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Jaw
·noun A notch or opening. II. Jaw ·noun Impudent or abusive talk. III. Jaw ·noun In the plural, th...

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jaw
Speech, discourse. Give us none of your jaw; let us have none of your discourse. A jaw-me-dead; a ta...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
jaw
In low language, gross abuse.--Johnson. TO JAW To scold; to clamor; to abuse grossly.--Todd. He n...

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jaw
The inner, hollowed, semicircular end of a gaff or boom, which presses against the mast; the points ...

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Fall
·vt To belong or appertain. II. Fall ·noun The act of felling or cutting down. III. Fall ·noun Dea...

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fall
The fall of the leaf; autumn; the time when the leaves drop from the trees.--Todd's Johnson. Webster...

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fall
A vertical descent of a river through a narrow rocky pass, or over a ledge, to the impediment of nav...

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fall! a fall!
The cry to denote that the harpoon has been effectively delivered into the body of a whale. ...

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Jaw-fallen
·adj Dejected; chopfallen. ...

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Locked-jaw
·noun ·see <<Lockjaw>>. ...

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Lumpy-jaw
·add. ·- <<Actinomycosis>>. ...

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Jaw-bone
Of an ass afforded Samson a weapon for the great slaughter of the Philistines (Judg. 15:15), in whic...

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jaw-breakers
Hard and infrequent words. ...

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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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jaw parrels
See parrel with ribs and trucks ...

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jaw-piece
See rolling-chock ...

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To-fall
·noun A lean-to. ·see Lean-to. ...

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fair-fall
fare-well. Lane. ...

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cat-fall
The rope rove for the cat-purchase, by which the anchor is raised to the cat-head or catted. ...

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fall, to
A town or fortress is said to fall when it is compelled to surrender to besiegers. ...

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fall cloud
See stratus. ...

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fall-wind
A sudden gust. ...

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land-fall
Making the land. "A good land-fall" signifies making the land at or near the place to which the cour...

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let fall!
The order to drop a sail loosed from its gaskets, in order to set it. ...

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loose fall
The losing of a whale after an apparently good opportunity for striking it. ...

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tackle-fall
The part hauled upon in any tackle, simple or compound. ...

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wind-fall
A violent gust of wind rushing from coast-ranges and mountains to the sea. Also, some piece of good ...

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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens. ...

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jaw-me-down
An arrogant, overbearing, and unsound loud arguer. ...

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Fall of man
An expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revol...

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fall astern, to
To lessen a ship's way so as to allow another to get ahead of her. To be driven backwards. ...

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fall back, to
To recede from any position previously occupied. ...

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fall calm, to
Speaking of the weather, implies a total cessation of the wind. ...

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fall down, to
To sail, drift, or be towed to some lower part nearer a river's mouth or opening. ...

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fall in, to
The order to form, or take assigned places in ranks. (See assembly.) ...

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fall of tide
An ebb. ...

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fall out, to
To increase in breadth. Among soldiers and small-arm men, to quit the ranks of a company. ...

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jaw of a block
The space in the shell where the sheave revolves. ...

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fall aboard of, to
To strike another vessel, or have a collision with it. Usually applied to the motion of a disabled s...

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fall foul of, to
To reprimand severely. (See fall aboard of, to.) ...

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fall in with, to
To meet, when speaking of a ship; to discover, when speaking of the land. ...

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