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mizen-yard
mizen-yard Naut. The yard on which the mizen-sail is extended.1485 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 49 Meson yerdes..ij. 1564 in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pl. Crt. Admir. (Selden) II. 129 Item a bade smalle bote of two toune and a myssyne yerde vjs viij{supd}. 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. iii. 17 You must all... Oxford English Dictionary
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vang
▪ I. vang Naut. (væŋ) [var. fang n. 7 a.] One or other of the two ropes used for steadying the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail.1769 Falconer Dict. Mar. s.v. Brace, The mizen-yard is furnished with fangs, or vangs, in the room of braces. Ibid., Vangs, a sort of braces to support the mizen gaff, and keep ... Oxford English Dictionary
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derrick
▪ I. derrick, n. (ˈdɛrɪk) Also 7–9 derick. [from the surname of a noted hangman at Tyburn c 1600. The name is orig. the Du. Dirk, Dierryk, Diederik = Ger. Dietrich, Theoderic.] † 1. a. A hangman; hanging; the gallows. (Cf. Jack Ketch.)c 1600 Ballad Death Earl Essex (N.), Derick, thou know'st at Cole... Oxford English Dictionary
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awaye
▪ I. away, adv. (əˈweɪ) Forms: 1 onweᵹ, 1–2 aweᵹ, 2 aweiᵹ, 2–5 awei, awey, awai, (3 awæi, Orm. aweȝȝ), 4 owai (ewai), o wey, on-wai, on way, (a-vey, avay), aweie, aweye, 4–5 oway, 4–6 awaye, 6 awaie, 4– away. Sc. 8–9 awa. [In its origin a phrase, on prep., and weᵹ, way, i.e. on (his, one's) way, ‘on... Oxford English Dictionary
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yard
▪ I. yard, n.1 (jɑːd) Forms: 1 ᵹeard, 4–5 ȝerd(e, 4–6 ȝard(e, yerde, 4–8 yerd, 4–9 yaird, (4 ȝherd, 5 ȝeard, ȝord, yorde, 6 ȝharde, 7 yearde, 8 Sc. yeard), 5–6 ȝaird, 6–7 yarde, 3– yard. [OE. ᵹeard str. masc. fence, dwelling, house, region = OS. gard enclosure, field, dwelling, MDu., Du. gaard garde... Oxford English Dictionary
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fang
▪ I. fang, n. (fæŋ) Also 7 phang(e. [OE. fang, cogn. with OFris. fang m., ON. fang n., MHG. fang, vanc m., repr. OTeut. *fango-, f. root of *fanhan (see fang v.).] I. The act or fact of catching or seizing. † 1. a. A capture, catch. Also a tight grasp, a grip. in fang with: in the embrace, under the... Oxford English Dictionary
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peak
▪ I. peak, n.2 (piːk) Forms: 6 pek, peke, 6–7 peake, 8 peek, 7– peak. [Known from 16th c. as a later equivalent of pike n.1; in 15th c. the deriv. peked, peaked, appears as an equivalent of piked. The phonetic relations are difficult to understand; but cf. MLG. pêk, peik, ‘pick, pike, pointed iron i... Oxford English Dictionary
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throat
▪ I. throat, n. (θrəʊt) Forms: 1 ð-, þrote, þrotu, 2–5 þ-, 2–7 throte, (3 þorte), 4– 9 (mainly Sc.) throt, 5–6 (8 Naut.) thrott, (5 troht, 5–6 throthe, Sc. throit), 6–7 throate, 6– throat. [OE. þrote, -u, wk. fem., = OHG. droȥȥa wk. f., MHG. droȥȥe wk. f. or m. (whence mod.Ger. drossel wk. f., throa... Oxford English Dictionary
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