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Compass
·noun A pair of compasses. II. Compass ·noun A circle; a continent. III. Compass ·noun An inclosed...

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compass
An instrument employed by navigators to guide the ship's course at sea. It consists of a circular bo...

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Bow
·vi To manage the bow. II. Bow ·vi To play (music) with a bow. III. Bow ·vi To <<Stop>>. IV. Bow ...

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Bow
The bow was in use in early times both in war and in the chase (Gen. 21:20; 27:3; 48:22). The tribe ...

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bow
I. The fore-end of a ship or boat; being the rounding part of a vessel forward, beginning on both ...

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Bow
(Genesis 37:10) The eastern mode of salutation, by kneeling upon one knee and bending the head forwa...

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Sea compass
·- The mariner's compass. ·see under <<Compass>>. ...

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azimuth compass
A superior graduated compass for ascertaining the amount of magnetic variation, by amplitude or azim...

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compass, to
To curve; also to obtain one's object. ...

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compass-saw
A narrow saw, which, inserted in a hole bored by a centre-bit, follows out required curves. ...

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compass-timbers
Such as are curved, crooked, or arched, for ship-building. ...

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fluid compass
That in which the card revolves in its bowl floated by alcohol, which prevents the needle from undue...

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compass-card
See fly ...

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hanging-compass
A compass so constructed as to hang with its face downwards, the point which supports the card being...

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mariner's compass
See compass. ...

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prismatic compass
One so fitted with a glass prism for reading by reflection, that the eye can simultaneously observe ...

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Bow hand
·- The hand that holds the bow, ·i.e., the left hand. II. Bow hand ·- The hand that draws the bow, ...

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Bow net
·- A net for catching birds. II. Bow net ·- A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a...

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Bow oar
·- The oar used by the bowman. II. Bow oar ·- One who rows at the bow of a boat. ...

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Bow-bells
·noun ·pl The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom. ...

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Bow-compasses
·pl of Bow-compass. ...

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Bow-pen
·noun Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. ·see Bow-compass. ...

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Bow-pencil
·noun Bow-compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil. ...

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Bow-saw
·noun A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame. ...

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Sea bow
·- ·see Marine rainbow, under <<Rainbow>>. ...

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Battle-bow
The war-bow used in fighting (Zech. 9:10; 10:4). "Thy bow was made quite naked" (Hab. 3:9) means tha...

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Bow Churchyard
South out of Cheapside at No. 55 on the west side of St. Mary le Bow (P.O. Directory). In Cordwainer...

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Bow Lane
1) South out of Cheapside at No. 58, to Cannon Street and Queen Victoria Street (P.O. Directory). In...

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bow-wow
The childish name for a dog; also a jeering appellation for a man born at Boston in America. ...

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bold-bow
A broad bluff bow. ...

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bow-bye
The situation of a ship when, in stays, she falls back off the wind again, and gets into irons, whic...

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bow-chasers
Two long chase-guns placed forward in the bow-ports to fire directly ahead, and being of small bore ...

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bow-fast
A rope or chain for securing a vessel by the bow. (See fast.) ...

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bow-lines
In ship-building, longitudinal curves representing the ship's fore-body cut in a vertical section. ...

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bow-oar
The foremost oar or oars, in pulling a boat. ...

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bow-pieces
The ordnance in the bows; also in building. ...

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bow-rail
A rail round the bows. ...

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bow-staves
Early supplied to our men-of-war. ...

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bow-timbers
Those which form the bow of the ship. ...

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chase, bow
Cannon situated in the fore part of the ship to fire upon any object ahead of her. Chasing ahead, or...

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cross-bow
An ancient weapon of our fleet, when also in use on shore. ...

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fog-bow
A beautiful natural phenomenon incidental to high latitudes. It appears opposite to the sun, and is ...

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in-bow!
The order to the bowman to throw in his oar, and prepare his boat-hook, previous to getting alongsid...

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lean-bow
Having a sharp entrance; a thin narrow bow being opposed to bold bow. Fine forward, very fine is lea...

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long-bow
A noted weapon formerly supplied to our men-of-war. ...

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slur-bow
A species of cross-bow formerly used for discharging fire arrows. ...

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stone-bow
A cross-bow for shooting stones. ...

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to box the compass
To say or repeat the mariner's compass, not only backwards or forwards, but also to be able to answe...

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(St.) Mary le Bow
On the north side of Cheapside at No. 56 at the north-west corner of Bow Lane (P.O. Directory). In C...

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The Woolpack, Bow Lane
The parsonage house for St. Mary le Bow in 1676 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 23). No later reference....

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bow-wow mutton
Dog's flesh. ...

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bow-wow shop
A salesman's shop in Monmouth-street; so called because the servant barks, and the master bites. Se...

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bow-dark tree
(Fr. bois d'arc.) A western tree, the wood of which is used to make bows with. ...

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bow-log timbers
A provincial name for hawse-wood. ...

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on the bow
At any angle on either side of the stem up to 45°; then it is either four points on the bow, or four...

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adjustment of the compass
Swinging a ship to every point of bearing, to note the variation or error of the needle upon each rh...

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box the compass, to
Not only to repeat the names of the thirty-two points in order and backwards, but also to be able to...

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compensator of the compass
See magnetic compensator. ...

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point of the compass
The 32d part of the circumference, or 11° 15′. ...

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shoot the compass, to
To shoot wide of the mark. ...

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Jack Alley, Bow Lane
See Crown Court16, Trinity Lane. ...

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Lugg Yard, Bow Lane
See Half Moon Court. ...

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(St.) Mary le Bow School
This seems to have been one of the three schools in London, mentioned by Fitzstephen in 1175, the ot...

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Robinswood Court, Bow Lane
See Robin Hood Court. ...

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Whalebone Court, Bow Lane
See Half Moon Court. ...

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(St.) Mary atte Bow, Fraternity of
Bequest to this fraternity made in 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33). ...

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