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a life time, ie., “All my born days I never saw anything like thatâ€
, as in “let the daylight in†or “fill him with daylight†Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing
Three White Tapes on a Seaman's Collar
On traditional square rig, the three white stripes on the collar are commonly said to commemorate Horatio Nelson's three great battles: the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. However, it is also said that there is no truth in this. Others say that the three stripes were actually a device to ensure the previous collar with two stripes was no longer used.
The daytime identifier of an aid to navigation presenting one of several standard shapes (square, triangle, rectangle) and colours (red, green, white, orange, yellow, or black).
Trafalgar Square is London Cockney rhyming slang for a chair.
The uniform to be worn for the day or for a specific activity as laid down in routine orders or by announcement to the ship's company.
England expects that every man will do his duty
The signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence.
A predetermined toast that is made, based on the day of the week. Normally these toasts are used at special occasions and mess dinners, but they may be used at any time. The toast is typically given by the youngest person present at the gathering.
A term for "Rum". There is a legend that states that following Horatio Nelson's victory and death at the Battle of Trafalgar, his body was preserved in a cask of rum. When the cask arrived in England, there was no rum in the cask. It was discovered that the sailors had drilled a hole in the bottom of the cask and had drunk all the rum, hence the term "Nelson's Blood". The details of the story are disputed, as many historians claim the cask contained French brandy. Still, the nickname happily persists.
When a sailor is counting down the days to an event he might use this counting down term. Example: If a sailor was posted off the ship five days, he might refer to it as "four days and a wake-up."
The anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) celebrated yearly with parades and dinners.
All one's lifetime; since one was born. "In all my born days I never saw a man so big."
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A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.
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The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.
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Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
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Labor hired or performed by the day.
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The present day.
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The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
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The sun, as the orb of day.
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The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.
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The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
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The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.
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(Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.
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The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.
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One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade.
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One given to daydreams.
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A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.
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On this day; on the present day.
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