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A term used specifically by seamen; a nautical word or phrase.
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n.
Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship.
adv.
In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.
n.
A special organ of the nautilus, due to a modification of the posterior tentacles.
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of Nautilus
n.
A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidae.
n.
DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of Ship and Sails.
a.
Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
v. t.
To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
n.
One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.
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of Nautilus
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Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell.
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A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts to be disciplined, and instructed as mariners.
n.
The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper.
n. pl.
An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.
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Being, affording, or according with, a standard for comparison and judgment; as, standard time; standard weights and measures; a standard authority as to nautical terms; standard gold or silver.
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A fossil nautilus.
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An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls.
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Nautical.
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A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the foot-race course at Olympia.
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