What is the meaning of NAUTICAL MILE. Phrases containing NAUTICAL MILE
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Sharks was old nautical slang for the press−gang.
Flipper is nautical slang for a hand.
A nautical expression now in common use, meaning "broadly speaking". Nautically, it means to sail a boat "by" the wind but not "large", or close to the wind.
Nautical miles is British rhyming slang for haemorrhoids (piles).
Noun. A bout of vomiting, self-administered to enable one to drink more alcohol. A pun on the expression tactical blunder. See 'chunder'.
A unit of length, normally equal to three nautical miles.
Artical is Jamaican slang for genuine, bona fide, sincere, respected.
Seasickness.
Galley yarn is nautical slang for a rumour.
A unit of length corresponding approximately to one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian arc. By international agreement it is exactly 1,852 metres, approximately 6,076 feet, or 2000 yards, which is close enough for government work.
Nauticals is British rhyming slang for haemorrhoids (piles).
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Attic.
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Alt. of Noetical
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Alt. of Tactical
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Nautical.
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Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
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A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
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A nautical or a geographic mile.
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Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
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of Natica
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Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.
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Any one of numerous species of marine gastropods belonging to Natica, Lunatia, Neverita, and other allied genera (family Naticidae.) They burrow beneath the sand, or mud, and drill other shells.
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Nautical skill or experience.
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of Natica
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Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
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Alt. of Caustical
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Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.
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In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.
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Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
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