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Does
·- The 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of Do.
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Which
·adj Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
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Lie
·noun ·see <<Lye>>.
II. Lie ·noun Anything which misleads or disappoints.
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Lie
An intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Ti...
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lie
A lie out of whole cloth, is an utter falsehood.
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Way
·noun Progress; as, a ship has way.
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way
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Wind
·noun Power of respiration; breath.
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wind
To raise the wind; to procure mony.
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wind
an alley or narrow street. Scotch.
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wind
[precisely the Anglo-Saxon word]. A stream or current of air which may be felt. The horizon being di...
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by the wind
Is when a ship sails as nearly to the direction of the wind as possible. (See full and by.) In gener...
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in the wind
The state of a vessel when thrown with her head into the wind, but not quite all in the wind (see al...
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under the wind
So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind.
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lie the course, to
When the vessel's head is in the direction wished.
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white lie
A harmless lie, one not told with a malicious intent, a lie told to reconcile people at variance.
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lie in!
The order to come in from the yards when reefing, furling, or other duty is performed.
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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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lie out!
The order to the men aloft to distribute themselves on the yards for loosing, reefing, or furling sa...
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lie over
A ship heeling to it with the wind abeam.
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Out-of-the-way
·adj ·see under Out, ·adv
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cast the wrong way
See wrong way.
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close the wind, to
To haul to it.
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cloth in the wind
Too near to the wind, and sails shivering. Also, groggy.
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eye of the wind
The direction to windward from whence it blows. (See wind's-eye.)
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gain the wind, to
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward.
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raise the wind, to
To make an exertion; to cast about for funds.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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wind in the teeth
Dead against a ship.
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Four-way
·adj Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve.
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Three-way
·adj Connected with, or serving to connect, three channels or pipes; as, a three-way cock or valve.
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Two-way
·add. ·adj Serving to connect at will one pipe or channel with either of two others; as, a two-way c...
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Water way
·- ·same·as Water course.
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Way shaft
·- A rock shaft.
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Way-going
·adj Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away.
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Way-goose
·noun ·see Wayz-goose, ·noun, 2.
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Way-wise
·adj Skillful in finding the way; well acquainted with the way or route; wise from having traveled.
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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carpet-way
a green way, a way on the turf. S.
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gainest-way
the nearest way. N.
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leech-way
the path in which the dead are carried to be buried. Exm.
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spur-way
a bridle-way through any ground, a passage for a horse by right of custom. S.
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way-bit
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way-bread
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whapple-way
a bridle-way, or road where only a horse can pass. S.
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companion-way
The staircase, porch, or berthing of the ladder-way to the cabin.
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covered way
In fortification, a space running along the outside of the ditch for the convenient passage of troop...
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covert-way
See covered way.
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drift-way
Synonymous with lee-way.
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fair-way
The navigable channel of a harbour for ships passing up or down; so that if any vessels are anchored...
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freshen way
When the ship feels the increasing influence of a breeze. Also, when a man quickens his pace.
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fresh way
Increased speed through the water; a ship is said to "gather fresh way" when she has tacked, or hove...
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give way
The order to a boat's crew to renew rowing, or to increase their exertions if they were already rowi...
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head-way
A ship is said to gather head-way when she passes any object thrown overboard at the bow, and it pas...
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lee-way
What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smoo...
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milky way
See via lactea.
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right way
When the ship's head casts in the desired direction. Also, when she swings clear at single anchor.
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sea-way
The progress of a ship through the waves. Also, said when a vessel is in an open place where the sea...
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steerage-way
When a vessel has sufficient motion in the water to admit of the helm being effective.
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stern-way
The movement by which a ship goes stern foremost. The opposite of head-way.
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stoach-way
The streamlet or channel which runs through the silt or sand at low-water in tidal ports; a term pri...
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tide-way
The mid-stream; or a passage or channel through which the tide sets, and runs strongly.
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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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'way up!
See way aloft!
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'way aloft!
or 'way up!
The command when the crew are required aloft to loose, reef, furl sails, or man yards,...
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way-gate
The tail-race of a mill.
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wrong way
When the ship casts in the opposite direction to that desired. Also, a ship swinging in a tide's way...
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Broken wind
·- The <<Heaves>>.
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Down-wind
·add. ·adv With the wind.
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Thick wind
·- A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the sign...
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Up-wind
·add. ·adv Against the wind.
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Volcanic wind
·add. ·- A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection current...
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Wind signal
·add. ·- In general, any signal announcing information concerning winds, and ·esp. the expected appr...
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Wind-break
·noun A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
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Wind-broken
·adj Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air c...
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Wind-fertilized
·adj Anemophilous; fertilized by pollen borne by the wind.
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Wind-plant
·noun A <<Windflower>>.
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Wind-rode
·adj Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide;
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Wind-shaken
·add. ·adj Shaken by the wind;.
II. Wind-shaken ·add. ·adj affected by wind shake, or anemosis (whi...
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Wind-sucker
·noun A horse given to wind-sucking.
II. Wind-sucker ·noun The <<Kestrel>>.
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Wind-sucking
·noun A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air;
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Wind-up
·add. ·noun Act of winding up, or closing; a concluding act or part; the end.
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East wind
The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa. 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" ...
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wind-mill
The fundament. She has no fortune but her mills; i.e. she has nothing but her **** and a*se.
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hot wind
n.
an Australian meteorologicalphenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.The phras...
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to wind up
To close up; to give the quietus to an antagonist in a debate; to effectually demolish.
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wind-berry
a bilberry or whortleberry. N.
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wind-row
to wind-row, to rake the mown grass into rows, called wind-rows. Norf. and Suff.
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wind-gauge
See anemometer
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beating wind
That which requires the ship to make her way by tacks; a baffling or contrary wind.
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bottom-wind
A phenomenon that occurs on the lakes in the north of England, especially Derwent Water, which is of...
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east wind
This, in the British seas, is generally attended with a hazy atmosphere, and is so ungenial as to co...
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eddy-wind
That which is beat back, or returns, from a sail, bluff hill, or anything which impedes its passage;...
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fall-wind
A sudden gust.
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foul wind
That which prevents a ship from laying her course.
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gall-wind
See wind-gall.
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head-wind
A breeze blowing from the direction of the ship's intended course. Thus, if a ship is bound N.E. a N...
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helm-wind
A singular meteorological phenomenon which occurs in the north of England. Besides special places in...
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high wind
See heavy gale.
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leading-wind
Wind abeam or quartering; more particularly a free or fair wind, and is used in contradistinction to...
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north wind
This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....
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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds.
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soldier's wind
One which serves either way; allowing a passage to be made without much nautical ability.
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south-wind
A mild wind in the British seas with frequent fogs; it generally brings rain or damp weather.
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traverse-wind
A wind which sets right in to any harbour, and prevents the departure of vessels.
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west wind
This and its collateral, the S.W., prevail nearly three-fourths of the year in the British seas, and...
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wild-wind
An old term for whirlwind.
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wind-bands
Long clouds supposed to indicate bad weather.
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wind-bound
Detained at an anchorage by contrary winds.
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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...
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wind-gage
See anemometer.
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wind-gall
A luminous halo on the edge of a distant cloud, where there is rain, usually seen in the wind's eye,...
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wind-rode
A ship is wind-rode when the wind overcomes an opposite tidal force, and she rides head to wind.
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wind-sail
A funnel of canvas employed to ventilate a ship by conveying a stream of fresh air down to the lower...
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wind-taut
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind.
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wind-tight
A cask or vessel to contain water is said to be wind-tight and water-tight.
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young wind
The commencement of the land or sea breeze.
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The
·vi ·see <<Thee>>.
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shake in the wind, to
To bring a vessel's head so near the wind, when close-hauled, as to shiver the sails.
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three sheets in the wind
Unsteady from drink.
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whistle for the wind, to
A superstitious practice among old seamen, who are equally scrupulous to avoid whistling during a he...
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lie a hull
Synonymous with hull to, or hulling.
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lie along, to
(See along.) A ship is said to lie along when she leans over with a side wind.
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lie athwart, to
When the tide slackens, and the wind is across tide, it makes a vessel ride athwart.
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lie by, to
Dodging under small sail under the land.
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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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luff and lie
A very old sea-term for hugging the wind closely.
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st of the of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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Great White Way
·add. ·- Broadway, in New York City, in the neighborhood chiefly occupied by theaters, as from about...
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right-of-way
n.
a lane. In England the wordindicates a legal right to use a particular passage. InAustralia it i...
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caper corner-way
Diagonally.
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fetch head-way
or stern-way.
Said of a vessel gathering motion ahead or astern.
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fetch way, to
Said of a gun, or anything which escapes from its place by the vessel's motion at sea.
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gather way, to
To begin to feel the impulse of the wind on the sails, so as to obey the helm.
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give way together
So that the oars may all dip and rise together, whereby the force is concentrated.
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keeping her way
The force of steady motion through the water, continued after the power which gave it has varied or ...
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lose way, to
When a ship slackens her progress in the water.
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lost her way
When the buoy is streamed, and all is ready for dropping the anchor.
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make head-way
A ship makes head-way when she advances through the water.
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pilot's fair-way
, or pilot's water.
A channel wherein, according to usage, a pilot must be employed.
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sea-way measurer
A kind of self-registering log invented by Smeaton, the architect of the Eddystone lighthouse.
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set of the wind and current
See direction of the wind and current
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direction or set of the wind and current
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shaking a cloth in the wind
In galley parlance, expresses the being slightly intoxicated.
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Wind Mill Alley
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677).
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breath of wind
All but a dead calm.
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capful of wind
A light flaw, which suddenly careens a vessel and passes off.
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fret of wind
A squally flaw.
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gale of wind
Implies what on shore is called a storm, more particularly termed a hard gale or strong gale; number...
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haul her wind
Said of a vessel when she comes close upon the wind.
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haul my wind
An expression when an individual is going upon a new line of action. To avoid a quarrel or difficult...
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head to wind
The situation of a ship or boat when her head is pointed directly to windward. The term is particula...
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on a wind
Synonymous with on a bowline.
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shift of wind
Implies that it varies, or has changed in its direction.
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slant of wind
An air of which advantage may be taken.
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slope of wind
A breeze favouring a long tack near to the required course, and which may be expected to veer to fai...
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wind away, to
To steer through narrow channels.
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lie on your oars!
The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in.
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lie under arms, to
To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action.
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trice up lie out!
The order to lift the studding-sail boom-ends while the top-men move out on the yards, preparatory t...
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eating the wind out of a vessel
Applies to very keen seamanship, by which the vessel, from a close study of her capabilities, steals...
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Jukes, The
·add. ·- A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose hu...
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Hermonites, the
(Ps. 42:6, 7) = "the Hermons", i.e., the three peaks or summits of Hermon, which are about a quarter...
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Sea, The
(Heb. yam), signifies (1) "the gathering together of the waters," the ocean (Gen. 1:10); (2) a river...
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Transfiguration, the
Of our Lord on a "high mountain apart," is described by each of the three evangelists (Matt. 17:1-8;...
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Word, The
(Gr. Logos), one of the titles of our Lord, found only in the writings of John (John 1:1-14; 1 John ...
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go, the
The dash. The mode. He is quite the go, he is quite varment, he is prime, he is bang up, are synonim...
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bag, the
Allowed for the men to keep their clothes in. The ditty bag included needles and needfuls, love-toke...
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Archite, The
(as if from a place named Erech, on the frontiers of Ephraim), the usual designation of David's frie...
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Arkite, The
from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the co...
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Ashurites, The
Only in (2 Samuel 2:9) By some of the old interpreters the name is taken as meaning the Geshurites; ...
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Bachrites, The
the family of Becher, son of Ephraim. (Numbers 26:35)
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Baharumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Barhumite, The
[Bahurim]
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Belaites, The
(Numbers 26:38) [Bela, 3]
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Beriites, The
A tribe of people who are named with Abel and Beth-maachah, and who were therefore doubtless situate...
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Berothite, The
(1 Chronicles 11:39) [Beeroth Of The Children Of Jaakan]
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Canaanite, The
the designation of the apostle Simon, otherwise known as "Simon Zelotes." It occurs in (Matthew 10:4...
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Canaanites, The
a word used in two senses:
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Chemarim, The
(those who go about in black, i.e. ascetics). In the Hebrew applied to the priests of the worship of...
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Kenite, The
and Ken'ites (smiths), The, inhabited the rocky and desert region between southern Palestine and the...
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Machirites, The
the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. (Numbers 26:29)
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Mahavite, The
the designation of Eliel, one of the warriors of King David's guard, whose name is preserved in the ...
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Manassites, The
that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh. (4:43; Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 10:33)
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Maonites, The
a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) el...
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Mecherathite, The
that is, the native or inhabitant of a place called Mecherah. (1 Chronicles 11:36) In the parallel l...
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Median, The
Darius, "the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes," (Daniel 9:1) or "the Mede," ch. (Daniel 11...
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Meholathite, The
a word occurring once only- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place cel...
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Mehunims, The
a people against whom King Uzziah waged a successful war. (2 Chronicles 26:7) The name is the plural...
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Meronothithe, The
that is, the native of the place called probably Meronoth, of which, however, no further traces have...
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Pelonite, The
Two of David's men, Helez and Ahijah, are called Pelonites. (1 Chronicles 11:27,36) (B.C. about 1015...
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Pentateuch, The
is the Greek name given to the five books commonly called the "five books of Moses." This title is d...
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Perizzite, The
and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before a...
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Pharzites. The
the descendants of Parez the son of Judah. (Numbers 26:20)
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Plague, The
The plague is considered to be a severe kind of typhus, accompanied by buboes (tumors).-Like the cho...
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Praltite, The
Helez "the Paltite" is named in (2 Samuel 23:26) among David's mighty men. (B.C. 1015.)
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Puhites, The
According to (1 Chronicles 2:53) the "Puhites" or "Puthites" belonged to the families of Kirjath-jea...
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Punites, The
the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)
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Quicksands, The
more properly THE Syrtis, The, (Acts 27:17) the broad a deep bight on the north African coast betwee...
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