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Trip
·noun A flock of widgeons.
II. Trip ·noun A troop of men; a host.
III. Trip ·noun A small piece; a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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trip
A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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trip
An outward-bound passage or short voyage, particularly in the coasting trade. It also denotes a sing...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hammer
·noun The <<Malleus>>.
II. Hammer ·vt To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
III. Ha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer
1) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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hammer
The shipwright's hammer is a well-known tool for driving nails and clenching bolts, differing from h...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Tray-trip
·noun An old game played with dice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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tray trip
An ancient game like Scotch hop, played on a pavement marked out with chalk into different compartme...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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a-trip
The anchor is a-trip, or a-weigh, when the purchase has just made it break ground, or raised it clea...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Gold-hammer
·noun The yellow-hammer.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer break
·add. ·- An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating ham...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer lock
·add. ·- A hold in which an arm of one contestant is held twisted and bent behind his back by his op...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer-beam
·noun A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer-dressed
·adj Having the surface roughly shaped or faced with the stonecutter's hammer;
— said of building s...
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Hammer-harden
·vt To harden, as a metal, by hammering it in the cold state.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer-less
·adj Without a visible hammer;
— said of a gun having a cock or striker concealed from sight, and o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Tilt hammer
·- A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Water hammer
·- A concussion, or blow, made by water in striking, as against the sides of a pipe or vessel contai...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hammer Court
West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (Rocque, 1746-Lond. Guide, 1758).
Former name : "Hamersmith...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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yellow-hammer
(Picus auratus. Wilson, Ornith.) The popular name of the Golden-winged Woodpecker, the most beautifu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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detonating hammer
A modern introduction into the Royal Navy for firing the guns. With the aid of an attached laniard, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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fore-hammer
The sledge-hammer which strikes the iron on the anvil first, if it be heavy work, but the hand-hamme...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hammer and tongs
In a noisy, furious manner. Thus, 'They went at it hammer and tongs,' is said of persons quarrelling...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hammer-headed shark
The Zygæna malleus, a strange, ugly shark. The eyes are situated at the extremities of the hammer-sh...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hammer, of a gun-lock
Formerly the steel covering of the pan from which the flint of the cock struck sparks on to the prim...
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