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Glass
·vt To case in glass.
II. Glass ·vt Anything made of glass.
III. Glass ·vt A looking-glass; a mirr...
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Glass
Was known to the Egyptians at a very early period of their national history, at least B.C. 1500. Var...
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glass
The usual appellation for a telescope (see the old sea song of Lord Howard's capture of Barton the p...
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Glass
The Hebrew word occurs only in (Job 28:17) where in the Authorized Version it is rendered "crystal."...
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Rope
·vt To lasso (a steer, horse).
II. Rope ·noun The small intestines; as, the ropes of birds.
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rope
v. tr.
to catch a horse or bullock with a noosedrope. It comes from the Western United States, wher...
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rope
Is composed of hemp, hide, wire, or other stuff, spun into yarns and strands, which twisted together...
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Egg-glass
·noun A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a smal...
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Flint glass
·- A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is...
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Glass maker
·noun ·Alt. of <<Glassmaker>>.
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Glass-crab
·noun The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for i...
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Glass-faced
·adj Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
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Glass-gazing
·adj Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical.
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Glass-snail
·noun A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
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Glass-snake
·noun A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States;
— so called f...
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Glass-sponge
·noun A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera;
— so called from their glassy ...
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Looking-glass
·noun A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as qui...
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Millefiore glass
·- Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass;
— used for pa...
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Muscovy glass
·- Mica; muscovite. ·see <<Mica>>.
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Prism glass
·add. ·- Glass with one side smooth and the other side formed into sharp-edged ridges so as to refle...
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Water glass
·add. ·- A water gauge for a steam boiler.
II. Water glass ·add. ·- A <<Clepsydra>>.
III. Water gl...
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Glass House
In the centre of Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 to Elmes...
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Glass Sellers
Incorporated with looking-glass makers 1664.
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glass eyes
A nick name for one wearing spectacles.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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looking-glass
A chamber pot, jordan, or member mug.
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mum glass
The monument erected on Fish-street Hill, London, in memory of the great fire in 1666.
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seeing-glass
a mirror, or looking-glass. N
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falling glass
When the mercury of the barometer is sinking in the tube.
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field-glass
A telescope, frequently so termed. Also, the binocular or opera-glass, used for field-work, night-wo...
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glass clear?
Is the sand out of the upper part? asked previously to turning it, on throwing the log.
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hour-glass
The sand-glass: a measure of the hour.
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index-glass
A plane speculum, or mirror of quick-silvered glass, which moves with the index, and is designed to ...
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kenning-glass
A hand spy-glass or telescope.
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log-glass
The sand-glass used at heaving the log to obtain the rate of sailing. It is a 28 seconds glass for s...
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sand glass
See short-time
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weather-glass
A familiar term for the barometer.
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Drag rope
·add. ·- A guide rope.
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Guess rope
·- A guess warp.
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Guest rope
·- The line by which a boat makes fast to the swinging boom.
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Guide rope
·add. ·- A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its len...
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Rope-yarn
·noun the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made.
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Top-rope
·noun A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
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Trail rope
·add. ·- ·same·as Guide rope, above.
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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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back-rope
The rope-pendant, or small chain for staying the dolphin-striker. Also a piece long enough to reach ...
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bell-rope
A short rope spliced round a thimble in the eye of the bell-crank, with a double wall-knot crowned a...
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boat-rope
A separate rope veered to the boat to be towed at the ship's stern.
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bolt-rope
A rope sewed all round the edge of the sail, to prevent the canvas from tearing. The bottom part of ...
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breast-rope
The lashing or laniard of the yard-parrels. (See also horse.) Also, the bight of a mat-worked band f...
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bucket-rope
That which is tied to a bucket for drawing water up from alongside.
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buoy-rope
The rope which attaches the buoy to the anchor, which should always be of sufficient strength to lif...
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cant-rope
See four-cant.
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cat-rope
A line for hauling the cat-hook about: also cat-back-rope, which hauls the block to the ring of the ...
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chest-rope
The same with the guest or gift rope, and is added to the boat-rope when the boat is towed astern of...
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clue-rope
In large sails, the eye or loop at the clues is made of a rope larger than the bolt-rope into which ...
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davit-rope
The lashing which secures the davit to the shrouds when out of use.
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foot-rope
The rope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed. (See bolt-rope.)
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foul rope
A rope entangled or unfit for immediate use.
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gift-rope
[synonymous with guest-rope].
A rope for boats at the guest-warp boom.
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grapnel-rope
That which is bent to the grapnel by which a boat rides, now substituted by chain.
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guess-rope
See guess-warp
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head-rope
That part of the bolt-rope which terminates any sail on the upper edge, and to which it is according...
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heel-rope
That which hauls out the bowsprit in cutters, and the jib and studding-sail booms, or anything else ...
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jaw-rope
A line attached to the horns of the jaws to prevent the gaff from coming off the mast. It is usually...
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kedge-rope
The rope which belongs to the kedge-anchor, and restrains the vessel from driving over her bower-anc...
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keel-rope
A coarse rope formerly used for cleaning the limber-holes.
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leech-rope
A name given to that vertical part of the bolt-rope to which the border or edge of a sail is sewed. ...
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manilla rope
A valuable cordage made in the Philippines, which, not being subject to rot, does not require to be ...
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mast-rope
[Anglo-Saxon mæst-ràp]. That which is used for sending masts up or down.
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parrel-rope
Is formed of a single rope well served, and fitted with an eye at each end; this being passed round ...
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rope-bands
Small plaited lines rove through the eyelet holes with a running eye, by which the head of a sail, a...
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rope-house
A long building in a dockyard, where ropes are made.
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rope-ladder
Such as hangs over the stern, to enable men to go into boats, &c.
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rope-maker
A first-class petty officer in the navy.
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rope-yarn
The smallest and simplest part of any rope, being one of the large threads of hemp or other stuff, s...
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shroud-rope
A finer quality of hawser-laid rope than is commonly used for other purposes. It is also termed purc...
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slip-rope
A rope passed through anything in such a manner that it will render or may be slipped instantaneousl...
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slue-rope
A rope peculiarly applied for turning a spar or other object in a required direction.
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swab-rope
A line bent to the eye of a swab for dipping it overboard in washing it.
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top-rope
The mast-rope employed to sway up a top-mast or topgallant-mast, in order to fix it in its place, or...
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white-rope
Rope which has not been tarred. Manilla, coir, and some other ropes, do not require tarring.
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wire-rope
Rigging made of iron wire galvanized, and laid up like common cordage.
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yard-rope
Is only used for temporary purposes; the most usual application of the term is that by which a yard ...
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Claude Lorraine glass
·- A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landsc...
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Lady's looking-glass
·- ·see Venus's looking-glass, under <<Venus>>.
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Sea of glass
A figurative expression used in Rev. 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, "this ca...
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cheat the glass
See flogging the glass.
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flogging the glass
Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...
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half-minute glass
See glass.
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turn the glass
The order in throwing the log when the stray line is payed out.
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buoy-rope knot
Used where the end is lashed to the shank. A knot made by unlaying the strands of a cable-laid rope,...
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cable-laid rope
Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope. Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand rope...
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hawser-laid rope
Is rope made in the usual way, being three or four strands of yarns laid up right-handed, or with th...
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laying a rope
Arranging the yarns for the strands, and then the strands for making a rope, or cable.
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right-hand rope
That which is laid up and twisted with the sun, that is to the right hand; the term is opposed to wa...
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rope of sand
A term borrowed from a Greek proverb signifying attempting impossibilities; without cohesion. Said o...
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water-laid rope
The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.
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Glass House Yard, Blackfriars
Between Church Entry, Playhouse Yard and Water Lane, south of Apothecaries' Hall, in Farringdon Ward...
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every rope an-end
The order to coil down the running rigging, or braces and bowlines, after tacking, or other evolutio...
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lay of a rope
The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.
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loose a rope, to
To cast it off, or let it go.
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Glass House Yard, Aldersgate Street
In Pickax Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). In parish of St. Botolph without Aldersgate, 36 Cha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard
West out of Princes Street and north to Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732-Elmes, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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double-bank a rope, to
To clap men on both sides.
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standing part of a rope
The part which is made fast to the mast, deck, or block, in contradistinction to that which is pulle...
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