† wartaken.
Nautical. Obsolete.
Some particular kind of tack or rope.
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stud1336
studrope1337
start rope1353
wartake14..
warsheet1420
ridge rope1769
heel rope1777
lizard1794
jackstay1834
triatic stay1841
surf line1848
gaff-string1861
head rope1867
jackstay1954
jackline1976
twist line-
14.. Pilgr. Sea-Voy. 37 in Stac. Rome 39 Hale in the wartake!
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 71 Mayne drynges..ij, Warre takkes..ij, Garnettes..ij.
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n.14..- to ask formerly beg no odds
- to ask in borrowing
- to ask my fellow if i be a thief
- to ask no odds
- to ask out
- to ask pardon
- to ask someone's hand
- to ask someone's hand in marriage
- to ask the banns
- to ask the question
- to ask too much
- to ask, realize, etc, what the score is
- to ass about
- to ass around
- to ass up
- to assault a city
- to assault a fortress
- to assert oneself
- to assign arms
- to assume the face of
- to assume the personage of
- to assure life
- to astonish the natives
- to attack a skirmish
- to attain to