·add. ·- ·Alt. of Floating lien.
·noun Weight; import; value. II. Charge ·vt <<Harm>>. III. Charge ·vt Heed; care; anxiety; trouble...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The proportional quantity of powder and ball wherewith a gun is loaded for execution. The rules for ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun The second coat of three-coat plastering. II. Floating ·noun Floating threads. ·see Floating ...
·noun A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of...
·vt To <<Overcharge>>. II. Double-charge ·vt To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. ...
A document delivered with the purser's accounts respecting provisions. ...
·add. ·- A charge, lien, ·etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from ...
See campbell's academy. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The hulks. ...
A simple machine consisting of a fourfold canvas, stretched by two cross-bars of iron, rivetted in t...
A vessel expressly fitted for action in harbours or sheltered waters, having heavier offensive and d...
An old ship fitted up in a commercial port for the purpose of public Worship. ...
A passage formed across a river or creek by means of bridges of boats, as over the Douro, Rhine, &c....
(See frapping a ship.) A term for the old 10-gun brigs. ...
A caisson used instead of gates for a dry-dock. ...
See caisson. ...
A vessel moored off rocks or sand-banks, hoisting lights at night. ...
As the stage at Liverpool. ...
For caulkers, painters, &c. ...
Ramming home the loading of a piece of ordnance. ...
A modified camel (which see). ...
To diminish the contents of a cartridge, sometimes requisite during heavy firing. ...