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Both
·conj As well; not only; equally. II. Both (·adj or ·pron) The one and the other; the two; the pair...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
both-eared
Talked to at both ears by different persons at the same time, confounded, confused. IRISH PHRASE. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hands off
A vulgar phrase for keep off; forbear.--Johnson. They cut a stag into parts; but as they were enter...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
green-hands
Those embarked for the first time, and consequently inexperienced. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
both sheets aft
The situation of a square-rigged ship that sails before the wind, or with the wind right astern. It ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
to spat the hands
To slap the hands. The little Isabel leaped up and down spatting her hands.--Margaret. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
draft of hands
A certain number of men appointed to serve on board a particular man-of-war, who are then said to be...

The Sailor's Word-Book
blocked at both ends
Finished. The game is blocked at both ends; the game is ended. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hands reef top-sails!
The order to reef by all hands, instead of the watch, or watch and idlers. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Laying On Of Hands
This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
turn the hands up, to
To summon the entire crew on deck. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Washing The Hands And Feet
As knives and forks were not used in the East, in Scripture times, in eating, it was necessary that ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary