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Heel
·noun The after end of a ship's keel. II. Heel ·noun A cyma reversa; — so called by workmen. III....

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heel
The after end of a ship's keel, and the lower end of the stern-post to which it is connected. Also, ...

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Wire
·vi To send a telegraphic message. II. Wire ·add. ·noun A knitting needle. III. Wire ·vt To send (...

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Lark's-heel
·noun Indian cress. ...

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heel tap
A peg in the heel of a shoe, taken out when it is finished. A person leaving any liquor in his glass...

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heel-tap
the heel-piece of a shoe. North. ...

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heel-brace
A piece of iron-work applicable to the lower part of a rudder, in case of casualty to the lower pint...

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heel-knee
The compass-piece which connects the keel with the stern-post. ...

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heel-lashing
The rope which secures the inner part of a studding-sail boom to the yard; also, that which secures ...

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heel-rope
That which hauls out the bowsprit in cutters, and the jib and studding-sail booms, or anything else ...

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heel-tackles
The luff purchases for the heels of each sheer previous to taking in masts, or otherwise using them....

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parliament-heel
The situation of a ship when careened by shift of ballast, &c.; or the causing her to incline a litt...

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Office wire
·add. ·- Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, ·etc. ...

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Trolley wire
·add. ·- A heavy conducting wire on which the trolley car runs and from which it receives the curren...

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Wire gun
·add. ·- = Wire-wound gun. ...

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Wire tapper
·add. ·- One that taps, or cuts in on, telegraph wires and intercepts messages;. II. Wire tapper ·a...

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Wire-drawer
·noun One who draws metal into wire. ...

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Wire-puller
·noun One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an <<Intrigu...

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Wire-pulling
·noun The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especiall...

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Wire-tailed
·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...

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Wire-worker
·noun One who manufactures articles from wire. ...

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Wire Drawers
Allowed to have shops in Blanch Appleton (q.v.). See Wyremongers. ...

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wire-grass
and Wiry-grass See grass. 1883. E. M. Curr, `Recollections of Squatting in Victoria'(1841-1851), p...

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wire-pullers
A term denoting those who, by their secret plots and intrigues, control the movements of the puppets...

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wire-micrometer
An instrument necessary for delicate astronomical measurements. It contains vertical and horizontal ...

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wire-rope
Rigging made of iron wire galvanized, and laid up like common cordage. ...

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Wire-wound gun
·add. ·- A gun in the construction of which an inner tube (either entire or in segments) is wound wi...

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heel of a mast
The lower end, which either fits into the step attached to the keel, or in top-masts is sustained by...

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