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Station
·noun Situation; position; location. II. Station ·noun A state of standing or rest; equilibrium. I...

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station
n. originally the house with thenecessary buildings and home-premises of a sheep-run, and stillused ...

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station
The allotted places of the duties of each person on board. In most merchantmen the cry of "Every man...

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Weather
·noun Storm; tempest. II. Weather ·noun A light rain; a shower. III. Weather ·vt To place (a hawk)...

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weather
[from the Anglo-Saxon wæder, the temperature of the air]. The state of the atmosphere with regard to...

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Torpedo station
·add. ·- A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repair...

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Bishopsgate Station
See Liverpool Street Stations. ...

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Blackfriars Station
At the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge, at the eastern end of the Victoria Embankment (P.O. Direc...

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head-station
n. the principal buildings,including the owner's or manager's house, the hut, store, etc.,of a shee...

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out-station
n. a sheep or cattle stationaway from the Head-station (q.v.). 1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' July 1...

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station-jack
n. a form of bush cookery. 1853. `The Emigrant's Guide to Australia.' (Article onBush-Cookery, fro...

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station-bill
A list containing the appointed posts of the crew when performing any evolution but action. ...

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station-pointer
A circular instrument furnished with one standard radius, and two movable. By laying off two observe...

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Fair-weather
·adj Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. II. Fair...

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Weather map
·add. ·- A map or chart showing the principal meteorological elements at a given hour and over an ex...

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Weather signal
·add. ·- Any signal giving information about the weather. The system used by the United States Weath...

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Weather-beaten
·adj Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weathe...

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Weather-bit
·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits. ...

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Weather-bitten
·adj Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. ...

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Weather-board
·vt To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, ·etc. ...

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Weather-bound
·adj Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel. ...

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Weather-driven
·adj Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. ...

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Weather-fend
·vt To defend from the weather; to <<Shelter>>. ...

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weather-breeder
A cloudless sky, after a succession of rainy weather, denotes rain, and is said to be a weatherbreed...

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clittery weather
changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp. ...

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cluttery weather
changeable weather, inclinable to be stormy. Hamp. ...

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leasty weather
dull, wet, dirty. Norf. and Suff. ...

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rawky weather
raw, cold. North. ...

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a-weather
The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction...

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blowing weather
A nautical term for a continuance of strong gales. (See gale.) ...

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boldering weather
Cloudy and thundery. ...

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fair-weather
That to which a ship may carry the small sails. ...

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foul weather
That which reduces a ship to snug-sail. ...

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gage, weather
When one ship is to windward of another she is said to have the weather-gage of her; or if in the op...

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sprat weather
The dark days of November and December, so called from that being the most favourable season for cat...

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weather-anchor
That lying to windward, by which a ship rides when moored. ...

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weather-beam
A direction at right angles with the keel, on the weather side of the ship. ...

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weather-bitt
Is that which holds the weather-cable when the ship is moored. ...

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weather-board
That side of the ship which is to windward. ...

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weather-boards
Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...

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weather-borne
Pressed by wind and sea. ...

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weather-bound
Detained by foul winds; our forefathers used the term wæder fæst. ...

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weather-breeders
Certain appearances in the heavens which indicate a gale, as wind-galls, fog-dogs, &c. ...

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weather-cloths
Coverings of painted canvas or tarpaulin, used to preserve the hammocks when stowed, from injury by ...

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weather-coil
When a ship has her head brought about, so as to lie that way which her stern did before, as by the ...

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weather-coiling
A ship resuming her course after being taken aback; rounding off by a stern-board, and coming up to ...

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weather-eye
"Keep your weather-eye open," be on your guard; look out for squalls. ...

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weather-gage
A vessel has the weather-gage of another when she is to windward of her. Metaphorically, to get the ...

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weather-gall
"A weather-gall at morn, Fine weather all gone." (See wind-gall.) ...

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weather-glass
A familiar term for the barometer. ...

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weather-gleam
A peculiar clear sky near the horizon, with great refraction. ...

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weather-go
The end of a rainbow, as seen in the morning in showery weather. ...

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weather-head
The secondary rainbow. ...

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weather-helm
A ship is said to carry a weather-helm when she is inclined to gripe, or come too near the wind, and...

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weather-lurch
A heavy roll to windward. ...

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weather-rolls
Those inclinations, so inviting to coming waves, which a ship makes to windward in a heavy sea; the ...

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weather-ropes
An early term for those which were tarred. ...

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weather-sheets
Those fast to the weather-clues of the sails. "Haul over the weather-sheets forward," applies to t...

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weather-shore
The shore which lies to windward of a ship. ...

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weather-side
That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...

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weather-tide
The reverse of lee-tide. That which, running contrary to the direction of the wind, by setting again...

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weather-warning
The telegraphic cautionary warning given by hoisting the storm-drum on receiving the forecast. ...

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weather-wheel
The position of the man who steers a large ship, from his standing on the weather-side of the wheel....

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winnold-weather
An eastern-county term for stormy March weather. ...

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Aldersgate Street Station
On the west side of Aldersgate Street at No.135, at its junction with Long Lane (P.O. Directory). In...

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Broad Street Station
On the north side of Liverpool Street, North London Railway Terminus (P.O. Directory). On the wester...

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Cannon Street Station
On the south side of Cannon Street at Dowgate Hill, extending south to the Thames (P.O. Directory), ...

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Fenchurch Station Chambers
At 66 Fenchurch Street, on the south side (P.O. Directory). First mention: "Fenchurch Chambers" (Lo...

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Fenchurch Street Station
From Railway Place south-east to Crutched Friars (O.S.). The London and Blackwall Railway terminus....

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Ludgate Hill Station
Between Water Lane and New Bridge Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, on the east side of New Bridge ...

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Mansion House Station
On the south side of Queen Victoria Street at No. 53A, near to its junction with Cannon Street (P.O....

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Mark Lane Station
At the south-east corner of Seething Lane, on the north side of Byward Street. In Tower Ward. Occup...

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Moorgate Station Buildings
(L.C.C. List, 1901). Now part of Moorfields (q.v.). ...

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Moorgate Street Station
On the west side of Moorfields, in Cripplegate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). Erected about 1865, w...

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foul-weather breeder
A name given to the Gulf Stream from such a volume of warm water occasioning great perturbations in ...

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foul-weather flag
Denotes danger for boats leaving the shore; watermen's fares increase with these signals. ...

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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...

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taut weather-helm
See taut helm ...

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make bad weather, to
A ship rolling, pitching, or leaking violently in a gale. ...

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weather one's difficulties, to
A colloquial phrase meaning to contend with and surmount troubles. ...

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weather the cape, to
To become experienced; as it implies sailing round Cape Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope. ...

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every man to his station
See station. ...

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walk the weather gangway netting
A night punishment in a man-of-war for those of the watch who have missed their muster. ...

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Great Northern Railway Goods' Station and Depot
On the north side of Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory). Covers the site of Merchant Taylors' Almsh...

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