crotchet
Webster Dictionary
the arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle
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liner
Webster Dictionary
a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line
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embattle
Webster Dictionary
to arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle
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van
Webster Dictionary
the front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle
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front
(ʌnt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a line of battle.
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straggle
Webster Dictionary
to wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle
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ship of the line
(ˈʃɪp mənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle.
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salient
(salient)
Princeton's WordNet
(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy
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engage
Webster Dictionary
to enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle
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defeat
Webster Dictionary
an overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory
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battle
Webster Dictionary
to join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories
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deploy
Webster Dictionary
to open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle
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alignment
Webster Dictionary
the act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron
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battailous
Webster Dictionary
arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike
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line
Webster Dictionary
a series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings
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field
Webster Dictionary
a place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself
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bunker hill
(ˈbʌŋ kər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a hill in Charlestown, Mass.: the first major battle of the American Revolution, known as the Battle of Bunker Hill, was fought on adjoining Breed's Hill on June 17, 1775.
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array
Webster Dictionary
order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array
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offset
(ˈɔfˈskrin, ˈɒf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called offset line. a line a short distance from and parallel to a main survey line.
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lineage
Webster Dictionary
descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage
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hampton roads
(Hampton Roads)
Princeton's WordNet
a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
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lineal
Webster Dictionary
in the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude
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feeder
Webster Dictionary
a branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line
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direction
Webster Dictionary
the line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction
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battle of pittsburgh landing
(Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing)
Princeton's WordNet
the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
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st mihiel
(Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel)
Princeton's WordNet
a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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shiloh
(Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing)
Princeton's WordNet
the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
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battle of st mihiel
(Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel)
Princeton's WordNet
a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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saint-mihiel
(Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel)
Princeton's WordNet
a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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battle of shiloh
(Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing)
Princeton's WordNet
the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
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