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rope's end
The termination of a fall, and should be pointed or whipped. Formerly much used for illegal punishme...
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ropes
Upon the high ropes; elated, in high spirits, cock-a-hoop.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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ropes
A general name given to all the cordage above one inch in circumference used in rigging a ship; but ...
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End
·vt To <<Destroy>>; to put to death.
II. End ·noun One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brusse...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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End-
·- A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.
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End
In Heb. 13:7, is the rendering of the unusual Greek word ekbasin, meaning "outcome", i.e., death. It...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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end for end
Reversing cordage, casks, logs, spars, &c.
To shift a rope end for end, as in a tackle, the fall i...
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high ropes
To be on the high ropes; to be in a passion.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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top ropes
To sway away on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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high ropes
'Upon the high ropes;' i. e. elated; in high spirits.--Grose, Prov. Dict.
To be on the high ropes; ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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awning-ropes
The ridge and side ropes for securing the awning.
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bending ropes
, is to join them together with a bowline knot, and then make their own ends fast upon themselves; n...
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dead-ropes
Those which do not run in any block.
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drag-ropes
Those used in the artillery by the men in pulling the gun backwards and forwards in practice and in ...
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side-ropes
See entering-ropes
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entering-ropes
, or side-ropes.
Three are sometimes used to aid in climbing the ship's side. They hang from the u...
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foot-ropes
Those stretching under the yards and jib-booms for the men to stand on; they are the same with horse...
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hook-ropes
A rope 6 or 8 fathoms long, with a hook and thimble spliced at one end, and whipped at the other: it...
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port-ropes
Those by which the ports are hauled up and suspended.
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ridge-ropes
, are of various kinds. Thus the centre-rope of an awning, and those along the rigging to which it i...
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ring-ropes
Ropes rove through the ring of the anchor, to haul the cable through it, in order to bend or make it...
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ropes, high
♦ On the high ropes. To be ceremonious, upstart, invested with brief authority.
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tiller-ropes
The ropes which form a communication between the end of the tiller and the barrel of the wheel; they...
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weather-ropes
An early term for those which were tarred.
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wheel-ropes
Ropes rove through a block on each side of the deck, and led round the barrel of the steering-wheel....
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By-end
·noun Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.
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End-all
·noun Complete termination.
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Week-end
·add. ·noun The end of the week; specif., though loosely, the period observed commonly as a holiday,...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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fiddlestick's end
Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fore-end
the beginning of a week, month, or year. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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gable-end
of a building, the end wall. General. See Baxter's Glossary, p. 1.
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pugging-end
(of a house)
the gable end. Devonsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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tacking-end
shoemaker's end.
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t'on-end
upright. It mult be set a t'on end. My wife keeps a t'on end yet : i. e. she is not brought to bed y...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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after-end
The stern of a ship, or anything in her which has that end towards the stern.
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an-end
The position of any spar when erected perpendicularly to the deck. The top-masts are said to be an-e...
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bitter-end
That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at a...
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butt-end
The shoulder part of a fire-lock.
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end-on
Said particularly of a ship when only her bows and head-sails are to be seen, but generally used in ...
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fag-end
Is the end of any rope. This term is also applied to the end of a rope when it has become untwisted....
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on end
The same as an-end (which see). Top-masts and topgallant-masts are on end, when they are in their pl...
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well-end
See pump-foot.
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Pope Lane End
According to Stow the parish church of saint Anne in the willowes lay on the north side of this lane...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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dead-on-end
The wind blowing directly adverse to the vessel's intended course.
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right on end
In a continuous line; as the masts should be.
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end of a trench
The place where the trenches are opened.
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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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marry, to, the ropes, braces, or falls
To hold both together, and by pressure haul in both equally. Also so to join the ends of two ropes, ...
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little end of the horn
'To come out at the little end of the horn,' is said when a ridiculously small effect has been produ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Left by Thomas Hinde, 1635, to the parson and churchwardens of the parish (End. Ch. St. Peter, 1903, p. 2).
No later mention.
Named after an owner or builder.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.