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A person who bails water out of a boat.
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(nautical, hydrology) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
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To make a mound to guard against something.
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to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
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(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
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(US politics) In the Senate, the slip on which the senators from the state of residence of a federal judicial nominee give an opinion on the nominee.
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(transitive) To put into a crate.
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Money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.
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(military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
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Rare spelling of depot. [A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.]
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The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
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A member of an emergency service trained to provide emergency medical care.
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The act of fording a river, etc.
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A yard where goods to be transported are stored.
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(India, East Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) A warehouse.
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A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
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A fee for keeping goods in a house.
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(UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for unentered goods.
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(obsolete) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
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(often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
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A building where fruit and vegetables are packed prior to distribution to shops.
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Alternative form of piccage [(law, UK, obsolete or historical) Money paid at fairs for permission to break ground for booths.]
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To serve as a porter; to carry.
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(countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
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A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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To force men into military or naval service.
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Alternative spelling of press-gang [To force men into military or naval service.]
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(law, UK, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
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A form of balance closely resembling the modern steelyard.
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(Australia) One who moves to a location in proximity to the ocean, for whom such a move is an extreme shift in one's life.
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(informal, derogatory) The act of occupying more than one seat, especially on public transport.
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(military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”)
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To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold.
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(transitive) to stow or secure aloof in a safe place
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The act or practice of stowing.
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A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.
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(US) A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
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(transitive) To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
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The act of storing goods in a warehouse.
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A building where goods are weighed.
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