Benting time
() The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Sheet
(v. t.) In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad piece of cloth, usually linen or cotton, used for wrapping the body or for a covering |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon |
Sheet
(v. t.) A single signature of a book or a pamphlet |
Sheet
(v. t.) the book itself. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance |
Sheet
(v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A sail. |
Sheet
(v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata. |
Sheet
(v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind |
Sheet
(v. t.) The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers |
Sheet
(v. t.) To furnish with a sheet or sheets |
Sheet
(v. t.) To expand, as a sheet. |
Sheet anchor
(v. t.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel |
Sheet anchor
(v. t.) Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger |
Sheet cable
() The cable belonging to the sheet anchor. |
Sheet chain
() A chain sheet cable. |
Time
(n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time
(n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time
(n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time
(n.) The duration of one's life |
Time
(n.) A proper time |
Time
(n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. |
Time
(n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition |
Time
(n.) The present life |
Time
(n.) Tense. |
Time
(n.) The measured duration of sounds |
Time
(v. t.) To appoint the time for |
Time
(v. t.) To regulate as to time |
Time
(v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of |
Time
(v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony. |
Time
(v. i.) To keep or beat time |
Time
(v. i.) To pass time |
Time-honored
(a.) Honored for a long time |
Time-table
(n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc. |
Time-table
(n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains. |
Time-table
(n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. |