What is the meaning of SERVING. Phrases containing SERVING
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To protect a section of rope from chafing by: laying yarns (worming) to fill in the cutlines, wrapping tarred marlin (serving) around it, and stitching a covering of canvas or leather (parceling) over all.
A small single-masted boat, fore-and-aft rigged, with two or more headsails and often a bowsprit. 2. A small boat serving a larger vessel, used to ferry passengers or light stores between larger vessels and the shore.
At a naval mess dinner, port is served just prior to the loyal toast. Before the toast is made, the port decanters are passed to all diners so they may pour themselves a serving of port. The tradition in a naval mess is for the port to be slid along the table from diner to diner, with the bottle of port never leaving the table as it is passed. Although, the port decanter is slid when passed, it may be lifted when it is poured. Incidentally, the port is always passed to the left.
A military performance of music or a display of armed forces in general. The term comes from the early 17th century Dutch phrase "doe den tap toe" ("turn off the tap"), a signal sounded by drummers or trumpeters to instruct innkeepers near military garrisons to stop serving beer and for soldiers to return to their barracks. The tattoo was originally solely made up of military music, but has now evolved into more elaborate shows involving theatrics and musical performances.
UH-1. The Bell UH-1 helicopter is one of aviation's true success stories. Thousands of the aircraft have been made in a number of variations, serving a multitude of roles. Called the "Iroquois" by the United States Army, the aircraft is much better know by its nickname of "Huey," derived from its initial designation of HU-1. In its multitude of roles in Vietnam, the Huey became a familiar sight on the television screens of America. Hardly a night passed without the evening news showing Hueys in dustoff, slick or other missions.
A large insulated container used for serving and storing food in field operations.
1. The armoured control tower of an iron or steel warship built between the mid-19th and mid-20th century from which the ship was navigated in battle. 2. A tower-like structure on the dorsal (topside) surface of a submarine, serving in submarines built before the mid-20th century as a connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull and housing instruments and controls from which the periscopes were used to direct the submarine and launch torpedo attacks. Since the mid-20th century, it has been replaced by the sail (United States usage) or fin (European and British Commonwealth usage), a structure similar in appearance which no longer plays a function in directing the submarine.
Take water from track pan without stopping train. From this came the word jerkwater, which usually means a locality serving only to supply water to the engines of passing trains; a Place other than a regular stop, hence of minor importance as jerkwater town, jerkwater college, etc.
Rear Echelon Mother Fucker. Nickname given to men serving in the rear by front-line soldiers. Could also be RAMF attributed to the U.S. Marine Corps
Lot (Serving or share). That's your hopping mate. Meaning, that's all you get. this may have originated with Londoners who traveled to Kent and other districts to gather hops for beer
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Slangs & AI derived meanings
Top dog is slang for the leader, boss.
use of mushrooms and MDMA
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A term applied in contempt or indifference.
Noun. Head. Rhyming slang on loaf of bread. See 'use one's loaf'.
Ratcatcher's daughter is London Cockney rhyming slang for drinking water.
adj. Late 80's verbage, still used in some arenas for something good, excellent or appealing. See also "tight" or "phat."Â "Check out his dope ride."Â 2. marijuana.Â
Crack Cocaine
Heebie−jeebies is slang for apprehension and nervousness, unpleasant imaginations or fantasies.
Gum−beating is Black−American slang for talking.
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Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
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Relating to a type or types; belonging to types; serving as a type; typical.
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Something serving to deceive by false show or pretense; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
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Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing; as, the Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
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Serving to draw; pulling; attracting; as, tractive power.
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A contrivance or arrangement serving as a fulcrum for an oar in rowing. It consists sometimes of a notch in the gunwale of a boat, sometimes of a pair of pins between which the oar rests on the edge of the gunwale, sometimes of a single pin passing through the oar, or of a metal fork or stirrup pivoted in the gunwale and suporting the oar.
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Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.
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Resembling, or serving as, a valve; consisting of, or opening by, a valve or valves; valvular.
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Serving to in invest, or sheathe; sheathing.
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Containing valves; serving as a valve; opening by valves; valvate; as, a valvular capsule.
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Serving to verify; verifying; authenciating; confirming.
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Specifically: A little mass of some soft or flexible material, such as hay, straw, tow, paper, or old rope yarn, used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun, or for keeping the powder and shot close; also, to diminish or avoid the effects of windage. Also, by extension, a dusk of felt, pasteboard, etc., serving a similar purpose.
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A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.
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Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.
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A company of troops serving under one standard.
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Something serving to tie or secure.
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Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.
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A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.
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Serving to translate; transferring.
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Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.
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