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Stroke
·vt Power; influence.
II. Stroke ·vt To make smooth by rubbing.
III. Stroke ·Impf <<Struck>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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stroke
To take a stroke: to take a bout with a woman.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stroke
A pull or single sweep of the oars in rowing; hence the order, "Row a long stroke," which is intende...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dead
·adj Bringing death; deadly.
II. Dead ·adj Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
III. Dea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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dead
This word is vulgarly used in the sense of utter, complete. Ex. "A dead beat," i. e. a complete beat...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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By-stroke
·noun An accidental or a slyly given stroke.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crawl stroke
·add. ·- A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Split stroke
·add. ·- In croquet, ·etc., a shot or stroke in which one drives in different directions one's own a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Spot stroke
·add. ·- The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Trudgen stroke
·add. ·- A racing stroke in which a double over-arm motion is used;
— so called from its use by an ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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government stroke
n.
a lazy style of doingwork, explained in quotations. The phrase is not dead.
1856. W. W. Dobie, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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good stroke
Used in the sense of considerable; as, 'a good stroke of business.'--Brockett's North County Words.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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long stroke
The order to a boat's crew to stretch out and hang on her.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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stroke-oar
The aftermost oar in a boat, from which the others take their time.
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Dead beat
·- ·see <<Beat>>, ·noun, 7.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dead-eye
·noun A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dead-hearted
·adj Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
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Dead-pay
·noun Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
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Dead-reckoning
·noun ·see under Dead, a.
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Stone-dead
·adj As dead as a stone.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Dead Sea
The name given by Greek writers of the second century to that inland sea called in Scripture the "sa...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dead cargo
A term used by thieves, when they are disappointed in the value of their booty.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead horse
To work for the dead horse; to work for wages already paid.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead-louse
Vulgar pronunciation of the Dedalus ship of war.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead men
A cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falsely charged to their masters' customers; also em...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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dead-bird
n.
In Australia, a recent slangterm, meaning «a certainty.» The metaphor is frompigeon-shooting, wh...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dead-finish
n.
a rough scrubtree.
1) Albizzia basaltica, Benth., N.O. Leguminosae.
2) Acacia farnesiana, Will...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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a dead set
A concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming.--Grose, Slang Dict. This phrase seems to be taken ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead-alive
Dull, inactive, moping.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. We often hear the expression, "He is a dead-alive...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead heads
Persons who drink at a bar, ride in an omnibus, or railroad car, travel in steamboats, or visit the ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead horse
Work for which one has been paid before it is performed. When a workman, on Saturday night, includes...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead letter
A writing or precept without any authority or force; a letter left in a post office and not called f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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dead-angle
In fortification, is an angle receiving no defence, either by its own fire or that of any other work...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-calm
A total cessation of wind; the same as flat-calm.
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dead-doors
Those fitted in a rabbet to the outside of the quarter-gallery doors, with the object of keeping out...
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dead-eye
, or dead man's eye.
A sort of round flattish wooden block, or oblate piece of elm, encircled, and...
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dead-flat
The timber or frame possessing the greatest breadth and capacity in the ship: where several timbers ...
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dead-freight
The sum to which a merchant is liable for goods which he has failed to ship.
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dead-head
A kind of dolphin (which see). Also, a rough block of wood used as an anchor-buoy.
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dead-headed
Timber trees which have ceased growing.
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dead-horse
A term applied by seamen to labour which has been paid for in advance. When they commence earning mo...
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dead-lift
The moving of a very inert body.
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dead-lights
Strong wooden shutters made exactly to fit the cabin windows externally; they are fixed on the appro...
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dead-lown
A completely still atmosphere.
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dead-men
The reef or gasket-ends carelessly left dangling under the yard when the sail is furled, instead of ...
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dead-months
A term for winter.
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dead-pay
That given formerly in shares, or for names borne, but for which no one appears, as was formerly pra...
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dead-reckoning
The estimation of the ship's place without any observation of the heavenly bodies; it is discovered ...
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dead-rising
In ship-building, is that part of a ship which lies aft between the keel and her floor-timbers towar...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-ropes
Those which do not run in any block.
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dead-shares
An allowance formerly made to officers of the fleet, from fictitious numbers borne on the complement...
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dead-sheave
A scored aperture in the heel of a top-mast, through which a second top-tackle pendant can be rove. ...
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dead-ticket
Persons dying on board, those discharged from the service, and all officers promoted, are cleared fr...
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dead-water
The eddy-water under the counter of a ship under way; so called because passing away slower than the...
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dead weight
A vessel's lading when it consists of heavy goods, but particularly such as pay freight according to...
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dead wood
Certain blocks of timber, generally oak, fayed on the upper side of the keel, particularly at the ex...
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dead works
All that part of the ship which is above water when she is laden. The same as upper work, or superna...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dead Sea
This name nowhere occurs in the Bible, and appears not to have existed until the second century afte...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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dead-wood fence
n.
The Australian fence, socalled, is very different from the fence of the same name inEngland. It ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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dead man's eye
See dead-eye
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-men's effects
When a seaman dies on board, or is drowned, his effects are sold at the mast by auction, and the pro...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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dead-wood knees
The upper foremost and aftermost pieces of dead wood; being crooked pieces of timber, the bolting of...
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stroke of the sea
The shock occasioned to a vessel by a heavy sea striking her.
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Baptism for the dead
Only mentioned in 1 Cor. 15:29. This expression as used by the apostle may be equivalent to saying, ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Resurrection of the dead
Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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dead upon a wind
Braced sharp up and bowlines hauled.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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squaring the dead-eyes
Bringing them to a line parallel to the sheer of the ship.
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stroke-side of a boat
That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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dead as a door nail
Utterly, completely dead. The figure is that of a nail driven into wood, and, therefore, perfectly i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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score of a dead eye
The groove round which the rope passes.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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turn in a dead-eye or heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it.
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