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• Wreck

  (·vt & ·noun) ·see 2d & 3d Wreak. II. Wreck ·vi To suffer wreck or ruin. III. Wreck ·vt The remain...

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• wreck

  The destruction of a ship by stress of weather, rocks, &c.; also the ruins of the ship after such ac...

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• Free

  ·adv Freely; willingly. II. Free ·adj To <<Frank>>. III. Free ·adv Without charge; as, children ad...

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• free

  Free of fumblers hall; a saying of one who cannot get his wife with child. ...

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• free

  A vessel is said to be going free when the bowlines are slacked and the sheets eased; beyond this is...

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• Wreck-master

  ·noun A person appointed by law to take charge of goods, ·etc., thrown on shore after a shipwreck. ...

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• wreck-fish

  n. The Australian species is Polyprion ceruleum, family Percoidae. Guenther saysthat the European s...

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• dilly-wreck

  A common corruption of derelict (which see). ...

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• Fancy-free

  ·adj Free from the power of love. ...

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• Free coinage

  ·add. ·- In the fullest sense, the conversion of bullion (of any specified metal) into legal-tender ...

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• Free silver

  ·add. ·- The free coinage of silver; often, specif., the free coinage of silver at a fixed ratio wit...

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• Free will

  ·- A will free from improper coercion or restraint. ...

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• Free-denizen

  ·vt To make free. ...

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• Free-hand

  ·adj Done by the hand, without support, or the guidance of instruments; as, free-hand drawing. ·see ...

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• Free-handed

  ·adj Open-handed; liberal. ...

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• Free-hearted

  ·adj Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. ...

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• Free-liver

  ·noun One who gratifies his appetites without stint; one given to indulgence in eating and drinking....

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• Free-living

  ·noun Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites. ...

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• Free-love

  ·noun The doctrine or practice of consorting with the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. ...

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• Free-lover

  ·noun One who believes in or practices free-love. ...

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• Free-martin

  ·noun An imperfect female calf, twinborn with a male. ...

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• Free-milling

  ·adj Yielding free gold or silver; — said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amal...

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• Free-minded

  ·adj Not perplexed; having a mind free from care. ...

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• Free-soil

  ·adj Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; — ·esp. applied to a party which w...

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• Free-spoken

  ·adj Accustomed to speak without reserve. ...

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• Free-swimming

  ·adj Swimming in the open sea; — said of certain marine animals. ...

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• Free-tongued

  ·adj Speaking without reserve. ...

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• Scot-free

  ·adj Free from payment of scot; untaxed; hence, unhurt; clear; safe. ...

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• Shot-free

  ·adj Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof. II. Shot-free ·adj Free from charge or expense; hence, ...

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• Free-Bench

  In the will of Anketin de Betteville occurs the expression "saving to Matilda his wife her free benc...

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• free booters

  Lawless robbers and plunderers: originally soldiers who served without pay, for the privilege of plu...

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• free-select

  v. to take up land under the LandLaws. See Free-selector. This composite verb, derivedfrom the noun,...

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• free-selection

  n. 1) The process of selectingor choosing land under the Land Laws, or the right to choose.Abbrevia...

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• free-selector

  n. (abbreviated often to Selector), one who takes up a block of Crown land underthe Land Laws and b...

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• bilge-free

  A cask so stowed as to rest entirely on its beds, keeping the lower part of the bilge at least the t...

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• free, to

  ♦ To free a prisoner. To restore him to liberty. ♦ To free a pump. To disengage or clear it. ♦ T...

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• free-board

  See plank-sheer. ...

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• free port

  Ports open to all comers free of entry-dues, as places of call, not delivery. ...

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• free ship

  A piratical term for one where it is agreed that every man shall have an equal share in all prizes. ...

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• free trader

  Ships trading formerly under license to India independent of the old East India Company's charter. A...

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• going free

  When the bowlines are slackened, or sailing with the wind abeam. ...

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• receivers of wreck

  Persons specially charged with wrecked property for the benefit of the shipping interests. ...

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• Free-will offering

  A spontaneous gift (Ex. 35:29), a voluntary sacrifice (Lev. 22:23; Ezra 3:5), as opposed to one in c...

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• Metropolitan Free Hospital

  On the east side of Devonshire Square (O.S. 1880). In Bishopsgate Ward Without. The site was former...

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• free and easy johns

  A society which meet at the Hole in the Wall, Fleet-street, to tipple porter, and sing bawdry. ...

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• queen anne's free gift

  A sum of money formerly granted to surgeons annually, in addition to their monthly twopences from ea...

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• bung-up and bilge-free

  A cask so placed that its bung-stave is uppermost, and it rests entirely on its beds. ...

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• make free with the land, to

  To approach the shore closely. ...

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