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  • 41Fore topmast — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …

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  • 42Fore wind — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …

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  • 43Fore world — Fore Fore (f[=o]r), a. [See {Fore}, adv.] Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; opposed to {back} or {behind};… …

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  • 44gob stuff — Gobbing Gob bing, n. [See 1st {Gob}.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also {gob stuff}. Brande & C. (b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 45Gobbing — Gob bing, n. [See 1st {Gob}.] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also {gob stuff}. Brande & C. (b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 46Hammock — Ham mock (h[a^]m m[o^]k), n. [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets,… …

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  • 47Hammock nettings — Hammock Ham mock (h[a^]m m[o^]k), n. [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or …

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  • 48Lastage — Last age . [E. lestage ballasting, fr. lest ballast, or LL. lastagium, lestagium. See {Last} a load.] 1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A tax on wares sold by the… …

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  • 49Netting — Net ting, n. [From {Net}, n.] 1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like, crossing one… …

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  • 50Netting needle — Netting Net ting, n. [From {Net}, n.] 1. The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of network; any fabric, made of cords, threads, wires, or the like,… …

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