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Along
·adv In company; together. II. Along ·- (Now heard only in the ·prep phrase along of.). III. Along...

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along
[Saxon]. Lengthwise. ♦ Alongside, by the side of a ship; side by side. ♦ Lying along, when the...

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come
cŏmē, ēs, f., = κόμη, a plant , also called tragopogon, prob Tragopogon crocifolius, Linn., crocu...

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Come
Cōmē, ēs, f., = Κώμη (a village). I Come Hiera, a town in Caria , with a temple and an oracle of ...

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Come
·p.p. of Come. II. Come ·noun <<Coming>>. III. Come ·noun To approach or arrive, as if by a journe...

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come
To come; to lend. Has he come it; has he lent it? To come over any one; to cheat or over reach him. ...

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boom along
To move rapidly. A sea term. A ship is said to boom along when under full sail. You're right in the...

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bowling-along
Going with a free wind. ...

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down along
Sailing coastways down Channel. ...

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laying or lying along
Pressed down sideways by a stiff gale. ...

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leg along
Ropes laid on end, ready for manning. ...

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light along!
Lend assistance in hauling cables, hawsers, or large ropes along, and lifting some parts in a requir...

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lying along
See laying along. ...

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up along
Sailing from the mouth of the channel upwards. ...

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Macra Come
MACRA COME a place mentioned by Livy (Liv. 32.13) along with Sperchiae. Its position is uncertain, b...

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Xyline Come
XYLINE COME a village in Pisidia, between Corbasa and Termessus, is mentioned only by Livy (Liv. 38....

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Come-outer
·noun One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer. ...

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kingdom come
He is gone to kingdom come, he is dead. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
come-outers
This name has been applied to a considerable number of persons in various parts of the Northern Stat...

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done come
Come. A vulgarism peculiar to the South. ...

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how-come?
Rapidly pronounced huc-cum, in Virginia. Doubtless an English phrase, brought over by the original s...

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come-again
the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb. ...

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lie along, to
(See along.) A ship is said to lie along when she leans over with a side wind. ♦ To lie along the ...

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moor along, to
To anchor in a river with a hawser on shore to steady her. ...

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odd-come-shortlys
I'll do it one of these odd-come-shortly's; I will do it some time or another. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
can't come it
is a vulgar expression for cannot do it. "You can't come it over me so," i. e. you cannot effect you...

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come no near!
The order to the helmsman to steer the ship on the course indicated, and not closer to the wind, whi...

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to-morrow come never
When two Sundays come together; never. ...

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cut and come again
An expression in vulgar language, implying that having cut as much as you pleased, you may come agai...

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stretch along a brace, to
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it. ...

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capstan, to come up the
In one sense is to lift the pauls and walk back, or turn the capstan the contrary way, thereby slack...

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