Stop order | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Related Words

Stop
·vi To cease from any motion, or course of action. II. Stop ·vt To make fast; to <<Stopper>>. III....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
to stop
To visit; to stay; as, 'When you come to New York, stop with me instead of going to a hotel.' Those...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
stop
A small projection on the outside of the cheeks of a lower mast, at the upper parts of the hounds. A...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Order
·vi To give orders; to issue commands. II. Order ·noun A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Long-stop
·noun One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Stop-gap
·noun That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Stop-over
·add. ·noun Act or privilege of stopping over. II. Stop-over ·adj Permitting one to stop over; as, ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
stop her!
An order to check the cable in being payed out. Also, a self-explanatory phrase to direct the engine...

The Sailor's Word-Book
stop-water
Anything tending to impede the sailing of a ship, by towing overboard. Also, a name for particular t...

The Sailor's Word-Book
crack-order
High regularity. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
marching order
A soldier fully equipped with arms, ammunition, and a portion of his kit, carries from 30 to 35 lbs....

The Sailor's Word-Book
open order
Any distance ordered to be preserved among ships, exceeding a cable's length. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
order arms!
The word of command, with muskets or carbines, to bring the butt to the ground, the piece vertical a...

The Sailor's Word-Book
order-book
A book kept for the purpose of copying such occasional successive orders as the admiral, or senior o...

The Sailor's Word-Book
stiffening order
A custom-house warrant for making a provision in the shipping of goods, before the whole inward carg...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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
apple-pie order
An expression used in familiar conversation, denoting perfect order. It is used alike in England and...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
take order for
to provide for or against any thing. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
apple-pie order
A strange but not uncommon term for a ship in excellent condition and well looked to. Neat and order...

The Sailor's Word-Book
night order-book
A document of some moment, as it contains the captain's behests about change of course, &c., and oug...

The Sailor's Word-Book
order of battle
The arranging of ships or troops so as to engage the enemy to the best advantage. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
order of sailing
See sailing, order of. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
sailing, order of
The general disposition of a fleet of ships when proceeding on a voyage or an expedition. It is gene...

The Sailor's Word-Book
stop the vent, to
To close it hermetically by pressing the thumb to it. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
forming the order of sailing
See sailing, order of. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book