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top-light
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Light
·noun Life; existence.
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Light
The offspring of the divine command (Gen. 1:3). "All the more joyous emotions of the mind, all the p...
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light
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Top
·noun Top-boots.
II. Top ·noun Eve; verge; point.
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top
A sort of platform placed over the head of the lower mast, from which it projects like a scaffold. T...
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Anchor light
·add. ·- The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require v...
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Arc light
·add. ·- The light of an arc lamp.
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Auld light
·add. ·- ·same·as <<Burgher>>, ·noun, 2.
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Bude light
·- A light in which high illuminating power is obtained by introducing a jet of oxygen gas or of com...
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Drummond light
·- A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, ...
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Finsen light
·add. ·- Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the...
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Light year
·add. ·- The distance over which light can travel in a year's time;
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Light-armed
·adj Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
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Light-boat
·noun Light-ship.
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Light-fingered
·adj Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts.
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Light-foot
·adj ·Alt. of Light-footed.
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Light-footed
·adj Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
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Light-handed
·adj Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
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Light-headed
·adj Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious.
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Light-hearted
·adj Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry.
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Light-heeled
·adj Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
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Light-horseman
·noun A soldier who serves in the light horse. ·see under 5th Light.
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Light-horsemen
·pl of Light-horseman.
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Light-legged
·adj Nimble; swift of foot.
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Light-minded
·adj Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
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Light-ship
·noun A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of danger...
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Light-winged
·adj Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting.
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Oxyhydrogen light
·add. ·- A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, ·esp. lime, in the oxyhydrogen fl...
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Pilot light
·add. ·- A small incandescent telltale lamp on a dynamo or battery circuit to show approximately by ...
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Zircon light
·add. ·- A light, similar to the calcium light, produced by incandescent zirconia.
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light bob
A soldier of the light infantry company.
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light-fingered
Thievish, apt to pilfer.
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light-heeled
Swift in running. A light-heeled wench; one who is apt, by the flying up of her heels, to fall flat ...
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light house
A man with a red fiery nose.
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light troops
Lice; the light troops are in full march; the lice are crawling about.
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new light
One of the new light; a methodist.
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light-horseman
n.
obsolete name for a fish;probably the fish now called a Sweep (q.v.).
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to light on
To fall on; to come to by chance; to happen to find.--Webster.
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bengal light
See blue light.
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binnacle-light
The lamp throwing light upon the compass-card.
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blue light
A pyrotechnical preparation for signals by night. Also called Bengal light.
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floating light
A vessel moored off rocks or sand-banks, hoisting lights at night.
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flying-light
The state of a ship when she has little cargo, provisions, or water on board, and is very crank.
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light, to
To move or lift anything along; as "light over to windward," the cry for helping the man at the weat...
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light airs
Unsteady and faint flaws of wind.
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light along!
Lend assistance in hauling cables, hawsers, or large ropes along, and lifting some parts in a requir...
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light-balls
Are thrown from mortars at night to discover the enemy's working parties, &c. They are composed of s...
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light bobs
The old soubriquet for light infantry (which see).
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light breezes
When light airs have become steady.
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light-handed
Short of the complement of men.
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light-horse
A name formerly given to all mounted men who were not encumbered with armour.
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light-horseman
An old name for the light boat, since called a gig. (See wallmia.)
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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...
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light infantry
Troops specially trained to the extended and rapid movements necessary to cover the manœuvres of the...
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light-port
A scuttle made for showing a light through. Also, a port in timber ships kept open until brought dee...
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light-room
In a ship-of-war, a small space parted off from the magazine, having double-glass windows for more s...
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light sails
All above the topgallant-sails; also the studding-sails and flying jib. Men-of-war carry topgallant-...
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light ship
In contradistinction to laden; a ship is said to be light when she has no cargo, or merely in ballas...
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zodiacal light
A pyramidal cone of light, apparently emanating from the rising and setting sun, commonly seen in th...
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High-top
·noun A ship's masthead.
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Top fermentation
·add. ·- An alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermen...
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Top out
·add. ·- To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top``ping-out...
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Top rake
·add. ·- The angle that the front edge of the point of a tool is set back from the normal to the sur...
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Top-armor
·noun A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.
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Top-block
·noun A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, —...
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Top-boots
·noun ·pl High boots, having generally a band of some kind of light-colored leather around the upper...
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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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Top-cloth
·noun A piece of canvas used to cover the hammocks which are lashed to the top in action to protect ...
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Top-drain
·vt To drain the surface of, as land; as, to top-drain a field or farm.
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Top-draining
·noun The act or practice of drining the surface of land.
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Top-dress
·vt To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land.
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Top-dressed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Top-dress.
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Top-dressing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Top-dress.
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Top-hamper
·noun The upper rigging, spars, ·etc., of a ship.
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Top-heavy
·adj Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part.
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Top-proud
·adj Proud to the highest degree.
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Top-rope
·noun A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.
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Top-shaped
·adj Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.
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Top-shell
·noun Any one of numerous species of marine top-shaped shells of the genus Trochus, or family Trochi...
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Top-tackle
·noun A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
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Top-timbers
·noun The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks.
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Top-tool
·noun A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on...
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Turban-top
·noun A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra...
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tip-top
The best: perhaps from fruit, that growing at the top of the tree being generally the best, as parta...
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top ropes
To sway away on all top ropes; to live riotously or extravagantly.
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to top
To cheat, or trick: also to insult: he thought to have topped upon me. Top; the signal among taylors...
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top diver
A lover of women. An old top diver; one who has loved old hat in his time.
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top lights
The eyes. Blast your top lights.
See *curse.
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top sail
He paid his debts at Portsmouth with the topsail; i.e. he went to. sea and left them unpaid. SCT sol...
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tyburn top
or FORETOP
A wig with the foretop combed over the eyes in a knowing style; such being much worn by ...
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white-top
n.
another name for Flintwood (q.v.).
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tip-top
An expression often used in common conversation, denoting the utmost degree, excellence or perfectio...
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tve-top
a garland. N.
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bell-top
A name applied to the top of a quarter-gallery, when the upper stool is hollowed away, or made like ...
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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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half-top
The mode of making ships' tops in two pieces, which are afterwards secured as a whole by what are te...
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laying-top
A conical piece of wood, having three or four scores or notches on its surface, used in rope-making ...
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round-top
A name which has obtained for modern tops, from the shape of the ancient ones. (See top.)
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top-armings
Hammocks stowed inside the rigging for the protection of riflemen.
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top-block
A large single block with an iron strop and hook, by which it is hooked into an eye-bolt under the l...
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top-castles
Castellated ledgings surrounding the mast-heads of our early ships, in which the pages to the office...
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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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top-gallant
In the Cotton MSS. this word appears as "top-garland."
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top-hamper
Any unnecessary weight either on a ship's decks or about her tops and rigging. Also, applied to flyi...
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top-lantern
, or top-light.
A large signal-lantern placed in the after-part of a top, in ships where an admira...
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top-lining
A lining on the after-part of sails, to prevent their chafing against the top-rim. Also, a platform ...
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top-mast
The second division of a mast above the deck. (See mast.)
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top-maul
A large hammer used to start the top-mast fid, and to beat down the top, when setting up topmast-rig...
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top-men
Selected smart seamen stationed in the several tops, to attend the taking in or setting of the upper...
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top-nettings
See top.
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top-rail
A rail supported on stanchions across the after-part of each of a ship's tops.
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top-riders
See upper futtocks-riders.
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top brim
The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...
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top rim or brim
The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...
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top-rope
The mast-rope employed to sway up a top-mast or topgallant-mast, in order to fix it in its place, or...
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top-sails
The second sails above the decks, extending across the top-masts, by the topsail-yards above, and by...
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top-sawyer
The leading man in any undertaking. One who excels; inasmuch as the man of most intellect guides the...
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top-side
All that part of a ship's side which is above the main-wales: that is, those strakes between the she...
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top-swivel
Once a favourite arm for ships' tops, but from the confined space and elevation rather an encumbranc...
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top-tackle
A large tackle, or properly pendant, hooked to the lower end of the top-mast top-rope, and to the de...
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top-timbers
The first general tier which reach the top are called long top-timbers, and those below short top-ti...
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troughton's top
See whirler
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Light-o'-love
·noun Hence: A light or wanton woman.
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Red-light district
·add. ·- A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent;
— so called in allusi...
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light yellow-wood
i.q. long-jack (q.v.).
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make a light
expressive pigeon-English. An aboriginal'sphrase for to look for, to find. «You been make a lightyar...
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intensity of light
The degree of brightness of a planet or comet, expressed as a number varying with the distance of th...
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light water-draught
The depth of water which a vessel draws when she is empty, or nearly so.
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light water-line
The line showing the depression of the ship's body in the water when just launched, or quite unladen...
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saint elmo's light
See compasant.
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top-knot pigeon
n.
an Australian bird, Lopholaimus antarcticus, Shaw.
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long top-timbers
See long timbers
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lop and top
The top and branches of a felled tree.
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main-top bowline
The bowline of the main-topsail. It is used to haul the weather-leech forward when on a wind, which ...
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reefed top-mast
When a top-mast is sprung in or near the cap, the lower piece is cut off, and a new fid-hole cut, by...
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top burton-tackle
See burton.
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top-sail haul!
or main-topsail haul!
When the main-sail is not set, this is the order given to haul the after-yar...
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top-tackle pendant
The pendant used with the above. The top-mast is swayed up by a top-rope or hawser. The pendant, whi...
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top-timber breadth
The distance between the upper part of the same timber and the middle line.
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top-timber hollow
A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber.
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top your boom
See boom.
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top-rider futtocks
These timbers stand nearly the same as breadth-riders, and very much strengthen the top-side.
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white boot-top
A painted white line carried fore and aft on the hammock-netting base. It gives a longer appearance ...
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hands reef top-sails!
The order to reef by all hands, instead of the watch, or watch and idlers.
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sprit-sail top-sail
A sail extended above the sprit-sail by a yard, which hung under the jib-boom.
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top a boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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top a yard or boom, to
To raise up one end of it by hoisting on the lift, as the spanker-boom is lifted before setting the ...
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top-gallant quarter-boards
, or top-gallant bulwarks.
See quarter-boards.
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top the glim, to
To snuff the candle.
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top the officer, to
To arrogate superiority.
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