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Sheet
·vt the book itself.
II. Sheet ·vt To expand, as a sheet.
III. Sheet ·vt A <<Sail>>.
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sheet
A rope or chain fastened to one or both the lower corners of a sail, to extend and retain the clue d...
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Chain
·noun The warp threads of a web.
II. Chain ·vt To measure with the chain.
III. Chain ·vt To unite ...
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Chain
1) A part of the insignia of office. A chain of gold was placed about Joseph's neck (Gen. 41:42); an...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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chain
When mountains, hills, lakes, and islands are linked together, or follow each other in succession, s...
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Chain
Chains were used,
• As badges of office;
• For ornament;
• For confining prisoners.
• the gold c...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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cable-sheet, sheet-cable
The spare bower cable belonging to a ship. Sheet is deemed stand-by, and is also applied to its anch...
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Sheet anchor
·vt Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.
II. Sheet...
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Sheet cable
·- The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
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deck-sheet
That sheet of a studding-sail which leads directly to the deck, by which it is steadied until set; i...
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flowing-sheet
In sailing free or large, is the position of the sheets or lower clues of the principal sails when t...
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sheet-anchor
One of four bower anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rig...
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sheet-bend
A sort of double hitch, made by passing the end of one rope through the bight of another, round both...
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sheet-cable
A hempen cable used when riding in deep water, where the weight of a chain cable would oppress a shi...
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sheet-copper
Copper rolled out into sheets, for the sheathing of ships' bottoms, &c.
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sheet-fish
The Silurus glanis, a large fish found in many European rivers and lakes.
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sheet home!
The order, after the sails are loosed, to extend the sheets to the outer extremities of the yards, t...
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Block chain
·add. ·- A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted ...
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Brequet chain
·- A watch-guard.
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Chain pump
·- A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dip...
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Chain stitch
·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain;
— used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.
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Chain tie
·add. ·- A tie consisting of a series of connected iron bars or rods.
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Chain wheel
·- A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.
II. Chain wheel ·- An inversion of the chain pump, by which i...
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Crotch chain
·add. ·- A form of tackle for loading a log sideways on a sled, skidway, ·etc.
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Gunter's chain
·- The chain ordinarily used in measuring land. ·see <<Chain>>, ·noun, 4, and Gunter's scale.
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Safety chain
·add. ·- A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in ...
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Top-chain
·noun A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the rope...
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Paul's Chain
North out of Carter Lane to St. Paul's Churchyard. In Castle Baynard Ward (O.S.1880).
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golden-chain
n.
another name for the Laburnum (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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chain-bolt
A large bolt to secure the chains of the dead-eyes through the toe-link, for the purpose of securing...
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chain-cables
Are not new; Cæsar found them on the shores of the British Channel. In 1818 I saw upwards of eighty ...
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chain-hook
An iron rod with a handling-eye at one end, and a hook at the other, for hauling the chain-cables ab...
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chain-pipe
An aperture through which a chain-cable passes from the chain-well to the deck above.
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chain-plates
Plates of iron with their lower ends bolted to the ship's sides under the channels, and to these pla...
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chain-pump
This is composed of two long metal tubes let down through the decks somewhat apart from each other, ...
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chain-shot
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
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chain-slings
Chains attached to the sling-hoop and mast-head, by which a lower yard is hung. Used for boat or any...
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chain-stopper
There are various kinds of stoppers for chain-cables, mostly acting by clamping or compression.
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chain, top
A chain to sling the lower yards in time of battle, to prevent them from falling down when the ropes...
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chain-well
, or locker
A receptacle below deck for containing the chain-cable, which is passed thither throug...
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top-chain
A chain to sling the yards in time of battle, in case of the ropes by which they are hung being shot...
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fore-sheet horse
An iron bar fastened at its ends athwart the deck before the mast of a sloop, for the foresail-sheet...
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fore-sheet traveller
An iron ring which traverses along on the fore-sheet horse of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
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give her sheet
The order to ease off; give her rope.
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tack or sheet
A man's saying that he will not start tack or sheet implies resolution.
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topsail-sheet bitts
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed.
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Side-chain theory
·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...
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chain-cable compressor
A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...
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chain-cable controller
A contrivance for the prevention of one part of the chain riding on another while heaving in.
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chain-cable shackles
Used for coupling the parts of a chain-cable at various lengths, so that they may be disconnected wh...
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short-linked chain
A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...
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haul aft a sheet
To pull it in more towards the stern, so as to trim the sail nearer to the wind.
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sheet in the wind
Half intoxicated; as the sail trembles and is unsteady, so is a drunken man.
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sprit-sail sheet knot
May be crowned and walled, or double-walled, and is often used as a stopper-knot.
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midshipman's watch and chain
A sheep's heart and pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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watch, chain, and seals
A sheep's head And pluck.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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testing a chain-cable
Trying its strength by the hydraulic machine, which strains it beyond what it is likely to undergo w...
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gather aft a sheet, to
to pull it in, by hauling in slack.
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standing part of a sheet
That part which is secured to a ring at the ship's bow, quarter, side, &c.
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Chain Alley, Cooper's Row, Aldgate
See Gould Square.
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fore-ganger of the chain bower cables
Is a length of 15 fathoms of stouter chain, in consequence of greater wear and tear near the anchor,...
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