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Sight
·vi To take aim by a sight.
II. Sight ·vt The instrument of seeing; the eye.
III. Sight ·vt A spec...
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sight
1) A great many.--Brockett, Glossary. A sight of people, is a great multitude. A sight of things, a ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Hole
·vi To go or get into a hole.
II. Hole ·adj <<Whole>>.
III. Hole ·noun To drive into a hole, as an...
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Hole
1) (la Hole)
Tenement of Alice de Mondene called "la Hole" in parish of St. Owyn, 1322 (Ct. H.W. I....
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hole
hollow, deep ; a hole-dish, a deep dish, opposed to shallow. N.
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hole
A clear open space amongst ice in the Arctic seas.
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Breech sight
·- A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sig...
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Long-sight
·noun Long-sightedness.
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Peep sight
·add. ·- An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rif...
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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
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Sight-seeing
·noun The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
II. Sight-seeing ·adj Engag...
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Sight-seer
·noun One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
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Sight-shot
·noun Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Telescopic sight
·add. ·- A sight consisting of a small telescope, as on a compass or rifle.
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plaguy sight
This is a very common expression in the colloquial language of New England, and means, a great deal....
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breech-sight
The notch cut on the base ring of a gun.
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chase-sight
Where the sight is usually placed.
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close-sight
The notch in the base-ring of a cannon, to place the eye in a line with the top-sight.
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dispart-sight
A gun-sight fixed on the top of the second reinforce-ring about the middle of the piece for point-bl...
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gun-sight
See disparting a gun, or sights.
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millar's sight
General Millar's simple dispart a sliding pillar bearing a scale graduated to tangents of degrees fo...
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sight-vanes
See vanes.
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Air hole
·- A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
II. Air hole ·- A hole to admit o...
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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom;
— now commonly with allusio...
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Cat-hole
·noun One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
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Hand-hole
·noun A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, ·etc.
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Peeping hole
·- ·see <<Peephole>>.
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Pit-hole
·noun A pit; a pockmark.
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Teaze-hole
·noun The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.
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Cat's Hole
East out of Little Tower Hill to St. Katherine's New Court (Horwood, 1799, and Lockie, 1816).
Earli...
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Gally Hole
See Gully Hole.
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Gully Hole
South from Thames Street to the river. In Bridge Ward Within, west of London Bridge (O. and M. 1677-...
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crab-hole
n.
a hole leading into a pit-likeburrow, made originally by a burrowing crayfish, and oftenafterwar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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melon-hole
n.
a kind of honey-combing of thesurface in the interior plains, dangerous to horsemen, ascribedto ...
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namma hole
n.
a native well. Nammais an aboriginal word for a woman's breast.
1893. `The Australasian,' Augus...
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soak-hole
n.
an enclosed place in a streamin which sheep are washed.
1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queens...
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water-hole
n.
The word pond is seldomused in Australia. Any pond, natural or artificial, is calleda Water-hole...
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wombat-hole
n.
hole made by Wombat (q.v.).
1891. Mrs. Cross (Ada Cambridge), `The Three Miss Kings,'p. 181:
«...
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cubby-hole
A snug place for a child. Common to various English dialects.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. Seldom hear...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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placket-hole
a pocket-hole. York. From the Scots.
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black-hole
A place of solitary confinement for soldiers, and tried in some large ships.
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eilet-hole
[Fr. œillet]. Refer to eyelet-holes.
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gammoning-hole
A mortise-opening cut through the knee of the head, between the cheeks, through which the gammoning ...
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lubber's hole
The vacant space between the head of a lower-mast and the edge of the top, so termed from timid clim...
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man-hole
The aperture, secured by a door, in the upper part of a steam-boiler, which allows a person to enter...
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mud-hole
An orifice with steam-tight doors in a marine engine, through which the deposit is removed from the ...
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nave-hole
The hole in the centre of a gun-truck for receiving the end of the axle-tree.
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sheave-hole
A channel cut in masts, yards, or timber, in which to fix a sheave, and answering the place of a blo...
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stoke-hole
A scuttle in the deck of a steamer to admit fuel for the engine. Also, the space for the men to stan...
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touch-hole
The small aperture at the end of a musket or pistol, by which the fire of the priming was communicat...
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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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least in sight
To play least in sight; to hide, keep out of the way, or make one's self scarce.
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to heave in sight
To come in sight; to appear. This nautical phrase appears to have originated in the fact that an app...
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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
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hove-in-sight
The anchor in view. Also, a sail just discovered.
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Churchyard Alley Hole
At the south end of Churchyard Alley adjoining the Water Works on the west side of Old London Bridge...
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stop hole abbey
The nick name of the chief rendzvous of the canting crew of beggars, gypsies, cheats, thieves, &c. &...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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water his hole
A saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the s...
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heave and in sight
A notice given by the boatswain to the crew when the anchor is drawn up so near the surface of the w...
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sight the anchor, to
To heave it up in sight, in order to prove that it is clear, when, from the ship having gone over it...
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Le Hole Bole, Honey Lane
A messuage, of such a sign, in the parish of All Hallows Honey Lane, in Cheap Ward. Near Blossom Inn...
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Nan's Hole or Yard
In Angel Street, St. Martin's le Grand (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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notch-sight of a gun
A sight having a V-shaped notch, wherein the eye easily finds the lowest or central point.
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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810).
Named after the public house so called.
The name is said to...
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