Troop, Band

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• Troop

  ·noun A company of stageplayers; a troupe. II. Troop ·add. ·noun ·see Boy scout, above. III. Troop...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• troop

  A company of cavalry, commanded by a captain, generally from forty to sixty strong. Also, an assembl...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Band

  ·vt A bond. II. Band ·- imp. of Bind. III. Band ·vt A belt or strap. IV. Band ·vt Pledge; securit...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• band

  a string of any kind. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• band

  The musicians of a band are called idlers in large ships. Also a small body of armed men or retainer...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Band

  The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in (Matthew 27:27) and elsewhere was the tenth part of a le...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• lumber troop

  A club or society of citizens of London. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• troop-boats

  Are built with great flatness of floor, with extreme breadth, carried well forward and aft, and poss...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• troop-ships

  A class of vessel of excellent account, during war, in the hands of government; far preferable to hi...

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• Band fish

  ·- A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Reef-band

  ·noun A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Augustus band

  (Acts 27:1.: literally, of Sebaste, the Greek form of Augusta, the name given to Caesarea in honour ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Italian band

  The name of the Roman cohort to which Cornelius belonged (Acts 10:1), so called probably because it ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• band-kitt

  a kind of great can with a cover; called in Yorkshire a BOW-KITE. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• calling-band

  a leading string, or back-string, for children. Sometimes called only a CAL. York, - West Riding. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• shirt-band

  a band. N. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• band-fish

  , or ribbon-fishes A popular name of the Gymnetrus genus. ...

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• belly-band

  A strip of canvas, half way between the close-reef and the foot of square sails, to strengthen them....

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• coral-band

  See sand and coral bank or islet. ...

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• humla-band

  A northern term for the grommet to an oar-pin or thole. ...

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• middle band

  One of the bands of a sail, to give additional strength. ...

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• reef-band

  A narrow band of canvas sewed on the reef-line to support the strain of the reef-points. It is pierc...

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• Augustus Band

  (Acts 27:1) [Army] ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Italian Band

  [Army] ...

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