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Block
·add. ·noun A block hole.
II. Block ·vt The pattern or shape of a hat.
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block
A term applied in America to a square mass of houses included between four streets. It is a very use...
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block
I.
(In mechanics termed a pulley.) Blocks are flattish oval pieces of wood, with sheaves in them, ...
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Book
·noun A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
II. Book ·vt To enter, write, or register in a...
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Book
This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the ...
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book
A commercial term for a peculiar packing of muslin, bast, and other stuffs.
♦ Brought to book, mad...
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block and block
The situation of a tackle when the blocks are drawn close together, so that the mechanical power bec...
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Belgian block
·add. ·- A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, ·esp. granite, used as a material for street pa...
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Block chain
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
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Block signal
·add. ·- One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block s...
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Block system
·add. ·- A system by which the track is divided into short sections, as of three or four miles, and ...
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Block tin
·- ·see under <<Tin>>.
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Cautionary block
·add. ·- A block in which two or more trains are permitted to travel, under restrictions imposed by ...
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Fish-block
·noun ·see Fish-tackle.
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Pillar-block
·noun ·see under <<Pillow>>.
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Plumber block
·- A pillow block.
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Snatch block
·- a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
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Stumbling-block
·noun Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.
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Top-block
·noun A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, —...
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block houses
Prisons, houses of correction, &c.
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upping block
(Called in some counties a leaping stock, in others a jossing block.) Steps for mounting a horse. He...
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back-block
adj.
from the interior.
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `Sydneyside Saxon,' vol. xii. p. 215:
«`What a nic...
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block-house
A small fort built of logs which project some six or eight feet over a wooden or stone foundation, f...
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horse-block
, HORSE-STONE, stone to mount on horseback. Lane.
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up-block
a horse-block, or horsing-block Glouc.
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yu-block
, yule-clog
Christmas-block.
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yule-block
, yule-clog
Christmas-block.
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block-maker
A manufacturer of blocks.
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built-block
Synonymous with made-block (which see). The lower masts of large ships are built or made.
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bushed-block
See coak.
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cat-block
A two or three fold block, with an iron strop and large hook to it, which is employed to cat or draw...
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d-block
A lump of oak in the shape of a D, bolted to the ship's side in the channels to reeve the lifts thro...
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double-block
One fitted with a couple of sheaves, in holes side by side.
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fiddle-block
A long shell, having one sheave over the other, and the lower smaller than the upper (see long-tackl...
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fly-block
The block spliced into the topsail-tye; it is large and flat, and sometimes double.
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hook-block
Any block, of iron or wood, strapped with a hook.
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jack-block
A block occasionally attached to the topgallant-tie, and through which the top-gallant top-rope is r...
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monkey-block
A small single block strapped with a swivel. Also, those nailed on the topsail-yards of some merchan...
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notch-block
See snatch-block.
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rack-block
A range of sheaves cut in one piece of wood, for running ropes to lead through.
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cistern block
See sister block
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sister block
or cistern block
A turned cylindrical block having two sheave-holes, one above the other. It fits ...
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snatch-block
A single iron-bound block, with an opening in one side above the sheave, in which the bight of a rop...
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tail-block
A rope-stropped block, having an end of rope attached to it as a tail, by which it may be fastened t...
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top-block
A large single block with an iron strop and hook, by which it is hooked into an eye-bolt under the l...
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treble-block
One fitted with three sheaves or rollers.
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tye-block
The block on the yard through which the tye is rove, and passes on to be secured at the mast-head. T...
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warping-block
A block made of ash or elm, used in rope-making for warping off yarn.
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Absey-book
·noun An A-B-C book; a primer.
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Account book
·- A book in which accounts are kept.
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Bank book
·- A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the de...
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Bill book
·- A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, ·etc., thus sho...
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Black book
·- Any book which treats of necromancy.
II. Black book ·- A book of admiralty law, of the highest a...
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Blue book
·- The United States official "Biennial Register.".
II. Blue book ·- A parliamentary publication, s...
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Book muslin
·- A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.
II. Book muslin ·- A kind of thin white muslin fo...
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Book-learned
·adj Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books.
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Dope-book
·add. ·noun A chart of previous performances, ·etc., of race horses.
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News-book
·noun A <<Newspaper>>.
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Prompt-book
·noun The book used by a prompter of a theater.
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Text-book
·noun A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes.
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Yellow Book
·add. ·- In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
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black book
He is down in the black book, i.e. has a stain in his character. A black book is keep in most regime...
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book-keeper
One who never returns borrowed books. Out of one's books; out of one's fevor. Out of his books; out ...
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black-book
A book was kept in the English monasteries, during the reign of Henry VIII., in which details of the...
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blue-book
A printed book containing the names of all the persons holding office under the Government of the Un...
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scrap-book
A blank book for the preservation of short pieces of poetry or other extracts from books and papers....
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boarding-book
A register which has for its object the recording all particulars relative to every ship boarded, a ...
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cargo-book
The master of every coasting-vessel is required to keep a cargo-book, stating the name of the ship, ...
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case-book
A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...
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complete book
A book which contains the names and particulars of every person borne for wages on board, as age, pl...
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day-book
An old and better name for the log-book; a journal [Fr.]
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defaulter's book
Where men's offences are registered against them, and may be magnified without appeal.
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description-book
A register in which the age, place of birth, and personal description of the crew are recorded.
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guard-book
Report of guard; a copy of which is delivered at the admiral's office by the officer of the last gua...
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issue-book
That which contains the record of issues to the crew, and the charges made against them.
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letter-book
A book wherein is preserved a copy of all letters and orders written by the captain of a ship on pub...
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log-book
Mostly called the log, is a journal into which the log-board is daily transcribed, together with any...
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muster-book
A copy of a ship of war's open list, drawn up for the use of the clerk of the check, in calling over...
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name-book
The Anglo-Saxon nom-bóc, a mustering list.
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order-book
A book kept for the purpose of copying such occasional successive orders as the admiral, or senior o...
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prayer-book
A smaller hand-stone than that which sailors call "bible;" it is used to scrub in narrow crevices wh...
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remark-book
This contains hydrographical observations of every port visited, and is sent annually to the admiral...
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sick-book
An account of such officers and men as are on the sick list on board, or are sent to an hospital, ho...
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slop-book
A register of the slop clothing, soap, and tobacco, issued to the men; also of the religious books s...
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ticket-book
A register for accounting for all tickets and certificates received and used.
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victualling-book
A counterpart of the ship's open list, which is kept by the purser, to enable him to make the necess...
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block, on the
1) On the promenade above referred to.
1896. `The Argus,' July 17, p. 4. col. 7:
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chock-a-block
, or chock and block
Is the same with block-a-block and two-blocks (which see). When the lower blo...
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main-tack block
A block forming part of the purchase used for hauling the main-tack down to.
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nine-pin block
A block in that form, mostly used for a fair-leader under the cross-pieces of the forecastle and qua...
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strop-bound block
A single block used in the clue of square-sails for the clue-lines to lead through; it has a shoulde...
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Daniel, Book of
Is ranked by the Jews in that division of their Bible called the Hagiographa (Heb. Khethubim). (See ...
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Esther, Book of
The authorship of this book is unknown. It must have been obviously written after the death of Ahasu...
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Exodus, Book of
Exodus is the name given in the LXX. to the second book of the Pentateuch (q.v.). It means "departur...
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Ezekiel, Book of
Consists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical offic...
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Ezra, Book of
This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time...
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Haggai, Book of
Consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of the prophet was generally to urge the p...
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Jeremiah, Book of
Consists of twenty-three separate and independent sections, arranged in five books. I. The introduct...
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Job, Book of
A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such ...
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Joel, Book of
Joel was probably a resident in Judah, as his commission was to that people. He makes frequent menti...
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Jonah, Book of
This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet....
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Judges, Book of
Is so called because it contains the history of the deliverance and government of Israel by the men ...
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Lamentations, Book of
Called in the Hebrew canon 'Ekhah, meaning "How," being the formula for the commencement of a song o...
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Micah, Book of
The sixth in order of the so-called minor prophets. The superscription to this book states that the ...
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Nahum, Book of
Nahum prophesied, according to some, in the beginning of the reign of Ahaz (B.C. 743). Others, howev...
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Nehemiah, Book of
The author of this book was no doubt Nehemiah himself. There are portions of the book written in the...
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Numbers, Book of
The fourth of the books of the Pentateuch, called in the Hebrew be-midbar, i.e., "in the wilderness....
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Obadiah, Book of
Consists of one chapter, "concerning Edom," its impending doom (1:1-16), and the restoration of Isra...
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Proverbs, Book of
A collection of moral and philosophical maxims of a wide range of subjects presented in a poetic for...
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Revelation, Book of
=The Apocalypse, the closing book and the only prophetical book of the New Testament canon. The auth...
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admiralty black-book
See black-book of the admiralty.
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night order-book
A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...
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two-monthly book
A book kept by the captain's clerk, to be forwarded every two months, when possible, in order to pre...
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Amos, Book Of
The book of the prophecies of Amos seems to be divided into four principal portions closely connecte...
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Baruch, Book Of
One of the apocryphal books of the Old Testament. The book was held in little esteem by the Jews, an...
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Esther, Book Of
one of the latest of the canonical books of Scripture, having been written late in the reign of Xerx...
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Ezra, Book Of
is a continuation of the books of Chronicles. The period covered by the book is eighty years, from t...
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Isaiah, Book Of
I. Chapters 1-5 contain Isaiah's prophecies in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, foretelling that the...
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Jeremiah, Book Of
"There can be little doubt that the book of Jeremiah grew out of the roll which Baruch wrote down at...
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Job, Book Of
This book has given rise to much discussion and criticism, some believing the book to be strictly hi...
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Joshua, Book Of
Named from Joshua the son of Nun, who is the principal character in it. The book may be regarded as ...
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Judges, Book Of
of which the book or Ruth formed originally a part, contains a history from Joshua to Samson. The bo...
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Proverbs, Book Of
The title of this book in Hebrew is taken from its first word, mashal, which originally meant "a com...
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Psalms, Book Of
The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill'im, "Praises;" but in the actual superscriptions of th...
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Ruth, Book Of
contains the history of Ruth, as narrated in the preceding article. The main object of the writer is...
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Tobit, Book Of
a book of the Apocryphal which exists at present in Greek, Latin, Syriac and Hebrew texts, but it wa...
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jaw of a block
The space in the shell where the sheave revolves.
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score of a block, or of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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shell of a block
The outer frame or case wherein the sheave or wheel is contained and traverses about its axis.
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thick and thin block
, or fiddle-block.
A block having one sheave larger than the other, sometimes used for quarter-blo...
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Isaiah, The Book of
Consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotham (6), (3) Ahaz ...
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Joshua, The Book of
Contains a history of the Israelites from the death of Moses to that of Joshua. It consists of three...
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Ruth The Book of
Was originally a part of the Book of Judges, but it now forms one of the twenty-four separate books ...
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bell, book, and candle
They cursed him with bell, book, and candle; an allusion to the popish form of excommunicating and a...
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break one's horn-book
to incur displeasure. South.
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Daniel, The Book Of
stands at the head of a series of writings in which the deepest thoughts of the Jewish people found ...
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Enoch, The Book Of
The first trance of the existence of this work is found in the Epistle of (Jude 1:14,15) An apocryph...
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Judith, The Book Of
one of the books of the Apocrypha, belongs to the earliest specimens of historical fiction. As to it...
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Micah, The Book Of
Three sections of this work represent three natural divisions of the prophecy-1, 2; 3-5; 6,7-each co...
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Nehemiah, The Book Of
like the preceding one of Ezra, is clearly and certainly not all by the same hand. [Ezra, Book Of, B...
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Zechariah, The Book Of
The book of Zechariah, in its existing form, consists of three principal parts, vis. chs. 1-8; chs. ...
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eye of a block-strop
That part by which it is fastened or suspended to any particular place upon the sails, masts, or rig...
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black-book of the admiralty
An imaginary record of offences. Also, a document of great authority in naval law, as it contains th...
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Esdras, The Second Book Of
This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...
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Wars of the Lord, The Book of the
(Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1...
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