 | J. J. Moore - 1805 - 300 páginas
...north or south of it. Ante MERIDIAN, or AM before noon. Post MERIDIAN, or PM after noon. MESS, any company of the officers or crew of a ship who eat, drink, and associate together. MEss-«a/f, a companion or associate in such a company. MESSENGER, a large rope, used to unmoor or... | |
 | John Campbell - 1817 - 562 páginas
...according to their several sizes, or to the services on which they are employed. MESS, a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink and associate together. MESS MATT-, a companion or associate of the above division. See the article Birth. MIDSHIP, a term... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 610 páginas
...in strength ; neither ought it to occur too frequently. MESS, in sea language, denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink and associate together, whence messmate, one of the number thus associated. In military language, mes» denotes a sort of military... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1831 - 628 páginas
...Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, &c.] London, 1827, quarto). MESS, in sea language, denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink and associate together, whence messmate, one of the number thus associated. In military language, mess denotes a sort of military... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 608 páginas
...Dagdwl, the liuins of Babylon, &.C.] London, 1627, quarto). MESS, in sea language, denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink and associate together, whence messmate, one of the number thus associated. In military language, mess denotes u sort of military... | |
 | Dictionary - 1844 - 412 páginas
...judgment and execution is said to be the mesne process. MESS. In sea language, denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, or associate together, whence the term messmate, as one of the number thus associated. MESSENGER. In... | |
 | 1852 - 678 páginas
...during the moment; 'lrvoted to social hilarity — IB naval ¿:iuguage, the mess denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, and associate together: hence the term messmate is applied to any one of the number thus aMoeiated. MES'SAGE, an official communic&tica... | |
 | GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 páginas
...during the moments devoted to social hilarity.— In naval language, the mess denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, and associate together : hence the term messmate is applied to any one of the number thus associated. MES 'SAGE, an official... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 880 páginas
...during the moments devoted to social hilarity. — In naval language, the mess denotes a particular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink, and associate together : hence the term messmate is applied to any one of the number thus associated. MESSI'AII, a Hebrew... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - 1867 - 804 páginas
...MAY. Dangerous currents formed by the ebb-tides. MESON. A very old form of spelling mum. MESS. Any company of the officers or crew of a ship, -who eat, drink, and associate together. (See NUMBER.) Also, the state of a ship in a sudden squall, when everything is let go and flying, and... | |
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TVTpoo in sea language, denotes a par' ticular company of the officers or crew of a ship, who eat, drink and associate together... 
