Shirt-waist suit | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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Shirt waist
·add. ·- A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children;...

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Shirt
·vt & ·vi To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. II. Shirt ·noun A loose under-garmen...

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Suit
·noun Regular order; succession. II. Suit ·noun The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit....

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Waist
·noun A girdle or belt for the waist. II. Waist ·noun A garment, or part of a garment, which covers...

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waist
That portion of the main deck of a ship of war, contained between the fore and main hatchways, or be...

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shirt-band
a band. N. ...

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purser's shirt
"Like a purser's shirt on a handspike;" a comparison for clothes fitting loosely. ...

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Established suit
·add. ·- A plain suit in which a player (or side) could, except for trumping, take tricks with all h...

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deep-waist
That part of the open skids between the main and fore drifts in men-of-war. It also relates to the r...

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waist-anchor
An additional or spare anchor stowed before the chess-tree. (See spare anchor.) ...

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waist-boards
The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...

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waist-cloths
The painted canvas coverings of the hammocks which are stowed in the waist-nettings. ...

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waist-nettings
The hammock-nettings between the quarter-deck and forecastle. ...

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waist-rail
The channel-rail or moulding of the ship's side. ...

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waist-tree
Another name for rough-tree (which see). ...

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birth-day suit
He was in his birth-day suit, that is, stark naked. ...

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to suit to at
To suit or fit exactly. This old English phrase is often used by ourselves in colloquial language. ...

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suit of sails
The whole of the sails required to be bent for a vessel. ...

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