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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lid .
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The Handspikemen raise the breech to free the quoin; the 2d Captain withdraws it and the bed; the Handspikemen lower the breech upon the axletree, so that in case the gun should break adrift, the muzzle will take the upper port-sill; and the Port-tacklemen lower the port-lid.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition.
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