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first
The appellation of the senior lieutenant; also, senior lieutenant of marines, and first captain of a...

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Double first
·- A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. II. Double first ·- One who gains ...

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First-class
·adj Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate;...

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First-hand
·adj Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an <<Ag...

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First-rate
·noun A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. II. First-rate ·adj Of the high...

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First-born
Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:...

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First-fruits
The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The...

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First Postern
See Aldermanbury Postern. ...

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first-swathe
First quality; first chop. A New York word. Nothing'll serve you but a first-swathe mug, about twen...

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first rate
Of the first class or order; superior; superexcellent. An expression now in very common use, applied...

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first futtocks
Timbers in the frame of a ship which come down between the floor-timbers almost to the keel on each ...

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first watch
The men on deck-duty from 8 P.M. till midnight. ...

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quarter, first
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...

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First-born, Redemption of
From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when ...

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John, First Epistle of
The fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was evidently written by John the evangelist, a...

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Peter, First Epistle of
This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (...

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Timothy, First Epistle to
Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Lao...

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first point of aries
See aries. ...

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Peter, First Epistle Of
The external evidence of authenticity of this epistle is of the strongest kind and the internal is e...

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Corinthians, First Epistle to the
Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor. 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apost...

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First-born, Sanctification of the
A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the f...

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a buck of the first head
One who in debauchery surpasses the rest of his companions, a blood or choice spirit. There are in L...

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first quarter of the moon
See quarter, first. ...

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Corinthians, First Epistle To The
was written by the apostle St. Paul toward the close of his nearly three-years stay at Ephesus, (Act...

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Thessalonians, First Epistle To The
was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalo...

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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...

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John, The First Epistle General Of
There can be no doubt that the apostle John was the author of this epistle. It was probably written ...

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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...

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