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Cap
·vt To deprive of cap.
II. Cap ·noun A covering for the head.
III. Cap ·vt To salute by removing t...
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to cap
1) To take one's oath. I will cap downright; I will swear home. CANT.
2) To take off one's hat or c...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to cap
To excel; to surpass. Ex. To cap all. Used in familiar language in New England. Mr. Hartshorne, in h...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cap
, cob
head, chief, or master. Cumb.
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cap
A strong thick block of wood having two large holes through it, the one square, the other round, use...
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Service
·noun The act of serving the ball.
II. Service ·- ·Alt. of Service.
III. Service ·noun Hence, a mu...
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service
The profession; as a general term, expresses every kind of duty which a naval or military man can be...
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Bishop's cap
·- A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.
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Flat-cap
·noun A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London aft...
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Phrygian cap
·add. ·- A close-fitting cap represented in Greek art as worn by Orientals, assumed to have been con...
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cap acquaintance
Persons slightly acquainted, or only so far as mutually to salute with the hat on meeting. A woman w...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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custard cap
The cap worn by the sword-bearer of the city of London, made hollow at the top like a custard.
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hum cap
Very old and strong beer, called also stingo.
See stingo.
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trencher cap
The square cap worn by the collegians. at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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bowsprit-cap
The crance or cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses.
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cap, to
To puzzle or beat in argument. To salute by touching the head-covering, as Shakspeare makes Iago's f...
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cap-scuttle
A framing composed of coamings and head-ledges raised above the deck, with a top which shuts closely...
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cap-shore
A supporting spar between the cap and the trestle-tree.
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cap-square
The clamp of iron which shuts over the trunnions of a gun to secure them to the carriage, having a c...
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monmouth cap
A flat worsted cap formerly worn by soldiers and sailors. In the old play Eastward Ho, it is said, "...
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night-cap
Warm grog taken just before turning in.
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priest's-cap
An outwork which has three salient angles at the head and two inwards.
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sea-cap
The white drift or breaks of a wave. White horses of trades.
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Bond service
·- The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.
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Bord service
·- Service due from a bordar; bordage.
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Knight service
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Knight's service.
II. Knight service ·- A tenure of lands held by knights on cond...
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Knight's service
·add. ·- Service such as a knight can or should render; hence, good or valuable service.
II. Knight...
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Secret service
·add. ·- The detective service of a government. In the United States, in time of peace the bureau of...
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Service hat
·add. ·- A cap or hat worn by officers or enlisted men when full-dress uniform, or dress uniform, is...
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Service uniform
·add. ·- The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dr...
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recruiting service
Robbing on the highway.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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service-berry
A wild fruit common to the British provinces in America, described by Sir Geo. Simpson as "a sort of...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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active service
Duty against an enemy; operations in his presence. Or in the present day it denotes serving on full-...
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divine service
Ordered by the articles of war, whenever the weather on a Sunday will allow of it.
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foreign service
Vessels or forces stationed in any part of the world out of the United Kingdom. The opposite of home...
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grab service
Country vessels first employed by the Bombay government against the pirates; afterwards erected into...
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home-service
The Channel service; any force, either naval or military, stationed in and about the United Kingdom....
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long-service
A cable properly served to prevent chafing under particular use.
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merchant service
The mercantile marine.
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preventive service
The establishment of coast-guards at numerous stations along the shores of the United Kingdom for th...
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short-service
Chafing geer put on a hemp cable for a short range.
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to cap the climax
is to surpass everything. A letter from Mexico, in speaking of the excesses of the American soldiers...
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Civil Service Commission
·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...
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Civil Service Reform
·add. ·- The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of...
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Public-service corporation
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Quasi-public corporation.
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continuous service men
Those seamen who, having entered for a period, on being paid off, are permitted to have leave, and r...
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mend the service
Put on more service to the cable, or any part of the rigging chafed.
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points of service
The principal details of duty, which ought to be executed with zeal and alacrity.
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Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill
See Swan and Hoop Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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to set her cap for him
To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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training-ship for the merchant service
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...
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