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Stand
·noun To appear in court. II. Stand ·vi Rank; post; station; standing. III. Stand ·noun To measure...

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Wash
·adj Washy; weak. II. Wash ·noun A liquid dentifrice. III. Wash ·noun Ten strikes, or bushels, of ...

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wash
Paint for the face, or cosmetic water. Hog-wash; thick and bad beer. ...

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wash
An accumulation of silt in estuaries. Also, a surface covered by floods. Also, a shallow inlet or gu...

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Stable stand
·- The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow be...

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Stand-by
·noun One who, or that which, stands by one in need; something upon which one relies for constant us...

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stand-still
He was run to a stand-still; i.e. till he could no longer move. ...

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to stand in
To cost. 'This horse stands me in two hundred dollars.' ...

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stand-point
(Germ. stand-punkt.) Place of standing; point of view. An expression lately introduced from the Germ...

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stand, to
The movement by which a ship advances towards a certain object, or departs from it; as, "The enemy s...

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stand by!
The order to be prepared; to look out to fire when directed. To stand by a rope, is to take hold o...

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Black wash
·noun ·Alt. of <<Blackwash>>. ...

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By-wash
·noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water. ...

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Wash drawing
·add. ·- In water-color painting, work in, or a work done chiefly in, washes, as distinguished from ...

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Wash sale
·add. ·- A sale made in washing. ·see <<Washing>>, ·noun, 3, above. ...

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Wash-off
·adj Capable of being washed off; not permanent or durable; — said of colors not fixed by steaming ...

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Wish-wash
·noun Any weak, thin drink. ...

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Wood-wash
·noun ·Alt. of Wood-waxen. ...

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pan-wash
See pan ...

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sheep-wash
(used as verb) to wash sheep. The word isalso used as a noun, in its ordinary English senses of (1)...

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a-wash
Reefs even with the surface. The anchor just rising to the water's edge, in heaving up. ...

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by-wash
The outlet of water from a dam or discharge channel. ...

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wash-strake
See wash-board ...

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wash-board
, or wash-strake. A movable upper strake which is attached by stud-pins on the gunwales of boats t...

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wash-boards
A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...

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wash-water
A ford. ...

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to stand in hand
To concern; to behoove.--Holloway, Prov. Dict. This phrase is a colloquial one in New England. Ex. '...

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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 of arms
A complete set for one man; now-a-days, simply a musket and bayonet. Also, an arm-stand holding the ...

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stand right under!
Jocularly, "Get out of the way." ...

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stand square, to
To stand or be at right angles relatively to some object. ...

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ease, to stand at
To remain at rest. ...

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fill and stand on
A signal made after "lying by" to direct the fleet to resume their course. ...

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stand in shore, to
To sail directly for the land. ...

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wash of an oar
See blade of an oar ...

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heave and a-wash
An encouraging call when the ring of the anchor rises to the surface, and the stock stirs the water....

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to stand up to the rack
A metaphorical expression of the same meaning as the like choice phrases, 'to come to the scratch;' ...

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stand clear of the cable!
A precautionary order when about to let go the anchor, that nothing may obstruct it in running out o...

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