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Well
·vt To pour forth, as from a well.
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Well
(Heb. beer), to be distinguished from a fountain (Heb. ain). A "beer" was a deep shaft, bored far un...
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to well
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well
[from the Anglo-Saxon wyll]. A bulk-headed inclosure in the middle of a ship's hold, defending the p...
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Well
Wells in Palestine are usually excavated from the solid limestone rock, sometimes with steps to desc...
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Off
·adv Denoting opposition or negation.
II. Off ·interj Away; begone;
— a command to depart.
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off
The opposite to near. Also applied to a ship sailing from the shore into the open sea. Also, implies...
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well-to-do
In a state of ease as to pecuniary circumstances; well off.--Holloway.
In speaking of the emigratio...
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well to live
To be in easy circumstances; to live comfortably.
I wanted to see how these Northerners could buy o...
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ball-off, to
To twist rope-yarns into balls, with a running end in the heart for making spun-yarn.
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blow off, to
To clear up in the clouds.
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fend off, to
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file off, to
To march off to a flank by files, or with a very small front.
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haul off, to
To sail closer to the wind, in order to get further from any object.
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move off, to
To defile.
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pyke off, to
To go away silently.
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sheer off, to
To move to a greater distance, or to steer so as to keep clear of a vessel or other object.
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swig off, to
To pull at the bight of a rope by jerks, having its lower end fast; or to gain on a rope by jumping ...
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tell off, to
To divide a body of men into divisions and subdivisions, preparatory to a special service.
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Well-being
·noun The state or condition of being well; welfare; happiness; prosperity; as, virtue is essential ...
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Well-born
·adj Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth.
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Well-bred
·adj Having good breeding; refined in manners; polite; cultivated.
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Well-draining
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Welldrain>>.
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Well-favored
·adj Handsome; wellformed; beautiful; pleasing to the eye.
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Well-informed
·adj Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelli...
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Well-intentioned
·adj Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
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Well-known
·adj Fully known; generally known or acknowledged.
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Well-liking
·adj Being in good condition.
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Well-mannered
·adj Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous.
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Well-meaner
·noun One whose intention is good.
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Well-meaning
·adj Having a good intention.
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Well-natured
·adj Good-natured; kind.
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Well-nigh
·adv Almost; nearly.
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Well-plighted
·adj Being well folded.
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Well-read
·adj Of extensive reading; deeply versed;
— often followed by in.
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Well-seen
·adj Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced.
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Well-set
·adj Properly or firmly set.
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Well-sped
·adj Having good success.
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Well-spoken
·adj Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.
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Well-willer
·noun One who wishes well, or means kindly.
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Well-wish
·noun A wish of happiness.
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Dragon well
(Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon.
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Jacob's Well
(John 4:5, 6). This is one of the few sites in Palestine about which there is no dispute. It was dug...
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Aldgate Well
See Aldgate Pump.
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Crowder's Well
Stow speaks of it as a Pool by St. Giles' Churchyard, in his time mostly stopped up, but the spring ...
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(St.) Giles' Well
Mentioned in Circuit of St. Giles' parish in Strype, ed 1720, 1. iii. 87.
Qy. = Crowder's Well?
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Well Alley
1) See Well Court1, Shoe Lane.
2) East out of Mark Lane, north of Hart Street. In Tower Ward (O. an...
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Well Close
1) See Well Yard, Little Britain.
2) See Wellclose Square.
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Well Court
1) East out of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720, to .L.G. 1758).
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Well Street
1) South out of Jewin Street to Nicholl Square (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
First...
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Well Yard
1) South out of Peter's Court, east of the Royal Mint (Rocque, 1746-O.S. 25 in. 1880).
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well-hung
The blowen was nutts upon the kiddey because he is well-hung; the girl is pleased with the youth bec...
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well-in
adj.
answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead of...
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to drive well
A Southern phrase, thus explained by Mr. Lavis: This gentleman applied for a situation as teacher in...
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chain-well
, or locker
A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...
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hot-well
In a steamer, a reservoir from whence to feed the boiler with the warm water received out of the con...
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screw-well
A hollow trunk over the screw of a steamer, for allowing the propeller to be disconnected and lifted...
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well-cabins
Those in brigs and small vessels, which have no after-windows or thorough draught.
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well-end
See pump-foot.
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well found
Fully equipped.
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well-grown
A term implying that the grain of the wood follows the shape required, as in knee-timber and the lik...
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Jacobs Well
a deep spring in the vicinity of Shechem (called Sychar in Christ's time and Nablus at the present d...
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Blow-off
·adj as, a blow-off cock or pipe.
II. Blow-off ·noun A blowing off steam, water, ·etc.;.
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Cast-off
·adj Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.
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Cut-off
·noun That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
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Damp off
·- To decay and perish through excessive moisture.
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Far-off
·adj Remote; as, the far-off distance. ·cf. Far-off, under Far, ·adv
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Knock-off
·add. ·adj That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.
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Left-off
·adj Laid aside; cast-off.
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Let-off
·noun A device for letting off, releasing, or giving forth, as the warp from the cylinder of a loom....
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Put-off
·noun A shift for evasion or delay; an evasion; an <<Excuse>>.
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Set-off
·noun ·see <<Offset>>, 7.
II. Set-off ·noun ·same·as <<Offset>>, ·noun, 4.
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Take-off
·noun An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
II. Take-off ·add. ·noun The spot at which...
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Taking-off
·add. ·noun The removal of sheets from the press.
II. Taking-off ·noun Removal; murder. ·see To tak...
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Throw-off
·noun A start in a hunt or a race.
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Wash-off
·adj Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable;
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clawed off
Severely beaten or whipped; also smartly poxed or clapped.
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toss off
Manual pollution.
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to whip off
To run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch. He whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, wher...
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to bluff off
To put on a troublesome questioner, or dun, &c.
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to choke off
A figurative expression borrowed from the act of choking a dog to make him loosen his hold. To arres...
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to fob off
To delude by a trick.--Johnson.
A low word now seldom used, though we have good authority for it.
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to head off
To get before; to intercept. Ex. 'The thief ran fast, but the officer managed to head him off.'
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to slab off
I do not know the exact meaning of this expression.
You must take notice that I am slabb'd off from...
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to stave off
To push away as with a staff; to delay; as, 'to stave off the execution of the project.--Webster.
H...
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cut-off
Passages cut by the great Western rivers, particularly the Mississippi, affording new channels, and ...
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hands off
A vulgar phrase for keep off; forbear.--Johnson.
They cut a stag into parts; but as they were enter...
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put off
An excuse, an illusory pretext for delay.--Carr's Craven Dialect.
If a man tells them of the king's...
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right off
Directly; immediately.
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away off
At a distance, but in sight.
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boxing off
Is performed by hauling the head-sheets to windward, and laying the head-yards flat aback, to pay th...
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break-off
(See broken-off)
"She breaks off from her course," applied only when the wind will not allow of ke...
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broken-off
Fallen off, in azimuth, from the course. Also, men taken from one duty to be put on another.
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claw off
See claw, to
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crawling off
Working off a lee-shore by slow degrees.
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cut off
A term used to denote a vessel's being seized by stratagem by the natives, and the crew being murder...
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ease off!
,or ease away there!
To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully.
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falling off
The opposite of griping, or coming up to the wind; it is the movement or direction of the ship's hea...
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hold off
The keeping the hove-in part of a cable or hawser clear of the capstan.
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keep off
To fall to a distance from the shore, or a ship, &c. (See offing.)
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killing-off
Striking the names of dead officers from the navy list by a coup de plume.
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laying off
See laying down
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lie off!
An order given to a boat to remain off on her oars till permission is given for her to come alongsid...
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making off
Cutting the flensed blubber of a whale into pieces, fitted to pass in at the bilge-holes of the butt...
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nothing off!
A term used by the man at the conn to the steersman, directing him to keep her close to the wind; or...
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off duty
An officer, marine, or seaman in his watch below, &c. An officer is sometimes put "off duty" as a pu...
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off-reckoning
A proportion of the full pay of troops retained from them, in special cases, until the period of fin...
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paid off
See paying off.
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paying off
The movement by which a ship's head falls off from the wind, and drops to leeward. Also, the paying ...
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push off
See put off!
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put off!
or push off
The order to boats to quit the ship or the shore.
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shove off!
The order to the bowman to put the boat's head off with his boat-hook.
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slack off
, or slacken!
The order to ease away the rope or tackle by which anything is held fast; as, "Slack...
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taking off
Said of tides, when decreasing from the spring-tides.
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To
·prep Addition; union; accumulation.
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To-
·prep An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break,...
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to
for at or in, is an exceedingly common vulgarism in the Northern States. We often hear such vile exp...
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bring-to, to
To bend, as to bring-to a sail to the yard. Also, to check the course of a ship by trimming the sail...
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broach-to, to
To fly up into the wind. It generally happens when a ship is carrying a press of canvas with the win...
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heave-to, to
To put a vessel in the position of lying-to, by adjusting her sails so as to counteract each other, ...
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lie-to, to
To cause a vessel to keep her head steady as regards a gale, so that a heavy sea may not tumble into...
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round-to, to
To bring to, or haul to the wind by means of the helm. To go round, is to tack or wear.
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Ne'er-do-well
·add. ·noun A person who never does, or fares, well; a good for nothing.
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Crowder's Well Alley
See Well Street.
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Jacob's Well Alley
1) East out of Golden Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
The site is ...
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Jacob's Well Passage
South out of Barbican, at No. 20, to Paul's Alley, crossing the Metropolitan Railway lines (P.O. Dir...
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Katherine Well Alley
Mentioned in the register of burials at St. Lawrence Pountney in 1601-2 (Wilson, p.11).
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Well Court, Alley
East out of the Minories, at No.22 (O. and M. 1677-L,C.C. List, 1901).
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alas! Derb. N .
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well-a-day!
alas! Various.
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very well thus
The order to the helmsman to keep the ship in her present direction, when sailing close-hauled. This...
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well there, belay!
Synonymous with that will do.
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to bark off squirrels
A common way of killing squirrels among those who are expert with the rifle, in the Western States, ...
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off and on
Vacillating, changeable, undecided; in which sense it is much used with us. In England it is also us...
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back off all
The order when the harpooner has thrown his harpoon into the whale. Also, to back off a sudden dange...
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blow-off-pipe
, in a steamer, is a pipe at the foot of each boiler, communicating with the sea, and furnished with...
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ease off handsomely!
,or ease away there!
To slacken out a rope or tackle-fall carefully.
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off and on
When a ship beating to windward approaches the shore by one board, and recedes from it when on the o...
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off she goes!
Means run away with the purchase fall. Move to the tune of the fifer. The first move when a vessel i...
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off the reel
At once; without stopping. In allusion to the way in which the log-line flies off the reel when a sh...
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pricking her off
Marking a ship's position upon a chart by the help of a scale and compasses, so as to show her situa...
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put to sea, to
To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination.
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turn to windward, to
To gain on the wind by alternate tacking. It is when a ship endeavours to make progress against the ...
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Lean-to
·adj Having only one slope or pitch;
— said of a roof.
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Set-to
·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like.
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To-beat
·vt To beat thoroughly or severely.
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To-break
·vt To break completely; to break in pieces.
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To-brest
·vt To burst or break in pieces.
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To-day
·noun The present day.
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To-do
·noun Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to.
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To-name
·noun A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
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To-rend
·vt To rend in pieces.
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·Impf & ·p.p. of To-rend.
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to bam
To impose on any one by a falsity; also to jeer or make fun of any one.
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to bamboozle
To make a fool of any one, to humbug or impose on him.
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to baste
To beat. I'll give him his bastings, I'll beat him heartily.
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to bishop
the balls, a term used among printers, to water them.
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to bitch
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
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to bite
To over-reach, or impose; also to steal.--Cant. --Biting was once esteemed a kind of wit, similar to...
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to bug
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
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to grab
To seize a man. The pigs grabbed the kiddey for a crack: the officers, seized the youth for a burgla...
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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to tower
To overlook, to rise aloft as in a high tower.
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to twig
To observe. Twig the cull, he is peery; observe the fellow, he is watching us. Also to disengage, sn...
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hump, to
v.
to shoulder, carry on the back;especially, to hump the swag, or bluey, or drum. See Swag, Bluey,...
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jump, to
v.
to take possession of a claim(mining) on land, on the ground that a former possessor hasabandone...
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to buckle-to
To set about any task with energy and a determination to effect the object. It probably comes from h...
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to cotton to
'To cotton to one,' is to take a liking to him; to fancy him; literally to stick to him, as cotton w...
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abase, to
An old word signifying to lower a flag or sail. Abaisser is in use in the French marine, and both ma...
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abate, to
An old Anglo-Norman word from abattre, to beat down or destroy; as, to abate a castle or fort, is to...
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abet, to
To excite or encourage a common word, greatly in use at boat-racings, and other competitive acts.
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abrase, to
To dubb or smooth planks.
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accoil, to
To coil together, by folding round. (See coil.)
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accompany, to
To sail together; to sail in convoy.
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accost, to
To pass within hail of a ship; to sail coastwise; to approach, to draw near, or come side by side.
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adjourn, to
To put off till another day. Adjournments can be made in courts-martial from day to day, Sundays exc...
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adjust, to
To arrange an instrument for use and observation; as, to adjust a sextant, or the escapement of a ch...
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advance, to
An old word, meaning to raise to honour.
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aid, to
To succour; to supply with provisions or stores.
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allow, to
To concede a destined portion of stores, &c.
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annul, to
To nullify a signal.
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answer, to
To reply, to succeed; as, the frigate has answered the signal. This boat will not answer.
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cund, to
To give notice which way a shoal of fish is gone.
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cure, to
To salt meat or fish.
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debark, to
To land; to go on shore.
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decamp, to
To raise the camp; the breaking up from a place where an army has been encamped.
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dress, to
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
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drive, to
[from the Anglo-Saxon dryfan].
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dubb, to
To smooth and cut off with an adze the superfluous wood.
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duck, to
To dive, or immerse another under water; or to avoid a shot.
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egg, to
To instigate, incite, provoke, to urge on: from the Anglo-Saxon eggion.
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eke, to
[Anglo-Saxon eácan, to prolong.] To make anything go far by reduction and moderation, as in shorteni...
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embark, to
To go on board, or to put on board a vessel.
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endanger, to
To expose to peril.
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enrol, to
To enter the name on the roll of a corps.
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ensconce, to
To intrench; to protect by a slight fortification.
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