Under-arm

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• Arm

  ·noun A branch of a tree. II. Arm ·noun Anything resembling an arm. III. Arm ·noun An inlet of wat...

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• Arm

  Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God...

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• arm

  A deep and comparatively narrow inlet of the sea. That part of an anchor on which the palm is shut. ...

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• Under

  ·prep Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or...

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• Arm-gret

  ·adj Great as a man's arm. ...

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• Over-arm

  ·adj Done (as bowling or pitching) with the arm raised above the shoulder. ·see <<Overhard>>. ...

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• Proof-arm

  ·vt To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. ...

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• Round-arm

  ·adj Applied to the method delivering the ball in bowling, by swinging the arm horizontally. ...

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• dumb arm

  A lame arm. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• abeam-arm

  For this curved timber, see fork-beams. ...

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• arm-chest

  A portable locker on the upper deck or tops for holding arms, and affording a ready supply of cutlas...

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• arm-rack

  A frame or fitting for the stowage of arms (usually vertical) out of harm's way, but in readiness fo...

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• beam-arm

  Synonymous with crow-foot (which see). ...

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• yard-arm

  That part of a yard outside the quarter, which is on either side of the mast beyond the battens, whe...

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• yard-arm and yard-arm

  The situation of two ships lying alongside one another, so near that their yard-arms nearly touch ea...

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• Under-age

  ·adj Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish...

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• Under-garment

  ·noun A garment worn below another. ...

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• under dubber

  A turnkey. ...

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• to cut under

  To undersell in price.--New York. ...

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• to knock under

  A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson. For ten times ten, and that's a...

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• knuckle-under

  Obey your superior's order; give way to circumstances. ...

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• under-bevelling

  The alteration made inside a square in hewing timber, as opposed to standing bevelling. ...

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• under-bright

  A meteorological term for the strong light which sometimes appears below clouds near the horizon. ...

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• under canvas

  Synonymous with under sail. ...

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• under-current

  A stream which sets beneath the surface-water of the sea whilst that is either in a quiescent state ...

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• under deck

  The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks. ...

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• under foot

  Under the ship's bottom; said of an anchor which is dropped while she has head-way. An anchor is oft...

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• under level

  See bevelling. ...

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• under-manned

  When a ship has an insufficient complement, or is short-handed. ...

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• under-masted

  When the masts are either too small or too short, so that a ship cannot spread the sail necessary to...

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• under metal

  The condition of a gun when the muzzle is depressed, and the metal, i.e. the breech, raised; the pro...

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• under sail

  The state of a ship when she is in motion from the action of wind on her sails. ...

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• under-set

  Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...

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• under-skinker

  Assistant to the purser's steward. ...

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• under-tow

  An under current especially noticed at the mouths of great rivers, or where tide and half-tides prev...

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• under way

  A ship beginning to move under her canvas after her anchor is started. Some have written this under ...

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• repeating fire-arm

  One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...

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• small-arm men

  Those of the crew selected and trained to the use of small-arms. When they have effected their board...

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• yard-arm cleats

  Wooden wedges fixed on the yards at those points where they support the lifts and braces, and where ...

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• yard-arm piece

  An octagonal piece of timber supplied to replace a yard-arm if shot away. It is one-third the length...

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• half-topsails, under

  Said of a chase about 12 miles distant, the rest being below the horizon. ...

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• hand-under-hand

  Descending a rope by the converse of hand-over-hand ascent. ...

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• lee-gunwale under

  A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause. ...

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• prisoner under restraint

  Suspended from duty; deprived of command. ...

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• staggering under it

  A ship's labouring under as much canvas as she can bear. ...

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• stand from under!

  A notice given to those below to keep out of the way of anything being lowered down, or let fall fro...

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• stand right under!

  Jocularly, "Get out of the way." ...

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• under bare poles

  The condition of a ship under no canvas, or when the wind is too violent to allow of any sail being ...

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• under-shore, to

  To support or raise a thing by putting a spar or prop under it, as a ship is shored up in dock. ...

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• under the lee

  Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land. ...

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• under the sea

  A ship lying-to in a heavy gale, and making bad weather of it. ...

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• under the wind

  So situated to leeward of something as not to feel the wind. ...

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• (St.) Faith under St. Paul's

  A parish Church under the Quire of St. Paul's, at the west end of Jesus Chapel (S. 331). A crypt of...

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• haul under the chains

  This is a phrase signifying a ship's working and straining on the masts and shrouds, so as to make t...

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• let go under foot

  See under foot. ...

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• lie under arms, to

  To remain in a state of preparation for immediate action. ...

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• over and under turns

  Terms applied to the passing of an earing, besides its inner and outer turns. ...

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• ducking at the yard-arm

  A marine punishment unknown, except by name, in the British navy; but formerly inflicted by the Fren...

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• under-run a warp, to

  To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...

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• under-run a hawser or warp, to

  To haul a boat along underneath it, in order to clear it, if any part happens to be foul. To under-r...

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• born under a threepenny halfpenny planet, never to be worth a groat

  Said of any person remarkably unsuccessful in his attempts or profession. ...

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