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A boatswain's whistle, used to call the crew to their duties; also, the sound of it.

anvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith. Ecclus. xiii. 1.

Plane or flat on one side, and conical on the other. Grew.

A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed. [Obs.] Carew.

on of on a plan; to delineate. This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. Carew.

A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. "Ambitious to win from me some plume." Milton.

as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew.

sing and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross. (b) pl.

To stab; to pierce; to spear, \as fish. [Obs.] Carew.

To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.

t; precise; particular. You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow.

A bag; a sack; a pocket. "He drew a dial from his poke." Shak. They wallowed as pigs in a poke. Chaucer.

In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully. Pope.

umbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- "My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell."

an enemy. "Let the portcullis fall." Sir W. Scott. She . . . the huge portcullis high updrew. Milton.

to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand. A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose and puzzle him. Barrow.

A porringer. [Obs.] Grew.

The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl. Carew.

sy and positive; meddlesome. "Pragmatical officers of justice." Sir W. Scott. The fellow grew so pragmatical that he took upon him the government of my whole family. Arbuthnot.

n after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term used particularly in the south of Europe.