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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.
Nautical miles is British rhyming slang for haemorrhoids (piles).
A unit of length, normally equal to three nautical miles.
Nauticals is British rhyming slang for haemorrhoids (piles).
Artical is Jamaican slang for genuine, bona fide, sincere, respected.
Flipper is nautical slang for a hand.
Sharks was old nautical slang for the press−gang.
Galley yarn is nautical slang for a rumour.
Seasickness.
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.
Noun. A bout of vomiting, self-administered to enable one to drink more alcohol. A pun on the expression tactical blunder. See 'chunder'.
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Alt. of Noetical
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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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Attic.
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Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark.
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of Natica
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of Natica
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Nautical skill or experience.
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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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A nautical or a geographic mile.
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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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In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs.
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Of or pertaining to the art of military and naval tactics.
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Nautical.
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Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetical.
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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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Alt. of Caustical
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Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill.
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Of or pertaining to the intellect; intellectual.
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Alt. of Tactical
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