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wings
Those parts of the hold and orlop-deck which are nearest to the sides. This term is particularly use...

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Wooden
·adj Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless. II. Wooden ·adj Made or consisting of wood; pert...

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wooden habeas
A coffin. A man who dies in prison is said to go out with a wooden habeas. He went out with a wooden...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
wooden spoon
(Cambridge.) The last junior optime. See wranglers, optime. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
wooden horse
To fide the wooden horse was a military punishment formerly in use. This horse consisted of two or m...

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wooden ruff
The pillory. See norway neckcloth. ...

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wooden surtout
A coilin. ...

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pear, wooden
i.q. native pear. See above. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
wooden pear
n. a tree peculiar to New SouthWales and Queensland, Xylomelum pyriforme, Smith, N.O. Proteaceae; c...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
wooden buoys
Buoyant constructions of wood of various shapes, with a ring-bolt at each end, to which vessels can ...

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wooden walls
A term signifying the fleet, and though thought to be peculiarly English, was used by the Delphic or...

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pair of wings
Oars. CANT. ...

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legs and wings
See over-masted. ...

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Wooden World Court
North out of Bell Alley, east of Bridgewater Gardens on the northern boundary of Cripplegate Ward Wi...

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goose-wings of a sail
The situation of a course when the buntlines and lee-clue are hauled up, and the weather-clue down. ...

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