| John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...her sails a-back on that bide which was the Iceside, it in called BUISOING BY THE LEE. Broai'side. A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship both above and below. Uml.cH-baik'tl, or luig'd. The state of a ship which is so loosened in her frame... | |
| Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 462 pages
...field-plants by scattering the seed, and so called in contradistinction to the drill husbandry. BROADSIDE, a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship at the same time. BROCADE or Brocado, a stuff of gold, silver, or silk raised and euriched with flowers, foliages, and... | |
| John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...coast of the county of Mayo. Long. 9. 42 W. Greenwich. Lat. 64. 17 M. BROADSIDE, in the sea-language, a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship at the same time. A broadside is a kind of volley of cannon, and ought never to be given at a distance from the enemy above... | |
| William Nicholson - Natural history - 1819 - 370 pages
...flowers from May to July. BROADSIDE, in the sea-language, denotes a volley of cannon, or a general discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship at once. BROCADE, a stuff of gold, silver, or silk, raised, and enriched with flowers, foliages, and other... | |
| Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...lay her sails aback on that side which was the lie »idc, it u called bringing by t/ie let. KruUndc. A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship both above and below. froten bofked. The state of a ship which is so loosened in her from« as to drop... | |
| Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...her sails aback on that side which was the lee side, it is called bringing by the. lee. Broadside. A discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship both above and below. Broken backed. The state of a ship which is so loosened in her frame a» to drop... | |
| George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1830 - 384 pages
...resting her left arm on a shield. Also a species of ware made of block tin. BROADSIDE. A sea term, for a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship. BROADSWORD. A sword with a broad blade, chiefly designed for cutting. BROCADE. A kind of stuff or cloth... | |
| George Crabb - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 426 pages
...their medals under the figure of a female resting her left arm on a shield. BROADSIDE. A sea term, for a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship. BROADSWORD. A sword with a broad blade, chiefly designed for cutting. BROCADE. A kind of stuff or cloth... | |
| Noah Webster - English language - 1838 - 356 pages
...a scattering of seed. Broa4-eloth, n. a woolen cloth. BRO 41 i Broad-nee*, n. width. Broad-side, n. a discharge of -all the guns on one side of a ship at once, [a broad blade. Broad-awOrd, n. a ewnrd with' Bro-eade, n. silk stuff variegated with gold and... | |
| Samuel Maunder - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1843 - 914 pages
...horticulture, shelters on the north side of melon beds where walls arc wanting. BROAD'SIDE, a sea term, for a discharge of all the guns on one side of a ship. In printing, one full page printed on one side of a whole sheet of paper ; of which a posting-bill... | |
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