·add. ·- ·Alt. of Ripper bill.
·noun Anything huge, extreme, startling, ·etc. II. Ripper ·noun One who, or that which, rips; a rip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a higgler, pedder, dorsser, or badger. S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
·vi To perform on the stage; to represent a character. II. Act ·vt To feign or counterfeit; to <<Si...
·noun A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the othe...
·add. ·- An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of...
On this document the Articles of War are founded. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The going on shore without leave, and which though thus termed new, is an old trick. ...
·add. ·- Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, ...
·add. ·- A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of ac...
A military term for small beer, five pints of which, by an act of parliament, a landlord was formerl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Must be united in admiralty law. ...
The decision of the court or judge on the verdict, or the overruling of the court on a point of law....
This comprehends all sudden accidents arising from physical causes, as distinguished from human agen...
An act of parliament for a general and free pardon to deserters from the service and others. ...
A statute of Charles II., the object of which was to meet and prevent certain practices by which the...
Ordained that the officers and sailors on board every ship and vessel of war shall have the sole pro...