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Weather
·noun Storm; tempest.
II. Weather ·noun A light rain; a shower.
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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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Wheel
·vi To roll forward.
II. Wheel ·noun The burden or refrain of a song.
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Wheel
(Heb. galgal; rendered "wheel" in Ps. 83:13, and "a rolling thing" in Isa. 17:13; R.V. in both, "whi...
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wheel
a whirlpool. Lane. From the Saxon W^EL, a vortex of water, or whirlpool. N.
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wheel
A general name for the helm, by which the tiller and rudder are worked in steering the ship; it has ...
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Fair-weather
·adj Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend.
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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
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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-glass
A familiar term for the barometer.
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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.
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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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winnold-weather
An eastern-county term for stormy March weather.
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Archibald wheel
·add. ·- A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, ·esp. adapted for artillery carriage...
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Artillery wheel
·add. ·- A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually h...
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Balance wheel
·- A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine; a fly wheel.
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Brush wheel
·- A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, ·etc., for polishing.
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Car wheel
·- A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
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Catharine wheel
·- ·see catherine wheel.
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Catherine wheel
·- A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name.
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Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
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Count-wheel
·noun The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.
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Crown wheel
·- A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane;
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Ferris wheel
·add. ·- An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel wheel, revolvable on its stati...
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Fudge wheel
·- A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole.
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Pelton wheel
·add. ·- A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets ...
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Pilot wheel
·add. ·- A wheel, usually with radial handles projecting from the rim, for traversing the saddle of ...
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Scape-wheel
·noun The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play...
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Side-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel on each side;
— said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
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Split wheel
·add. ·- = Split pulley.
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Sprocket wheel
·- ·same·as Chain wheel.
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Stern-wheel
·adj Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
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Stream wheel
·add. ·- A wheel used for measuring, by its motion when submerged, the velocity of flowing water; a ...
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Tangent wheel
·add. ·- A wheel with tangent spokes.
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Traction wheel
·add. ·- A locomotive driving wheel which acts by friction adhesion to a smooth track.
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Trammel wheel
·add. ·- A circular plate or a cross, with two or more cross grooves intersecting at the center, use...
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Water wheel
·- The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
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Wheel base
·add. ·- The figure inclosed by lines through the points contact of the wheels of a vehicle, ·etc., ...
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Wheel-shaped
·adj Shaped like a wheel.
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Wheel-worn
·adj Worn by the action of wheels; as, a wheel-worn road.
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The Catherine Wheel
A house so called in the parish of St. Michael Crooked Lane, demised 28 Eliz. for the use of the par...
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coach wheel
A half crown piece is a fore coach wheel, and a crown piece a hind coach wheel; the fore wheels of a...
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wheel-horse
An intimate friend; one's right hand man. Western.
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fly-wheel
The regulator of a machine.
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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman.
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sproket-wheel
That at the upper extremities of the chain-pump-tubes, worked by crank-handles.
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wheel-house
A small round-house erected in some ships over the steering-wheel for the shelter of the helmsman.
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wheel-lock
A small machine attached to the old musket for producing sparks of fire.
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wheel-ropes
Ropes rove through a block on each side of the deck, and led round the barrel of the steering-wheel....
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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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Wheel of fortune
·add. ·- A gambling or lottery device consisting of a wheel which is spun horizontally, articles or ...
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Bell Wheel Alley
West out of Mark Lane, nearly opposite Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
No...
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Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 192, extending east to Middlesex Street (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsg...
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Catherine Wheel Court
South out of Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (Horwood, 1799).
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Catherine Wheel Inn
On the east side of Bishopsgate, south of Catherine Wheel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and...
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Catherine Wheel Yard
1) South out of London Wall, east of Basinghall Street (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, 1799). In Cripplegate Wa...
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George Wheel Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Inn
On the south side of London Wall. In Cripplegate Ward Within, east of Basinghall Street (Strype, 172...
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Spinning Wheel Alley
A garden at the corner of "Spinning Wheel Alley," Moorlields, in parish of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate,...
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to trig a wheel
To stop a wheel so as to prevent its going backwards or forwards.--Bailey. Still used in New England...
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scotch a wheel
to stop it from going backward. Lane.
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wheel and axle
A well-known mechanical power, to which belong all turning or wheel machines, as cranes, capstans, w...
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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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Bell and Wheel Alley
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
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Bell and Wheel Yard
West out of the Minories (O. and M. 1677), near the middle. In Portsoken Ward.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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The Katherine Wheel, East Smithfield
West of Hermitage Dock (Rocque, 1746). A tenement called "le Katheryn Whele" in East Smithfield was ...
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The Katherine Wheel, Aldersgate Street
A capital messuage called the "Katheryne Wheale," in parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, in th...
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The Katherine Wheel, Newgate Street
Tenement called Tabne now called "la Katerine Whele" in poch sci Nichi infra Newgate and situm est i...
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Inn, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Inn.
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barrel of the wheel
The cylinder round which the tiller-ropes are wound.
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cogs of a wheel
; applies to all wheel machinery now used at sea or on shore: thus windlass-cogs, capstan-cogs, &c.
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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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Cat and Wheel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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Catherine Wheel Alley, Thames Street
See Katherine Well Alley.
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Catherine Wheel and George Yard
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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George and Catherine Wheel Alley
East out of Bishopsgate at No. 260 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
First mention: Lo...
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Katherine Wheel Alley, Snow Hill
See Catherine Wheel Court.
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Katherine Wheel and George Alley
See George and Catherine Wheel Alley.
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Katherine Wheel Yard, Chick Lane
See Catherine Wheel Yard.
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