Water gl...
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Glass House
In the centre of Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 to Elmes...
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Glass Sellers
Incorporated with looking-glass makers 1664.
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glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles.
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looking-glass
A chamber pot, jordan, or member mug.
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mum glass
The monument erected on Fish-street Hill, London, in memory of the great fire in 1666.
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seeing-glass
a mirror, or looking-glass. N
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falling glass
When the mercury of the barometer is sinking in the tube.
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field-glass
A telescope, frequently so termed. Also, the binocular or opera-glass, used for field-work, night-wo...
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glass clear?
Is the sand out of the upper part? asked previously to turning it, on throwing the log.
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hour-glass
The sand-glass: a measure of the hour.
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index-glass
A plane speculum, or mirror of quick-silvered glass, which moves with the index, and is designed to ...
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kenning-glass
A hand spy-glass or telescope.
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log-glass
The sand-glass used at heaving the log to obtain the rate of sailing. It is a 28 seconds glass for s...
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sand glass
See short-time
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Fair-weather
·adj Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend.
II. Fair...
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Weather map
·add. ·- A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an ex...
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Weather signal
·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...
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Weather station
·add. ·- A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminatin...
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Weather-beaten
·adj Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weathe...
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Weather-bit
·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
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Weather-bitten
·adj Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.
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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc.
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Weather-bound
·adj Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.
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Weather-driven
·adj Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather.
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Weather-fend
·vt To defend from the weather; to <<Shelter>>.
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weather-breeder
A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weatherbreed...
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clittery weather
changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp.
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cluttery weather
changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp.
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leasty weather
dull, wet, dirty. Norf. and Suff.
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rawky weather
raw, cold. North.
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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...
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blowing weather
A nautical term for a continuance of strong gales. (See gale.)
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boldering weather
Cloudy and thundery.
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fair-weather
That to which a ship may carry the small sails.
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foul weather
That which reduces a ship to snug-sail.
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gage, weather
When one ship is to windward of another she is said to have the weather-gage of her; or if in the op...
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sprat weather
The dark days of November and December, so called from that being the most favourable season for cat...
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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored.
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weather-beam
A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship.
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weather-bitt
Is that which holds the weather-cable when the ship is moored.
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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward.
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weather-boards
Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...
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weather-borne
Pressed by wind and sea.
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weather-bound
Detained by foul winds; our forefathers used the term wæder fæst.
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weather-breeders
Certain appearances in the heavens which indicate a gale, as wind-galls, fog-dogs, &c.
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weather-cloths
Coverings of painted canvas or tarpaulin, used to preserve the hammocks when stowed, from injury by ...
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weather-coil
When a ship has her head brought about, so as to lie that way which her stern did before, as by the ...
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weather-coiling
A ship resuming her course after being taken aback; rounding off by a stern-board, and coming up to ...
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weather-eye
"Keep your weather-eye open," be on your guard; look out for squalls.
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weather-gage
A vessel has the weather-gage of another when she is to windward of her. Metaphorically, to get the ...
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weather-gall
"A weather-gall at morn,
Fine weather all gone."
(See wind-gall.)
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weather-gleam
A peculiar clear sky near the horizon, with great refraction.
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weather-go
The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather.
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weather-head
The secondary rainbow.
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weather-helm
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...
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weather-lurch
A heavy roll to windward.
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weather-rolls
Those inclinations, so inviting to coming waves, which a ship makes to windward in a heavy sea; the ...
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weather-ropes
An early term for those which were tarred.
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weather-sheets
Those fast to the weather-clues of the sails.
"Haul over the weather-sheets forward," applies to t...
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weather-shore
The shore which lies to windward of a ship.
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weather-side
That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...
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weather-tide
The reverse of lee-tide. That which, running contrary to the direction of the wind, by setting again...
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weather-warning
The telegraphic cautionary warning given by hoisting the storm-drum on receiving the forecast.
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weather-wheel
The position of the man who steers a large ship, from his standing on the weather-side of the wheel....
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winnold-weather
An eastern-county term for stormy March weather.
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Claude Lorraine glass
·- A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landsc...
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Lady's looking-glass
·- ·see Venus's looking-glass, under <<Venus>>.
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Sea of glass
A figurative expression used in Rev. 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, "this ca...
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cheat the glass
See flogging the glass.
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flogging the glass
Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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foul-weather breeder
A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...
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foul-weather flag
Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals.
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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...
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taut weather-helm
See taut helm
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Glass House Yard, Blackfriars
Between Church Entry, Playhouse Yard and Water Lane, south of Apothecaries' Hall, in Farringdon Ward...
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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale.
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weather one's difficulties, to
A colloquial phrase meaning to contend with and surmount troubles.
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weather the cape, to
To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope.
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Glass House Yard, Aldersgate Street
In Pickax Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). In parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, 36 Cha...
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Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard
West out of Princes Street and north to Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1...
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walk the weather gangway netting
A night punishment in a man-of-war for those of the watch who have missed their muster.
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