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• first rate

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Rate

  ·noun Order; arrangement. II. Rate ·noun Ratification; approval. III. Rate ·vt To <<Ratify>>. IV....

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• rate

  A tariff or customs roll. Also, the six orders into which the ships of war were divided in the navy,...

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• First

  ·adj Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others. II. First ·adj Most eminent or exalted; m...

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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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• Second-rate

  ·adj Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a secon...

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• Water rate

  ·- A rate or tax for a supply of water. ...

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• chronometer rate

  The number of seconds or parts of seconds which it loses or gains per diem. (See rating.) ...

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• sea-rate

  The going of a chronometer as established on board, instead of that supplied from the shore. This ma...

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• second-rate

  Vessels of seventy-four guns (on the old scale). ...

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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-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 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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• rate a chronometer, to

  To determine its daily gaining or losing rate on mean time. ...

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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...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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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