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To back a rope
(gcide) | Back \Back\ (b[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Backed (b[a^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Backing.]
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1. To get upon the back of; to mount.
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I will back him [a horse] straight. --Shak.
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2. To place or seat upon the back. [R.]
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Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed,
Appeared to me. --Shak.
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3. To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede;
as, to back oxen.
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4. To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back
books.
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5. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
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A garden . . . with a vineyard backed. --Shak.
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The chalk cliffs which back the beach. --Huxley.
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6. To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to
indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
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7. To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or
influence; as, to back a friend. "The Parliament would be
backed by the people." --Macaulay.
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Have still found it necessary to back and fortify
their laws with rewards and punishments. --South.
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The mate backed the captain manfully. --Blackw. Mag.
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8. To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.
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To back an anchor (Naut.), to lay down a small anchor ahead
of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened
to the crown of the large one.
To back the field, in horse racing, to bet against a
particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other
horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.
To back the oars, to row backward with the oars.
To back a rope, to put on a preventer.
To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship
to move astern.
To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's
friends.
To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in
the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or
indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend
an offender.
To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars,
paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship
backward.
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To dance on a rope
(gcide) | Dance \Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n to draw;
akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the
same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]
1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical
accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company
with others, with a regulated succession of movements,
(commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap
rhythmically.
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Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.
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Good shepherd, what fair swain is this
Which dances with your daughter? --Shak.
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2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
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Then, 'tis time to dance off. --Thackeray.
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More dances my rapt heart
Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak.
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Shadows in the glassy waters dance. --Byron.
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Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
--Wordsworth.
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To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
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To parcel a rope
(gcide) | Parcel \Par"cel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parceledor Parcelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Parceling or Parcelling.]
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1. To divide and distribute by parts or portions; -- often
with out or into. "Their woes are parceled, mine are
general." --Shak.
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These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
--Dryden.
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The broad woodland parceled into farms. --Tennyson.
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2. To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. [R.]
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That mine own servant should
Parcel the sum of my disgraces by
Addition of his envy. --Shak.
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3. To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's
purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
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To parcel a rope (Naut.), to wind strips of tarred canvas
tightly arround it. --Totten.
To parcel a seam (Naut.), to cover it with a strip of
tarred canvas.
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To point a rope
(gcide) | Point \Point\ (point), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pointed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Pointing.] [Cf. F. pointer. See Point, n.]
1. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or
file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil.
Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
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2. To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at
a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
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3. Hence, to direct the attention or notice of.
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Whosoever should be guided through his battles by
Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them. --Pope.
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4. To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to
point a composition.
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5. To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with {vowel
points}; -- also called vocalize.
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6. To give particular prominence to; to designate in a
special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the
error was pointed out. --Pope.
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He points it, however, by no deviation from his
straightforward manner of speech. --Dickens.
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7. To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game.
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8. (Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by
introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it
to a smooth surface.
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9. (Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
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To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the
end by interweaving the nettles.
To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet
holes of the reefs.
To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to
separate, by pointing, as figures.
To point the yards (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so
that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely. --Totten.
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To shorten a rope
(gcide) | Shorten \Short"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shortened ?; p. pr. &
vb. n. Shortening.] [See Short, a.]
1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as,
to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of
calamity.
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2. To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to
lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to
shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
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Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am
shortened by my chain. --Dryden.
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3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
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Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.
--Dryden.
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4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard,
pot liquor, or the like.
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To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.
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To snub a rope
(gcide) | Snub \Snub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snubbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snubbing.] [Cf. Icel. ssnubba to snub, chide, Sw. snubba,
Icel. snubb[=o]ttr snubbed, nipped, and E. snib.]
1. To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the
growth of; to nop.
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2. To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or
remark; to reprimand; to check. --J. Foster.
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3. To treat with contempt or neglect, as a forward or
pretentious person; to slight designedly.
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To snub a cable or To snub a rope (Naut.), to check it
suddenly in running out. --Totten.
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