dropped astern
1Dropped — Drop Drop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dropped}or {Dropt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dropping}.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See {Drop}, n.] 1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. The trees drop balsam. Creech. [1913 Webster] …
2To drop astern — Drop Drop, v. i. 1. To fall in drops. [1913 Webster] The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a… …
3To fall astern — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
4USS Big Horn (AO-45) — USS Big Horn (AO 45/IX 207) was a Q ship of the United States Navy named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana. Gulf Dawn , a single screw oil tanker, was built in 1936 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Sun Shipbuilding Drydock Corp. and… …
5USS Barnegat (AVP-10) — Built at the Puget Sound Navy YardThe second Barnegat (AVP 10), the lead ship of a new class of built for the purpose small seaplane tenders, was laid down on 27 October 1939 at Bremerton, Wash., by the Puget Sound Navy Yard; and launched on 23… …
6USS Walter S. Brown (DE-258) — Career Name: USS Walter S. Brown Laid down: 10 Janua …
7First battle of Cape Finisterre (1747) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First battle of Cape Finisterre partof=the War of the Austrian Succession caption= date=14 May 1747 place=Off Cape Finisterre result=British victory combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom|1606 Great Britain… …
8USS Kidd (DD-661) — USS Kidd (DD 661), a Fletcher class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd was the… …
9USS Neches (AO-47) — was a in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the Neches River in eastern Texas.History Neches was laid down as type T2 A tanker SS Aekay , M.C. hull 148 on 12 June 1941 by Sun Shipbuilding and… …
10SS Empire Miniver — The SS Empire Miniver was a British steam merchant ship. She was originally an American merchant, launched in 1918 as SS West Cobalt . During a brief stint in the United States Navy in 1919, she was known as USS West Cobalt (ID 3836).SS West… …
